Men unload and place OQ-19 target aircraft from a truck. The truck drives away. Sergeants fit a parachute in the aircraft. A man fixing JATO bottle to launcher with A7-type catapult. Men starting the target engine using a gasoline engine starter. Man adjusts the carburetor setting manually. Fixing starting device to aircraft. The OQ-19 target aircraft on launcher. The OQ-19 target aircraft launches and in flight. Men watching the officer fly aircraft using a hand control (B type radio command guidance system). OQ-19 target aircraft falling by means of parachute after the aircraft’s engine is cut off. The OQ-19 target aircraft and parachute lands on the ground.
A pilot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron inspects a Douglas AC-47 Spooky gunship in Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. The pilot, Captain William L. Ivy, stands under a plane 45-1121 flown by B flight of the 4th Special Operations Squadron. The African American airman inspects the landing gear and undercarriage of the aircraft. Another flight personnel walks past the gunship.
Military vehicles and aircraft on the runway of an airfield shortly after the end of World War II. United States Army Air Force personnel walk around the vehicles. View of 45th AAF Combat Record board and a machine gun in front of it. Tents are seen behind the board on the beach. Ships are seen sailing off the coast from afar. A man walks towards a jeep. Camera pans showing an airfield. Some tents and vehicles are seen from a distance. Men crowd near a Red Cross truck. Some men are sitting on the ground. M3 half-tracks and trucks are parked near a tent. Bulldozers on the move at a construction site. A crane is seen operating near a mound. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying as seen from the ground.
German activist Fritz Teufel (of commune known as Kommune 1) smoking cigar. He turns his head and laughs. A woman’s hand strokes Teufel’s cheek. Fritz Teufel wearing earrings and 1960s hippie culture clothing. Rainer Langhans, casually holding a handgun, sits beside Teufel. Scene changes to show a large crowd of students demonstrate against the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, during his state visit to West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin Police confront an unruly protester. The police forcefully restrain and arrest a student. Paparazzi and TV crew capture photos and footage of Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah, walking by. Water cannon being shot at protesters to control crowd. Police brutally restrain, hit, and drag more protesters. Police and medics crouch beside the body of Free University of Berlin student Benno Ohnesorg, who was shot by police-officer Karl-Heinz Kurras. A Volkswagen Beetle with plate “B WM960” is seen near Ohnesorg. Fritz Teufel appears in a courtroom. Media personnel holding cameras. Fritz Teufel flips through a book. Police push barricade in front of student protesters in West Berlin. Police spray water cannons to drive away protesters in the street. Students protect themselves with umbrellas. Protesters’ confrontation with German police. Police arresting more protesters. Police mounted on horses push back crowd during demonstration.
Aerial bombardment of Vietcong positions during the Vietnam War by a B-52 bomber aircraft. Explosions and smoke pillars rise from jungle bomb target sites. United States Air Force aircraft bursts into flames mid-air and pilot is seen having ejected successfully from the aircraft. U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant air rescue helicopter searches the jungle crash site. Air rescue helicopter pilot looking down and talking. A rescuer is lowered down from helicopter. A downed Air Force pilot is rescued by helicopter team. Rescued U.S. Air Force pilot relieved after rescue.
United States Army troops landing on beaches in the Pacific during World War II. An LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) carrying troops approach an island. A tracked vehicle carrying U.S. soldiers and supplies wade towards the beach of Saipan. Injured casualties lie on stretchers on the floor. An injured soldier is being carried to an aircraft for evacuation to Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. Recovered soldiers board an aircraft bound for Saipan. A Curtiss C-46 Commando transport plane takes off from Kwajalein airfield. Saipan airfield and surrounding areas show extensive damage after Japanese surrender. Engineers repair a hangar and airstrip on Saipan. Abandoned and damaged Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in Saipan. A pile of destroyed Japanese aircraft in airfield. Damaged engine of a Mitsubishi Zero. Machines and conveyers mixing and transporting cement for airfield repair. A bulldozer clearing debris. A soldier hammering. Marston Mats laid down on newly repaired Saipan airfield. A Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft lands in Saipan.
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