Operation Double Eagle in Vietnam. Smoke signal at ground. A U.S. gunner sits in a waist hatch of a helicopter by a machine gun. USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) at anchor. Four U.S. UH-34D helicopters in flight over water. USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) in water. Helicopter lands on stern of the ship. Another helicopter parked at the side.
Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Germany. U.S. Lieutenant General Fillmore K. Mearns, Commanding General 7th Corps, briefs spectators. U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom Jets bomb target areas. Explosion on land. Soldiers sit behind sand sacks. Napalm bombs explode in the background. Jets fly over and hit target areas. Huts in a field. 11th October 1971: Explosion on target ares. Explosion on bridge. Smoke rises. Water splashes up. U.S. UH-1D Huey helicopter lands. Soldiers run and lie in prone position. Smoke screen being laid over a hill as large group of Hueys fly by.
Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER III) exercise in Panzing, Germany. Mobile bridge Armored Vehicle Launch Bridge (AVLB) opens at riverbank and span over river. U.S. M-60 tanks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APCs) cross a bridge. Ambulance crosses the tank. Tanks fired and explosion on ground. Friendly forces in defensive position. Troops run and board U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters. Helicopter takes off. M-113 APCs cross armored vehicle launch bridge.
Aerial views of the wreckage of German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) that crashed and burned while attempting to land at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Ambulances and other vehicles. Navy inspection board members walk around the zeppelin. Remains of the airship lying on ground. Ambassador of Germany Hans Luther walks down stairs and poses. Injured passenger being put into ambulances and transported From Lakehurst to major hospitals in New York City. Unharmed crew members at officer's mess of Naval station. Youngest crew member,13 year old Werner Franz, cabin boy on the Hindenburg, poses. U.S. Navy Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, head of the Naval Station being questioned by official from investigating committee of Bureau of Air Commerce Board. Inspection committee members seated.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Swastika visible on tail of airship as it flies over Manhattan skyscrapers. Hindenburg Captain Ernst Lehmann and officers seen on bridge. Captain Lehmann speaking on radiophone. Hindenburg releases water ballast and descends to dock. She drops landing lines. Suddenly the Hindenburg crashes and in engulfed in flames. Rescuers run to the burning ship. Heavy dense smoke rises. Firefighters pour water on the burning wreck. Navy officers and ground crews surround the wreck in efforts to help survivors. Commentator calls this the worst disaster in aviation history.
Newly organized Italian Army celebrates a mass at the Piazza Unità d'Italia in Trieste, Italy. Soldiers of the Army stand in a squad. A priest leads a mass. They hold guns and stand at attention. A general delivers a speech. The soldiers march forward and take an oath as they swear to the Italian flag, shown without the Royal arms of the ruling House of Savoy. (World War II period). Soldiers kiss the Italian flag after taking their oath.
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