The Imperial Japanese Army in Manila, Philippines during World War II. Japanese Military Commander of the Philippines General Masaharu Homma on horseback. He is escorted by other officials. The General salutes the soldiers. Japanese soldiers stand in a formation and the General reviews them. A Japanese tank in the foreground. Japanese troops, infantry and tanks enter Manila. Trucks and Jeeps loaded with troops drive past on the road during the parade. The General stands on a platform and reviews the troops in trucks, jeeps, and tanks. Japanese bicycle troops advance. An aircraft in flight overhead. A Type 95 Ha-Go light tank. The tanks move on a road and buildings in the background. People stand holding the Japanese flags. Japanese troops advance.
An Allied Military Government headquarters building in Naples, Italy during World War II. People crowd on either side of streets. Vehicles drive on a road. The Italians crowd to apply for jobs. U.S. engineers repair water facilities. Water tanks near a bay. Two engineers put a hose in water. Men and women carry water containers and walk on a road. An aircraft lands at an airfield. Commander of the U.S. 5th Army General Mark Wayne Clark arrives. Allied 5th Army units march northward. A landing craft arrives at a shore. Troops get off from the craft. A soldier in the foreground gives a signal. The troops fire artillery. A wrecked aircraft at an airfield. Nazi German prisoners embark a transport ship for prison camps. The prisoners aboard the ship.
Italian fliers land their aircraft at an Allied occupied air base (probably in Southern Italy) to join the Allies for the war against Nazi Germany during World War II. A three-engine Italian Savoia-Marchetti bomber in flight. The aircraft lands at the airfield. Other aircraft parked on the airfield. A hangar in the background. Italian fliers step from the aircraft. U.S. and Italian officer exchange greetings. Aircraft in formation. Italian fighter aircraft land and taxi at the air base. Officers and fliers. The fliers leave their aircraft. Italian fliers seated around a table eat American meal.
Coast Artillery troops at Camp Davis in North Carolina demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon in World War II. Two types of barrage balloons. Army Soldiers lay a canvas cover on a balloon bed. A compact wooden box in which a balloon is transported. Men lift the box and bring it to the edge of the cloth on the ground. They remove a lid. A balloon and its accessories are unpacked. Men remove their shoes and spread the balloon. Men put an inflation tube into an appendix of the balloon and the other end is attached to an air blower. The balloon is partially inflated. A man enters a gas chamber through the appendix and takes an inspection lamp. Men prepare cylinders of helium for inflation the balloon. The inspection is complete and the man comes out from the appendix. Men walk on the balloon to remove the air.
Coast Artillery soldiers at Camp Davis in North Carolina in World War II. demonstrate how to handle a barrage balloon. The manifold of the balloon is connected to a helium gas cylinder by means of a rubber tube. Men connect one end of an inflation tube to the manifold. The end of the tube is connected with the appendix of the balloon. The envelope is inflated A soldier opens cylinder valves. The balloon gradually rises. Men install a rudder. Men hang sand bags on the balloon to control its rate of rise. Men move the balloon to a winch. The second balloon inflated in the same manner. Men remove the sand bags. A man operates the winch. The balloon rises. The second balloon rises. The balloons are raised up. A balloon is hauled down and anchored. Men hang the sand bags. The Army personnel march off from the field.
German Invasion of Poland in 1939 during World War II. The German troops in a squad carry guns on their shoulders and advance, many on foot. The troops on horseback and seated on horse drawn artillery as they advance. They cross a town. They rest in transit. The horses stand in the background. A German soldier cleans weapons. Two soldiers clean barrel of artillery.
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