American forces of 6th Armored Division advancing through village of Oberdorla, Germany, a month before the end of World War 2, in Europe. U.S. infantrymen moving cautiously near buildings in the village. Two Germans, one wearing a helmet, and the other in civilian clothing, walk past the camera, gesturing. Gunner in an M4 Sherman tank fires machine gun at upper floor of adjacent building, as local citizens scramble out of the way, and U.S. infantrymen move along sidewalk and pause at bend in road. Back to the Sherman tank, and smoke rising from the area of building that it fired upon. American soldiers hurry past the camera and move cautiously along the sidewalk. Two soldiers move slowly along street in a jeep. More views of U.S. infantry accompanied by M18 Hellcat tank destroyer and M4 Sherman tanks moving through the village. A sign identifies village as Oberdorla. The jeep is seen again, moving along with tanks and infantry. It parks outside a building that infantrymen are entering. As soldiers cluster outside the building, one fires several shots into it.
The U.S. forces combat the Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks in Okinawa, Japan during World War 2. Aerial view of the field. A U.S. aircraft takes off. A pilot in the cockpit. Aircraft stationed on the aircraft carrier and men on the deck. Aerial view of the air field and the bombed ground installations. An aircraft in flight during night. A delay fuse on the ground.
The U.S. forces combat the Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks in the Pacific Theater during World War II . The U.S. combat air patrol in flight. A ship at sea. Aircraft stationed to provide dust patrol. A night combat air patrol aircraft takes off. Animation depicts the control area of the combat air patrol. A CIC doctrine. The aircraft tilt and fly away. The pilot turns on the 'identification, friend or foe' (IFF) of the aircraft. The pilot speaks on a microphone. He wears a protective glass. A large group of aircraft in flight. Animation depicts the technique of approaching the objective area.
The U.S. forces combat the Japanese suicide kamikaze plane attacks in the Pacific Theater during World War 2. Aerial view of the smoke coming out from a naval vessel. Navy men stand on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Navy men work at the various sections of the aircraft carrier. A man carries an ammunition. A large number of men congregated on the ship. A navy man rolls down his sleeves,buttons the collar of the uniform. He applies protective cream on face. Navy men wearing helmets hold ammunition. Navy men lying down. A suicide aircraft crashes onto the ship. Firemen spray water on the aircraft.
The time period of the Second Battle of the Marne in France during World War 1. The country side of Cierges-sous-Montfaucon in France. A line of horses towing American artillery and caissons along a road, past a French village. As camera pans, the U.S. forces are seen to be passing through the village and then turning onto the road where they were seen earlier, in the foreground. View shifts to center of the village, where Army trucks carrying U.S. soldiers are driving through. A motorcar passes a villager riding in a horse-drawn wagon. The buildings in the village show battle damage. More canvas-covered army trucks moving on the village streets.
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEC) 111th Infantry contingent bivouacked on side of a hill in Crezeney, France. Their horses graze in field below. Closeup of soldiers drinking directly from a small pond, and filling containers with water from it. Battle-damaged buildings in the background. Scene shifts to U.S. 119th Field Artillery, near Mount Saint Martin in Lorraine. A gun crew is seen behind an entrenched French heavy gun (Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 GPF). Views of the gun breech and open split tail carriage. Closeup of Gunner cranking a control wheel to elevate the gun barrel. He then makes some fine aiming adjustments. Camera focuses on a soldier standing near a large tree trunk and then pans over to the gunner adjusting aim of the 155mm gun. Scene shifts to another gun crew in some shrubbery, firing a French 75 field piece.
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