War exercises in Europe. NATO military officers on the ground beside a jeep. Overhead, a C-141 flying with rear cargo bay doors open. The officers on the ground using radio and looking up at the C-141. View inside the C-141 cargo bay as a skid of cargo slides out the back attached to a parachute. Equipment lands on the ground. A C-130 dropping many parachutists. Ground view of a C-130 dropping three attached cargo skids on the ground while flying barely above the ground but not touching.
Aerial view of two U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom aircraft in the sky, side by side. U.S. Army forces on the ground. A jeep parked on a high hillside and officers beside observing into a valley with binoculars. A convoy of U.S. Army covered troop transport trucks on a road. Aerial close view of F-4E nose in flight. A U.S. Army soldier firing a machine gun. View from the ground as F-4D Phantom fires rockets at ground targets during war exercises. Explosions on the ground. U.S. Army officers observe using binoculars.
U.S. Army paratroops and equipment hooked to parachutes fill the sky during war exercises in Europe. Parachutes descending from C-130 aircraft. Troops on ground collect parachutes and move out. Officer wearing black beret looks on. A C-130 flies a few feet above the ground and drops an equipment skid from cargo doors while in flight. It skids across the ground. The C-130 rapidly shoots up and away using jet fuel assisted take off (JATO) (Also known as RATO). The JATO rocket is seen burning at the aircraft rear. A Douglas B-66 Destroyer cruises past.
United States military exercises in Europe during the Cold War. Rapid sequence of images. U.S. Army troops landing on a beach and disembarking quickly from a Landing Craft (a LCVP). A tank rolling off a larger landing craft. Three navy ships at sea and an aerial view of a U.S. Navy submarine cruising on the water surface. Trucks and tanks at a beach landing, including a U.S. Army armored vehicle largely submerged on its way to the beach. U.S. Army personnel carrying truck on a road with soldiers and weapons.
African American jazz pianist Arthur Tatum Jr. performs while filming at the Three Deuces night club on 52nd Street in New York City, during World War 2. (This film contains a number of takes, from various angles, of Tatum and the trio performing , including some of Tatum's hands, alone, on the piano keys.) Entrance to the Three Deuces night club. Poster at entrance advertising Art Tatum and his Trio. People enter the club. Tatum plays the piano, accompanied by bassist Slam Stewart and guitarist Tiny Grimes. People seated at tables listening to the performance. The Trio performs. A sailor and a girl seated nearby. (Note: The tune being played is entitled, "Tiny's Exercise," written by guitarist Tiny Grimes.)
The Wendover Air Force Base in Utah. The 'Enola Gay' hangar that housed the B-29 Superfortress while training for atomic bombing over Hiroshima during World War II. A car outside the hangar. The surrounding area. Mountains in the background.
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