United States 5th Air Force transport services in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. A mobile hoist loads a large aircraft engine in a United States Army Air Force CG-4A Haig glider named 'General George'. Australian troops unload field artillery and jeeps from a United States Army Air Force C47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The CG-4A Haig glider towed by the C47Skytrain aircraft.
United States 5th Air Force transport service in Port Moresby, New Guinea during World War II. Aerial view of ships harbored near Port Moresby. A sign board reads "Air Transport Enquiries Here, Refreight and Passage on Flying Boat". GIs get off a truck ambulance and are weighed on freight scales outside air terminals. U.S. Army soldier on a stretcher is transferred into a small boat at Port Moresby then moved out to a British Short S 23 Empire "C" Class flying boat. Local natives of New Guinea assist in transport efforts. Passengers and baggage loaded into the aircraft. Mountains in the background.
United States 5th Air Force transport service in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. View of a camp area: Two long thatched roof buildings with a flag flying atop a tall pole. United States Army Air Force C47 Skytrain military transport aircraft parked on a field. A C47 Skytrain aircraft named 'Flamingo' taxis on the field. Mountains in the background. Two C47 Skytrain aircraft are refueled. GIs get ready to move out. They refuel a C47 Skytrain aircraft and load a large aircraft engine into the aircraft.
Activities at a weather station in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. A sign board on a tent reads "Colin Weather Station". Trees in the background. A man checks a shelter and records data. He climbs up a steel pole and checks an anemometer.
Russian Imperial Cossack cavalrymen water their horses at two wells in winter (snow on ground) during World War 1. They use ropes on large wheels to raise buckets of water from the wells. Soldiers huddle around a fire , each using his own spoon, to eat from a common pot.
Russian warships, destroyers, and submarines maneuver and fire heavy guns in the Black Sea,during World War I. Heavy black smoke rises from ship funnels and from gun firing. Mountains seen in the background. Captain, standing next to helmsman, bends down and speaks on intercom. Several destroyers maneuver and partially visible submerged submarines are seen. Signalman on deck uses semaphore flags.
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