Superintendents and development men from Goodyear tire companies come for a conference in Akron Ohio. They disembark from the train, take their belongings and proceed towards the venue. View of downtown street of Akron. Goodyear managers from all over the world attend the conference. Sam Steere and his cotton mill men, Kox and Kavenagh from Windsor, along with Harry Post are seen. , Cormen and Peperika from South America are seen. Views of tire production underway at Goodyear plants. Old rubber tires seen at a reclamation plant. View of an Airplane wheel being constructed. Tank treads stockpiled at St. Marys, Ohio. View of tanks crossing a field and warplanes soaring over them. View of back of St. Mary's Goodyear molded rubber plant.
November 25, 1943 in the South Pacific during World War 2. Two P-38s of the 13th Army Air Force photographed in formation from a third airplane. Cumulus clouds in the background.The two P-38s peel off and dive. In another sequence, the P-38s join in close formation, peel off and maneuver at high speed in the distance, over water. Includes closeup views of individual P-38 aircraft and of multiple P-38 aircraft in formation.
November 25, 1943 13th Air Force, South Pacific,during World War 2. A flight of three P-38s in formation with cumulus clouds behind them. Two are being photographed from the third airplane. The lead P-38 demonstrates ability to improve performance for aerial combat, by jettisoning its long range 250 gallon drop tanks and accelerating ahead of the other aircraft.
U.S. Army soldiers during the Korean War in South Korea. Stack of flamethrowers on the ground. 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry regiment, Battalion supply clerk shows a comrade how a flame thrower operates. One of the many wrecked bridges that had to be by passed. A military jeep passes by the bridge.
British soldiers during the Korean War in South Korea. Middlesex Regiment soldiers throw knapsacks onto ground from a truck. British soldiers unloading boxes. Two soldiers rest on the ground. Chow supplies. British soldiers in line to get chow. Soldiers eating.
Lieutenant General George S. Patton addresses troops from an outdoor stage and then awards Silver Stars for gallantry to members of the U.S. Army 39th Infantry, 9th Division, in Capo Playa, near Cefalu, Italy. Patton awards the medals and then the soldiers form into groups from their respective home states, which include New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. The army band is seen standing near the soldiers. The soldiers parade in front of the officers. Awarded soldiers take off their helmets and pose for photographers. Close-ups of soldiers with medals while flags from the honor guard wave in background. (World War 2. WWII. WW2.)
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