British citizens gather around a German aircraft on display in a town square during the Blitz period in the Battle of Britain (World War II). The damaged, captured German aircraft parked on the ground. People gather near the aircraft. Buildings in the background. A soldier views parts of the aircraft. The wrecked nose section of the aircraft. A girl stands near the aircraft with a jar. A man drops a contribution in the jar, presumably money for the war effort.
United States and Chinese airmen at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas July 1946. The Neo-Classical building is the Texas State Capital at Austin, Texas and Austin Texas is noted on the graduate’s diploma “Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas”. At this time the 349th Troop Carrier Group was based at Bergstrom and assigned to the Third Air Force, Tactical Air Command as noted on the diploma. Also “Air Force Combat Units of World War II” Edited by Maurer Maurer states this unit trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Film is very interesting in that it visually shows the transition from “Army brown to Air Force Blue” for the C-46s still carry the I TROOP CARRIER COMMAND insigne on the nose, with was disbanded on 4 Nov 1945 but they have the new AAF wide "Buzz Numbers" for all aircraft operating solely within the continental USA, by T.O. 07-1-1 of November 1945 and the graduate’s diploma is notating the new post-war air force type command reorganization of March 1946.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States in World War II. An honor guard stands beside officials. President Roosevelt honors the war dead during the Armistice ceremony. U.S. soldiers with rifles in hand. A wreath placed on the tomb of a soldier in the cemetery. An official with his wife places a wreath in the cemetery.
A flag raising ceremony in Paris, France during operations for the Liberation of Paris in World War II. French men exit from an office. A man addresses newly appointed police. People applaud and sing the French Anthem. French soldiers salute. Partisans and FFI (French Forces of the Interiors) members present during the flag raising ceremony. The French flag on the Paris City Hall (Paris Hôtel de Ville, Pl. de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris, France) and blood stains on a sidewalk. Vehicles parked and people walk in a square surrounded by buildings. (World War II period).
United States 79th Infantry troops occupying La Haye Du Puits, France, during World War II. A World War I memorial used as a motor pool. An elderly man and woman show the victory sign with their fingers. U.S. Soldiers on army jeep with machine gun in back and two German prisoners seated on hood of the Jeep. At a square in the town, U.S. Army Engineer surveyor is seen with a transit on a tripod. The old couple seen earlier walk on road with baggage. Army vehicles drive past them.
United States Marine Corps of the 4th Marine Division in Iwo Jima Island during Iwo Jima operation of World War II. The Marines walk with a Japanese prisoner. The Marines and prisoner of war walking on hillside. An army jeep parked in the foreground.
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