United states B-26 bombers drop bombs over Nazi installations in France during World War II. Bombs being dropped over a bridge on river Seine. A bomb's impact causes a pillar of smoke to rise up.
United States B-26 bombers return to home field after bombarding German installations in France during World War II. Injured crew men being removed from the planes and placed on litters. They are moved to military ambulances. Wrecked aircraft parts due to flak explosion. Crew men leave the field on bicycles.
American air crews attend a briefing session in England during World War II. The mission briefer points out their target as the German port of Willhelmshaven. He also points to the positions of B-17s in the mission formation. Among them is seen Captain Morgan's name (pilot of the "Memphis Belle") as one of the flight leaders. The aircrews "hack" their watches. Several crew members kneel as a Chaplain gives them a blessing before the mission.
View of pilot, Captain Robert K, Morgan, in cockpit of the B-17 bomber "Memphis Belle," as it lands at air field, RAF Bassingbourn, England after a successful air strike against German target during World War II. View of landing gear coming down and touching down on the runway. This is the 25th successful bombing mission for the Memphis Belle. Crewmen wave as the plane taxis along the runway. Crewman jumps from the plane and kisses the ground. Captain Morgan and his crew celebrate with other fliers who greet them. A Sergent paints the 25th bomb on the fuselage of the plane.
Wounded American soldier lies on a litter as blood plasma is given to him in Cuchi, South Vietnam during Operation Wahiawa. Soldiers carry him on board a MEDEVAC (Medical evacuation) Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey helicopter. Helicopter lifts off. A soldier speaks over a field phone. (Vietnam War period).
Aftermath of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II. Approximately one week after the December 7, 1941 attack, this is a view of a Japanese crewmember from his torpedo bomber floating face down in the water. He was the radioman (gunner) on the aircraft which was downed in Southeast Loch by antiaircraft fire: Nito Hiko Heiso (Petty Officer Second Class) Yoshiharu Machimoto. Prior to this opening image, a U.S. diver had cut the harness from Machimoto in the still submerged aircraft, and his body had risen to the surface, losing his boots in the process. The mangled wreckage of the recovered Japanese torpedo bomber, a Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" (AII-356 serial 3178) from the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga, is seen hoisted on a crane, dangling in the air.
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