U.S. Merrill's Marauders at captured airfield of Myitkyina during World War II. Soldier of U.S. Army's 5307th Composite Unit nicknamed Merrill's Marauders talks to an elderly woman and son who have returned to the Myitkyina after its recapture by American troops.
UC-123Bs of the U.S. Air Force 12th Air Commando Squadron (Ranch Hand) spraying defoliant Agent Orange, during Operation Tired Bill in Vietnam. UC-123Bs in flight over mountains and forests and then.descending in trail to target area. Ten UC-123Bs flying wing-to-wing in two waves, spraying defoliant agent orange over a ten mile strip between Con Thien and Gia Linh. An F4C can be seen briefly, high in distance, flying cover for the operation. (Vietnam War period).
The Einsatzgruppen Case in Nuremberg, Germany war crimes trials after World War 2. Judge Michael A. Musmanno announces that three defendants are to be arraigned separately because they were ill when the remainder of the prisoners were arraigned. The prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, makes his opening speech in which he says that the court is not looking for vengeance but rather a plea of humanity to law.
Boeing RB-47E-25-BW Stratojet bomber, 52-726, taxis on runway and takes off. The aircraft crashes on runway during take off. Fire and black smoke rises from the crashed aircraft. Fire Brigade drives to the accident site and fire engines shoot water on the burning aircraft. Officers watch as firemen extinguish fire from crashed Boeing RB-47 Stratojet bomber.
Major General William Beverly Campbell, Lieutenant General Mark William Clark and other officers arrives by jeep at 5th Army held buildings in Florence, Italy, during World War 2. Light snow covers the ground. General Campbell and party inspect various ordnance installations. Cars of Campbell and officers pass past building. They go to General Clark's mess hall. Campbell gets in jeep.
'The Epic American Trans Atlantic Flight' depicts crashes involving various pilots in the United States during early aviation history. Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. On September 21, 1926, Rena Fonck stands in front of his Sikorsky airplane, ready to try a solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. He takes off and crashes in flames. Navy Commander Richard E. Byrd poses. On April 16, 1927, his Fokker C-2 trimotor airplane ("America"), piloted by Anthony Fokker, with Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and George O. Norville on board, flips over on takeoff at Hasborough, New Jersey. In September, 1927, Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca aircraft taxis and takes off. The tail and right main wheel dig into the soft field on landing and the airplane is severely damaged. The wreck of the "American Legion" Keystone Pathfinder airplane that carried Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster to their deaths, in a crash landing, in the Back river, near Langley Field, Virginia, In Paris, on April 26, 1927, French pilot, Captain Charles Nungesser, and Francois Coli pose before taking off on their ill fated flight in a Levasseur PL8 aircraft named " White Bird." Charles Lindbergh standing next to his mother, Evangeline Land Lindbergh. The "Spirit of St. Louis" is towed out and refueled at Mineola, New York. Charles Lindbergh climbs into the plane and makes a bumpy takeoff. Bystanders watch. People gather to greet him upon arrival in Paris. Lindbergh poses with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh honored by the French President Gaston Doumergue.
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