Amphibious attack by the U.S. forces on an island in the Pacific during World War II. A U.S. battleship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Naval guns firing at Japanese positions. Landing crafts loaded with soldiers approach the island. Aircraft in flight drop bombs. An armored vehicle drives into a beach. U.S. troops wade inland during combat. Marines ducking behind bushes before an explosion takes place on the beach. Dead Japanese soldiers’ bodies lying on the ground. A firing rocket launcher on USMC M-2-4 1-ton cargo truck. Vehicles driven inland. A soldier fires a gun. Soldiers filing out of grass. They carry ammunition. Flames come out of a Flamethrower. The soldiers sit in a trench. Injured soldiers are treated in the jungle. Medics carry a patient on a stretcher. A jeep is driven away. Tanks move in a line. Soldiers on a battlefield.
American robot bombs, America's answer to the German V-1 buzzbomb, being prepared in Dearborn, Michigan during World War 2. War production workers in armament factory weld bomb casing at Ford robot bomb factory. The workers move long tube like bombs with jet engines. They are known by nickname "Flying Chimney". The flying bombs on wheels. Men with ear protection in a testing area as the engines are fired during testing. Buildings in the background. Flame shooting from the jet engines. Workers including some women assemble the bombs at a plant in Toledo, Ohio, where wings and warheads are also built. A woman war production worker lying inside the body of a robot bomb and working on its assembly. The bombs take off from a launch pad in a gully at an Army Air Force test site. A booster cuts loose from the American Robot Bomb and hits water at a distance as the buzz bomb flies through the air, with an estimate 200 mile range. The bombs in flight. The booster hits water.
President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle makes inspection trip through the country at end of World War 2. Crowds line the sidewalks waving French flags. A Free-French tank named: "L'Audacieux." Numerous destroyed and damaged buildings and rubble lining the streets where his motorcade proceeds. At one stop, he is greeted by an honor guard of Colonial troops. His motorcade passes through a section of the Maginot line where rows of anti-tank dragon's teeth appear intact. At entry of one town a welcoming banner across the road reads: "Soyez Les Bienvenus." De Gaulle steps from a car near a sidewalk filled with French school girls, accompanied by Nuns, in habit. He shakes hands with some girls dressed in traditional local costumes. More views of destruction and rubble. Only the street is clear and rubble lines the edges. Armored cars and other armor pass through twin gates of a city and proceed down a main street, followed by marching French infantry, as people watch and cheer from sidewalks. A Cadillac automobile carries De Gaulle to a French Naval marina. Sailors present arms and he proceeds down a ramp to a floating dock, where he boards a motor launch that takes him along a river. More scenes of cheering French crowds.
A United States Air Force Lockeed F-104 Starfighter aircraft takes off toward and over the camera, raising its landing gear as it passes. A slate reads: "High Flight." View from underneath as the F-104 flies above the camera. Next it is seen climbing into a clear blue sky. An aerial view as it performs a roll in flight. Views of earth below. Closeup show pilot in cockpit. During maneuvers the aircraft tail number "868" is seen. Closeup glimpse from inside the cockpit. The logo of the Tactical Air Command is seen on the 104's tail. The aircraft continues maneuvering, quietly, until TC: 00:45, when it's flight is accompanied by a voice reciting the sonnet, "High Flight," written by Royal Canadian pilot, John Gillespie Magee Jr., during World War 2.
Refueling from Kitty Hawk class supercarrier USS America in the Mediterranean Sea. Port beam view of USS America (CVA-66). Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) along the port quarter refueling from USS America. The stern of the supercarrier. Stern view of USS America refueling USS Richard E. Byrd. Gearing-class destroyer USS William R. Rush (DD-714) off the starboard beam. The starboard quarter of USS America during the underway refueling. U.S. Navy A- 3B Skywarrior, Douglas A-4C Skyhawk and F-4B Phantom aircraft seen on the flight deck. USS Richard F. Byrd underway off the port quarter. Crewmen aboard USS William R. Rush during the refueling. A refueling hose is secured and men are in life jackets. The port side of the bow of USS Rush. The fuel line over to the forward station. Crewmen on the fantail. Wake of USS Rush in the background. A U.S. Navy UH-2A Seasprite helicopter on the flight deck. Nose of a RA-5C Vigilante aircraft in the foreground. Tail section of an F-4B Phantom aircraft. Hospital corpsmen around a helicopter with stretchers. Sailors wounded in the Israeli attacks on the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) are offloaded. Two crewmen rush up to the hatch of the helicopter with an empty stretcher. Flight deck personnel look on.
Wreckage in an area near the Sele River in Eboli, Italy during World War 2. A sign on a wall reads 'Campagna'. A man shovels amongst ruins in the foreground. Men clear debris. A discarded picture of Mussolini lying on a heap of rubble. A bullet ridden sign on a highway reads 'Eboli'. Wrecked city of Eboli.
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