USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) bombing operations over Germany during World War 2. Aircrews leave briefing room. Aircrew on jeep being taken to U.S. Army Air Forces B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane. Ground crews waving to pilot. B-17 engine starts and plane taxis. B-17 takes off. U.S. B-24 Liberator bomber takes off. B-17 takes off. Formation of B-17s. USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt fighters taxiing. Airman fires gun. P-47s and F-38s take off from an airfield. Formations of B-17s with USAAF P-38 Lightning fighters overhead escorting. P-47s escorting B-17s. Interiors showing German raid alert room as word comes of an American raid. German anti-aircraft gunners in action. Formation of B-17s as flak bursts around them. German crew chief helping pilot into a parachute, pilot gets into a plane. German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes take off from airfield. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter planes and Messerschmitt Bf 109 planes buzz airfield. Formation of B-17s escorted by P-47s and P-38s. Aerial view of German fighter being shot down. P-38s and P-47s peel off to meet a German fighter plane in aerial dogfight. Several views of German aircraft exploding and catching fire in air. Aerial formations of B-17s in sky leaving vapor trails. Interiors of aircraft showing gunners. B-17 with tail shot away. German fighter planes attack B-17 formations. B-17 on fire spinning towards the ground. B-17 formations flying through flak. Bombs being dropped by B-17s over German targets. Close view of bomb bay doors opened and bombs being released from bombers.
Scenes from the Battle of the Bulge, and siege of Bastogne during World War Two. Large numbers of United States Army Air Force C-47B Skytrain transport planes drop parachute supplies for troops at Bastogne, Belgium. Ruins of the town of Bastogne. A street littered with dead bodies and rubble. U.S. troops advancing into the town of Haguenau on the border with Germany, and further into Germany, itself. American MPs (Military Police) search civilians and check identity cards and check U.S. soldiers in military vehicles to guard against Germans in American uniforms. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks move ahead on the front. Artillery being fired. Troops engage in street fighting. Group of Alsatian women rejoice as they are being released from a prison, where they had been held by Germans. U.S. troops advance through a wooded area. U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes speaks about the sacrifices of U.S. troops who are fighting and dying for their country and appeals to Americans, safe at home, to work for the war effort.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. SEATO ships grouped out on calm waters. The flight deck of HMAS Melbourne in the foreground. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans after collision. Small boats around section of USS Frank E. Evans. Portside of USS Everett F Larson (DD-830). Another ship in the background. USS James E. Kyes (DD-787) behind Larson. Australian personnel over the deck of HMAS Melbourne (R-21) look towards Evans. A helicopter on the flight deck. Personnel stand next to the helicopter and prepare to board it. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopter in flight over water. A small craft and a destroyer in water.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) dead in water, close to floating half of USS Frank E. Evans. Australian personnel talk on the deck of HMAS Melbourne. Two Australian officer move down the deck towards U.S. Navy SH-3D Seaking helicopter in the background. Crewmen on the deck of the ship. A U.S. Navy officer talks with an Australian officer on the deck. The Australian officer escorts the USN officer towards the SH-3D helicopter. The officers exchange salutes. The USN officer boards the helicopter. The helicopter lifts up. Australian officers on the deck. Floating half of USS Frank E. Evans.
A collision between Royal Australian Navy HMAS Melbourne (R-21) and destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) while taking part in SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) exercise in the South China Sea. A utility boat arrives with survivors from USS Frank E. Evans. The utility boat comes up to the gangway of USS Kearsarge (CV-33). The survivors of USS Frank E. Evans in the hangar bay of USS Kearsarge (CV-33). U.S. Marine sentries and officers in the foreground. The survivors in the hangar bay for processing and questioning. High ranking U.S. Naval officers nearby. USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830) rests in water. An Australian launch comes up alongside with more survivors.
Film titled ‘Brooklyn USA’ based on Brooklyn borough of New York City. Brooklyn Bridge spanning East River in New York City. Traffic along road. Various buildings in Brooklyn. View of Manhattan skyline of skyscrapers, as seen from Brooklyn. Commercial establishments with signs in various languages, including: Spanish, Italian, and Arabic. Alamphon Arabic Records shop. Brooklynites dresses as native American Indians play music. People sitting on benches, in the sun. Street signs for Myrtle Avenue and Herkimer Street. Building with sign reading: "Greepoint. Post No. 24, American Legion." Sign reads ‘T.S.F.T.P.O.D.R.A.B Sidney H. Ascher’. Official walks down the steps of a brownstone apartment building. He speaks to the camera. Milestone with directions and distances inscribed on it, including "10 1/2 miles to N. York ferry." Street signs at intersection of Lady Moody Square and Avenue U. Historic homes and building. Brownstone homes in fashionable district near Garden Place. Sign at corner of Fulton Street and Pineapple Street. Sign for Orange Street. Signs at Vine Street and Columbia Heights,at Cranberry and Henry Streets,and at Poplar, Willow, and Middagh Streets.