Bucket cranes and bulldozers remove and clear heaps of dirt for constructing an airstrip. Dump trucks spread sand and road scrapers and steam rollers prepare the ground. U.S. F6F fighter aircraft land on the newly constructed airstrip. Pilot poses with marines of the United States 2nd Marine Division.
Reinforcements wade ashore to relieve the United States 2nd Marine Division on Tarawa, during WWII. American flag being raised on Tarawa island after victory. Marines salute the flag. The U.S. marines, who took Tarawa, leave the island.
View of the Ludendorff bridge over the Rhine River, at Remagen, Germany. An American soldier crossing the bridge on a pedestrian walkway. Captured German prisoners. A jeep approaches the bridge to cross. U.S. antiaircraft guns fire at German planes attempting to bomb the bridge. German bombs seen splashing into the river near the bridge. U.S. army vehicles line street and cross the bridge. A sign posted on the bridge reads 'Cross the Rhine with dry feet courtesy 9th Armored Division'. U.S. Infantry men march across the bridge. U.S. forces arriving on the East bank, from the bridge. Large numbers of German prisoners march along a road, guarded by U.S. Army soldiers. Mountains in the background.
Helicopter development in Germany. German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter in flight. It lands on airstrip. Trees in the background. Views from several angles of the helicopter, including Swastika sign on tail. It takes off from airstrip. Helicopter in flight. Men attach an aircraft wing to sling of helicopter. Helicopter flies away, with the cargo of airplane wing, suspended beneath. The helicopter lowers the wing to the ground. Men attach damaged aircraft engine to helicopter sling. Helicopter delivers aircraft engine to grass field at airport destination.
German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter in flight over ground. A German light airplane parked at airfield. Man fastens the airplane to helicopter sling. Helicopter lifts the airplane and places it on nearby ground.
As German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter hovers over a snow covered field, a man climbs down a ladder from the helicopter and then back up again. The helicopter in flight with a vehicle suspended on its sling. The helicopter picks up an airplane fuselage and flies away with it. The helicopter lands, without any cargo, at a field.
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