A plane DC 4M2 North star of Trans Canadian Airlines lands on a runway. A political leader descends from the plane. He walks on wooden boards in towards the airport terminal. 1951.
Douglas Bader, who commanded 242 Canadian Squadron during the Battle of Britain, in World War 2, is accompanied by a woman, as he arrives at an airport in Canada. They descend steps from Trans Canada airliner. Officials at the airport welcome him. He converses with the officials before driving away in a car. (Note: Douglas Bader was Leader of an all-Canadian RAF Squadron in World War II, despite having lost both legs in a plane crash before the war. He was captured by the Germans after parachuting from his aircraft. Replacement aluminum legs were airdropped for him, with German permission, while he was in captivity.) .
Views of oil-stained motor lifeboat and cabin picket boat used by U.S. Coast Guard in rescuing survivors from the tanker, R.P. Resor, after it was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-578, on the night of 28 February, 1942, in World War 2. The Resor burned for hours afterwards with fire spread by leaking cargo oil. The only survivors, Seaman John Forsdal, and Coxwain Daniel Hey, are seen in the Coast Guard Station dining room following their rescue.
A burning ship broken from middle, sinking in the ocean off the coast of New Jersey after being hit by German submarine torpedo attack in World War 2. The ship gives away immense cloud of smoke. A patrolling airplane passes by the ship. Another ship passes from very near to the sinking ship. The ship ultimately gets below the water and only the smoke can be seen on the horizon.
The Nationalist Chinese Salween Campaign against Japanese forces in Western Yunnan Province, during World War 2. Kuomintang (KMT) Chinese Air Force airplanes drop bombs on Japanese positions in valley near Salween River. U.S.Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft of the Air Transport Command's India-China Wing, airdrop military supplies to elements of the KMT army. U.S. military advisors (plus two pet dogs) help the Chinese to retrieve the airdropped supplies. They load mortar tubes and munitions on the shoulders of Chinese soldiers, who are also seen fastening loads on the backs of mules. The Chinese troops transport the supplies up winding mountainous paths into a destroyed town.
The Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) engaged in the Salween campaign of Western Yunnan Province in World War 2. KMT troops fire field artillery at Japanese positions in a valley. They also fire heavy mortars. KMT soldiers firing small trench mortars from positions inside destroyed buildings.
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