A military cemetery in a Burmese jungle during World War II. Bamboo crosses in the military cemetery in which members of U.S. Army Rangers 'Merrill's Marauders' 5307th Composite Unit are buried. Allied soldiers set up bamboo crosses in the cemetery.
Three Imperial Japanese Army light bombers (likely Mitsubishi Ki-51 Sonia Type 99 Assault Planes) drop bombs over Rangoon (present-day Yangon, Myanmar) during World War 2. Explosion from dropped bombs. Burmese child runs away. A child rides on the back of his mother running away from bombing. Japanese bombers drop more bombs over buildings in Rangoon, destroying them. Buildings on fire due to Japanese bombings. Huge fire in roof of building. Burmese refugees sit on roof of moving train cars as railroad train moves down track. Farmland on fire. Rangoon’s destroyed buildings after Japanese bombings. Buddhist statues surrounded by debris.
Mission footage outtakes from the film "Memphis Belle". B-17 Flying Fortresses in flight. Close side view of pilot in cockpit of a B-17. He wears ear phones and an oxygen mask. B-17 aircraft fly in formation. Cameraman shoots through a side window. An aerial view of the B-17 base in England. (World War 2 period.)
First flight of X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. B-52 Stratofortress with X-15 in flight. Insignia of United States. X-15 attached under the right wing of B-52. Rear of X-15 with XLR-99 engine. Dyed water is released from X-15 Jettison line to check the spray pattern. Dyed water flows out of X-15 Jettison line. B-52 and three escort chase planes form contrails at high altitude. B-52 carrier aircraft with X-15. F-100 Super Sabre chase plane fly below and to the right of aircraft. Dyed water emits from Jettison line of X-15 under wing of B-52. X-15 under right view of B-52. B-52 right wing engine pod in the foreground. B-52 with X-15 flies at high altitude and contrails from behind the plane. B-52 banks left and right and then leaves out. X-15 under right wing of B-52 aircraft. F-100 chase plane fly below and alongside the aircraft. Landing gear extended on B-52. A terrain is visible. X-15 under right wing of B-52 carrier aircraft with landing skids extended. B-52 with X-15 under right wing descends. F-100 chase plane fly above and to the right of aircraft towards the runway at Edwards Air Force Base. B-52 with X-15 makes a final approach and lands on Edwards Air Force Base. B-52 with X-15 lands and taxis. Aircraft deploys drag chute.
A phonograph turntable tone arm with Stanton cartridge rotating on a vinyl record. Lit “ON AIR” pans to Abilene's KEAN-FM 105.1 DJ team Bobby and Bonnie, (possibly John Howard Blackwell and Linda Morgan, one of several Bobby and Bonnie teams.) Sylvia (a country pop singer)’s poster on the wall behind "Bobby" as he announces the arrival of the Rockwell B1-B bomber aircraft to Dyess Airforce Base. DJ "Bonnie" wearing headphones and in before a microphone notes that the radio station wants to send out a "big Texas welcome" to the families arriving at the base as part of the B1 Lancer program. Phonograph turntable tone arm and cartridge lowering to rotating record on as a song begins to play. View of the nose of a B-1 bomber. The B-1 tail from below. A parade crowd gathered on a street adorned with American flags watches cowgirls carrying flags while riding white horses in front of a fire truck. A dilapidated wooden windmill in front of an American flag. A couple wearing cream-colored cowboy hats. A United States Air Force mechanic, wearing a baseball cap, checks the engine of the B-1 bomber. View of the B-1B from under its right wing. A man, wearing a brown cowboy hat, grills meat on a barbecue grill. A man wearing a white cowboy hat and red apron stirs a stew in a pot. Men in cowboy hats slice meat and put hamburger patties on a grill. People enjoying an outdoor barbecue meal together. Cowboys carrying USA and Texas flags ride horses in a parade. United States B1-B bomber flies in the sky. Closeup of windmill spinning. Sunset view of a pumpjack in an oil well pumping. A B-1B bomber parked at sunset.
United States B-57B aircraft at Tan Son Nhut air base during Vietnam War. United States B-57 B aircraft taxis along the runway after landing at Tan Son Nhut air base. Other aircraft parked in the background. Nose of an aircraft in the foreground as the B-57 B taxis in the background. B-57 B aircraft taxis toward the hardstand after the mission. Plane being pushed onto PSP ( Pierced steel Planking) hardstand by a trailer. United States airmen work on a wing of B-57 B aircraft.
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