At the beginning an African American pastor is seen speaking to his congregation during World War II. Scene shifts to Morton Field,where the "Tuskegee Airmen" were trained. They are seen receiving their pilot's wings in a graduation ceremony. A band plays. North American T-6 training aircraft are parked in the background. Next, the pilots in flight gear, and wearing seat-pack parachutes, walk toward Curtiss P-40 fighter airplanes parked on a flight line. A pair of P-40s take off. Two groups of four planes, each, is seen in formation high above. Closeup of a Tuskagee Airman pilot at the controls of his airplane, in flight. Several views of their P-40 aircraft in various formations flying above clouds. Scene shifts to a snowy Northern location where Army troops board jeeps and trucks and maneuver through the snow. A large battery of M1918 155mm howitzers is lined up in the snow. The soldiers fire them simultaneously on an officer's command. Scene shifts to a desert setting, where African American soldiers are seen closeup, in turrets of tanks. Others who are gathered on a field run to their respective tanks, that begin moving out. Views of M3 Stuart Light Tanks in training maneuvers over terrain where explosives are being detonated. African American Army engineers building a pontoon bridge across a river. Army quartermaster vehicles moving troops and supplies along dirt roads. A soldier silhouetted against light sky signals to others who are installing telephone and telegraph lines on poles. Mounted cavalrymen on maneuvers. Half track M3 Gun Motor Carriage tank destroyers operating on a snowy field. Closeup of one with an African American Officer manning a heavy machine gun. Numerous M3 tank destroyers firing their guns as they move across a training field. Anti-aircraft gun crews racing to their respective gun emplacements, in the snow, as a large barrage balloon is sent aloft behind them. An African American crew manning a 37mm anti-aircraft gun. The gun sight is raised in front of the primary gunner. The position is sandbagged. Infantrymen, crawling through sandy terrain in a training course as live machine gun fire is directed above them. Glimpse of troops running through water and starting to scale a bluff. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The A-4 missile (also termed V-2 rocket) on a launch pad. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. The missile in flight. The A-4 missile descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The A-4 missile on a launch pad. Billows of smoke rise. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. The missile in flight. It descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The A-4 missile on a launch pad. Billows of smoke rise. A gauge shows a reading. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. The missile in flight.
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The A-4 missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Billows of smoke rise. A gauge shows a reading. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. The missile in flight. It descends leaving behind a vapor trail.
German ballistic missile A-4 being test fired from Peenemunde, Germany during World War II. The A-4 missile on a launch pad near a launch tower. Billows of smoke rise. A gauge shows a reading. The missile lifts off emitting a fiery flare. The missile in flight. It crashes into the ground and an explosion occurs. A puff of smoke rises after the explosion.
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