U.S. Navy 7th fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. U.S. Navy E-1B aircraft lands aboard USS Midway underway in the South China sea. E-1H aircraft carrying bombs taxis off with its wings folded. Lieutenant W.B. Wilson, VFP-63 (Light Reconnaissance Photographic Squadron)on board a U.S. Navy E-1B aircraft. Lieutenant Wilson in flight suit walks away from the side of the aircraft. Commander Carrier Division Rear Admiral William Bringle greets Lieutenant Wilson and they talk. Lieutenant Wilson being greeted by Captain J.M. O'Brien, Commander of USS Midway and Lieutenant Commander Duncan of VFP-63 (Light Reconnaissance Photographic Squadron). Lieutenant Wilson explains a matter to the officers during a briefing in a wardroom. Rear Admiral William Bringle, Captain J.M. O'Brien, Lieutenant Commander Duncan seated on divan as they listen.
Coverage of project to determine the most effective means for destroying Japanese-type cave positions at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Paper with typewritten introduction. U.S. Air Force P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in a napalm incendiary bomb attack. U.S. B-25H Mitchell bomber fires 75mm cannon and U.S. Army Air Force P-47N Thunderbolt fighter aircraft fires 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket at targets on hillside. Mountainous terrain and caves similar to Japanese positions on island. Tall Boy (12,000 pound HE bomb) being hoisted from a trailer. U.S. P-38 parked with napalm bombs under wing. P-47N with 11.75 inch Tiny Tim rocket on launcher rail. U.S. Army Air Forces A-26 Invader bomber plane in flight and fires Tiny Tim rocket. Ordnance men load 75mm rounds into B-25H equipped with APG-13B radar ranging device. Gun crew fires 105mm howitzer at hillside. (World War II period).
Animated map depicts Allied and polish troops advancing toward Falaise, and American forces advancing toward Argentan, France, during World War 2. German forces stringing communications wire in the battle area. Allied forces setting up heavy field artillery. British Typhoon aircraft being armed and taking off. U.S. Army Air Forces Martin Marauder B-26 aircraft flying low overhead. U.S. and British soldiers in fox holes waiting with weapons at the ready. Close-up of African-American soldier's face. Suddenly, all artillery begins firing. A U.S. P-38 strafing and a P-47 aircraft dropping a bomb. U.S. artillery gun with "comment-Charlie" written on its barrel. Formation of British Avro 679 Manchester bombers in D-Day stripes. Allied pilot at controls in cockpit of bomber. Formation of U.S. Martin B-26 bombers in flight. Pilot in cockpit. Formation of British Hawker Typhoon aircraft. They peel off and two are seen firing rockets. American artillerymen firing heavy guns. British infantry pinned down on a roadside and firing mortars from foxholes. American troops firing mortars. German troops running to surrender. German soldiers surrendering under a white flag. Allied gun camera footage of a vehicle being strafed on a road. Several U.S. P-51 fighter aircraft with striped wing invasion paint roaring overhead. More surrendering German soldiers running forward. A U.S. B-26 bomber on bomb run with view of bombardier inside. Smoke and explosion scenes present throughout the footage.
American B-26 Marauder bombers striking ground targets during Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II. Formation of B-26 bombers. View of B-26 formation from rear gunners position, with his gun and sights visible. Bombs falling over a French town. Smoke billows up from bombed town. Vast Allied invasion fleet seen underway, below. Invasion stripes painted on wings of the bombers. Plume of smoke rising from a burning invasion ship.
Film titled ‘D-Day Convoy’ based on invasion of Normandy (D-Day) by Allied Forces during World War II. Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Prime Minister of UK Winston Churchill seated at Tehran Conference in December 1943. Other officials stand behind the big three. U.S. General George Marshall, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe Dwight Eisenhower and other officials seated at a conference table. Map of France details cross channel assault of France by Allied Forces. Map shows coastal locations to be attacked by Allies. Weapons and equipment from America pouring into England. U.S. soldiers arrive in England and train, for the invasion, on southern coast of England. U.S. B-26 bombers hitting German targets and smoke billowing up from exploding bombs. B-17 bomber in flight and bombs falling on German industrial targets. Gunners on B-17s defend against German fighter aircraft. American bomber explodes in flight after attack by German fighter airplane. German Messerschmitt fighter is destroyed. From edited film produced in 1947.
Training and motivational film for U.S. Army Air Force crews preparing for the bombing of the Ploesti (or Ploiesti) oil fields in Romania, (Operation Tidal Wave) of August 1943. Final part of a training film to brief U.S. Army Air Forces aircrews in preparation for their bombing raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania during World War 2. Formation of bombers is seen flying toward oil derricks in the oil fields. Aerial views of the oil fields and refineries. Oil storage facilities. Closeup of oil workers at a drilling rig. German officers walking in snow, ostensibly seeking places to obtain oil to fuel their wartime operations. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and other Nazi officers examine a chart in Africa. German prisoners taken in North Africa. Large numbers of German prisoners walking across the desert. A flight of several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes in formation. Italian Dictator, Benito Mussolini, walking with an entourage in an Italian colonial region of Africa. He climbs aboard an open rail car on a small gauge railway. Accompanied by others, the rail car is pushed along the track by Colonials in white garb. German Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, who commanded German forces attacking the Soviet Union in Operation Typhoon, is seen visiting a German base. Next, Lieutenant Colonel James "Jimmy" Doolittle has his hands on the fins of a bomb while posing with his flyers when underway in the Pacific, aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8) for their daring raid B-25 bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan. View of a B-25 taking off from the Hornet. An American B-17 flying fortress, bomber taking off for a daylight raid in Europe. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, speaking on radio, saying "We believe the Nazis and fascists have asked for it. And they're going to get it." Oil storage tanks ablaze with heavy black smoke rising.
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