Allied strategic Conferences in World War 2. Opening scene shows Château Frontenac. Then President Franklin Roosevelt seated with Canada Prime Minister, McKensie King, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Scene shifts to their respective military staffs conferring at a table. Next scene shows the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, with the Big Three (Joseph Stalin, FDR, and Churchill) seated on the portico, and their top ranking military officers standing behind them. Soviet Marshal Kliment Voroshilov stands behind Stalin. American officers are seen in next scene, including General George Marshall, Admiral Ernest King (lighting a cigarette) and General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold. U.S. Ambassador to Russia, W. Averell Harriman, stands behind King and Arnold. Closeup of Churchill. Shift to an animated map of Europe. It illustrates the massive fortifications put in place by the Nazis along the coast of occupied Europe. Camera pans across heavy German coastal guns, Pill Boxes, and shore obstacles in place on the beaches. Marshal Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel leads a group of German officers on an inspection tour of the "Atlantic Wall" defenses. Closeup of Rommel. British Bristol Blenheim bombers en route to attack targets in the German occupied areas. Views of Allied airmen inside cockpit of their bomber aircraft. A flight of five German fighters (appear to be Bf-109s) peeling off to attack an Allied bomber. View inside bomber of American gunner in bomber firing machine gun at attacking German fighter. Head on view of German Focke Wulf FW-190 fighter heading straight toward the camera, and point of view from gun camera as German aircraft zooms up over it. Gunner in bomber firing. An aircraft exploding inflight. View inside Allied bomber, through cracked windshield, of aircraft in a formation of U.S. Martin B-26 Marauder bombers. Next shot is rearward from bomb bay showing bombs away view as bombs are released from a B-26. Scene shifts to aerial view from rear of a U.S. B-17 bomber dropping bombs. View of the bombs striking a railroad marshaling yard. Another view of a B-26 bomber in flight.
Operations aboard U.S. Navy's USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Yankee Station, Vietnam. A-4C aircraft moves onto catapult. Men on deck. Plane ready for launch. Aircraft in flight. A-4C aircraft launched from Number two catapult. Island in the far background. F-4B aircraft launched from angled deck. Catapult console operator with raised hands. He lowers his hands and presses a button. A-4C launched. RA-5C aircraft moves on catapult. Catapult crew under aircraft. Men hook up and check bridle. Men leave the area. RA-5C aircraft being launched from number one catapult. Catapult console operator on deck. F-4B aircraft ready for launch. C-2A aircraft comes in for recovery. Men wearing yellow shirt in the foreground. Plane rolls out with area. C-2A taxis toward in front of island. A-6A aircraft towed over deck by tractor. F-4B parked at deck edge between two other F-4B aircraft.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. (Vietnam War period).
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. Aerial view of the 23rd Air Base Group Headquarters. A building under construction near the ramp. Aerial view of cargo ships anchored at harbor area and native fishing boats on the beach. United States radar facilities atop a mountain. (Vietnam War period).
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Fleet of U.S. ships arrive at harbor. Aerial view of fuel storage tanks and parked aircraft at Da Nang Air Base. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground.
YB-10 aircraft of the U.S.Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight heading to Anchorage, Alaska. View of one of the aircraft as it takes off from Fairbanks. View out the window of one B-10, as another moves into formation off its left wing. Views from various angles in the airplane. Views of Anchorage, below. aircraft in formation passing over the Anchorage airfield. The camera airplane setting up on downwind leg to the field. Glimpse out right side window over the wing as the aircraft is on final approach near the field. YB-10s parked on Anchorage airfield, with lots of spectators and well-wishers to greet the fliers. Another B-10 landing, as Lieutenant Colonel Henry (Hap) Arnold and Major Ralph Royce watch, along with other fliers. The newly arrived B-10s taxiing to park. Panning view of the airfield, with B-10s parked in a line and spectators standing scattered about in the field. Mountains in background
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