Inside view of the cockpit and radar observer of a U.S. P-61 Black Widow in flight. Aerial views of three U.S. P-61s flying in formation at a high altitude above Colomiers in France.
Crew members prepare a U.S. P-61 black Widow for night mission in Colomiers, France. Crew members work on the engines of the P-61. A full-track stands beneath the wings of P-61.
'Highlights of the War' depicts work by combat cameramen that has been honored with citations for outstanding photography. 'The Coast Guard at War' depicts the work of combat cameramen on the U.S. Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Patrol. CG personnel aboard a cutter. Deck gun and the U.S. flag. A sailor communicates over the radio. Sailors on deck, the bow and deck. Combat cameramen record the CG activities including a religious ceremony. Sicily Invasion, 1943: Combat cameramen capture the scene as a German bomb hits an ammunition ship off the coast. Explosion on the ship, a mushroom cloud rises up. Sailors watch with binoculars. Normandy, 1944: Allied troops climb down rope ladders into Landing Craft Personnel (LCP). which deliver the men and cargo to the Normandy beaches. Soldiers wade through the water towards the shore under enemy fire.
1945: United States Coast Guard and Navy Landing Ships at the Iwo Jima beachhead. Soldiers on the beach. Military vehicles and tanks unloaded from the crafts. Coast Guard and Navy Landing Craft smashed by the hidden guns of Mount Suribachi. Waves lash against the shattered boats. Soldiers salvage parts. Soldiers and military vehicles on the beach. Half-tracks and tanks. Soldiers carry supplies. Landing Craft off shore. (World War II period).
A Soviet woman addressing a pre-election gathering in Molotov District, Moscow, Russia. She speaks to a crowded meeting hall, composed primarily of women, but also some men. Views of audience and Soviet officials gathered.
A plaque marked with "30th of October Plant" in Russian. Interior of the plant in the Soviet Union is shown, technicians at work. Railroad wheels are manufactured in the plant. Scene changes to Russian Kolkhoz farmers taking their grain harvest to Marinskian authorities in their carts. Farmers receive a portion of their harvest as an award for the work. Russian peasant women (“babushkas”) wearing traditional head scarves assist the men with the grain delivery.
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