US Navy aircraft carrier ship USS Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War period. Cockpit area of U.S. F-4B aircraft. The pilot climbs down from a ladder onto the deck. The craft's captain climbs up the ladder to the cockpit. F-4 aircraft taxis on the deck. Three F-4Bs parked in the background. An F-4B moves onto a catapult. A U.S. Navy RF-8A Crusader taxis on the deck. Four aircraft in the background. The F-4B on the catapult, ready for launch. The aircraft carries a sidewinder. F-4Bs being catapulted using after burner. The RF-8A catapults to right. Men leave the area underneath the aircraft. A U.S. Navy A-4B Skyhawk aircraft takes off. A-4E Skyhawk being catapulted from the angled deck. An F-4B aircraft catapulted and a A-1H being catapulted. (Vietnam War period.)
1st Marine Division near Chosin Reservoir in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. marines walk on snow covered hills during brutal cold weather conditions. They search captured Chinese prisoners. They smash their weapons. U.S. marines question the prisoners. A young Chinese soldier answers. Two other soldiers are questioned. A U.S. marine lights cigarettes for prisoners of war.
United States Army Air Forces Martin B-26 Marauder, a World War II twin-engine medium bomber, drops bombs over targets in Germany near the end of World War II. Captain Browning in a USAAF B-26 Marauder over Germany. POV shots from cockpit. The B-26 bomber drops bombs. B-26 landing gears lower. POV from cockpit as the B-26 lands and taxis along the perimeter strip. Crewmen on the ground directs the B-26 for parking. A Lieutenant plots out flak damage. The crewmen of the B-26 gathered around B-26 and in a jeep. An interrogating officer takes down flight data from the pilot. Crewmen inspect belt of damaged ammunition. A Lieutenant views the damaged ammunition. Note: a small bright object, possibly a foo fighter, is seen moving diagonally and downward across the frame from left to right in the first second or two of this clip.
The Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Japanese attempts a final counterattack on the last day in Okinawa. A 300 men Japanese Army led by Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi launches a final counterattack in the vicinity of an airfield. The army attacks a U.S. Army camp. Japanese soldiers die. U.S. Marine Corps evacuate the dead bodies. Casualties after the war.
A U.S. soldier brings news of the armistice to troops sitting at their camp. The troops celebrate. They jump and hug each other. They raise hands and applaud. The troops gather and celebrate the news of the armistice by greeting each other and shaking hands. The soldiers discuss the armistice news and walk away. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Armistice Day, 1918. U.S. Army 28th Division greets German troops near Dampvitoux in France at the end of World War I. A village with small houses near Dampvitoux. The American Army greets German troops. They celebrate the end of the war, shake hands, and share cigarettes. A German soldier lights up a cigarette for an American army soldier. American and German troops raise hands, smile, and applaud. An American soldier trades caps with a German soldier.
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