Rudolf Walter Richard Hess speaking as scenes of destroyed German munitions and aircraft (from World War I) are shown. Large fleet of German biplane warplanes seen parked at an airfield. Many have engines running and propellers turning, and some have begun to taxi out of the formation. Circa mid 1930s.
'Q' Boat 'Suffolk Coast' in the Atlantic Ocean during World War 1. Boat anchored in the sea. Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Harold Auten, Victoria Cross(VC), Distinguished Service Cross(DSC) at Helm (steering wheel) on 'Q' Boat. Signal flag on rope. Deck gun is brought up by removing false panels in deck. Crew of boat adjusts gun in firing position. The panels are shut again and gun is set down. Ventilator periscopes on boat. Austen and other members pose with a dog. Crew poses. Boat anchored in sea. Austin comes out and uses the periscope while on helm. (WWI; WW1)
American prisoners rescued from the Japanese prison camp near Cabantuan City, Philippines, near the end of World War 2, are seen arriving at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital, in Guimba, Luzon. Opening scene shows some less able to walk, in a straw lined bamboo cart. Behind them Filipino youths are seen. Some former prisoners, who are stronger, walk amongst their rescuers and local Filipinos. (The rescue was accomplished by 121 members of the 6th Ranger Battalion and 286 Filipino guerrillas and Scouts.) Sequence contains many scenes of freed prisoners posing for the camera, smoking cigarettes, resting on the grass, and siting on log benches. One is carried from the porch of a building, on a stretcher. Several relax on rustic chairs. Closeups of some, including Colonel James Duckworth with his arm in a sling. One hobbles with help of a makeshift cane. Freed prisoners open packages containing cigarettes and treats. A full Colonel, in perfect uniform, and steel helmet (possibly commander of 75th Ranger Regiment) speaks with one of the 6th Battalion members. Freed prisoners relaxing and smoking cigarettes. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci (with moustache) who accompanied the mission, conversing with Battalion members.
On January 31, 1945, during World War 2, elements of the 11th Airborne Division attached to the U.S. Eighth Army, are seen in landing craft approaching the shore of Nasugbu, Batangas. They hit the beach in an unopposed landing, but one of their vehicles stalls near the shoreline. A DUKW Military Amphibious Vehicle moves along the shore as soldiers board the stalled vehicle and head toward the beach pulled by a bulldozer using a towline. Another vehicle is also seen, being pulled by a bulldozer.
United States prisoners released on Luzon, in the Philippines during World War 2. Signal Corps photographer takes picture of Major Emil P Reed of Brownsville, Texas, Regimental Surgeon of 26th Cavalry on Bataan. Soldiers and released prisoners around 92nd Evacuation Hospital area. Major Reed talks to soldiers. One armed released prisoner soldier Afred Jolly of San Francisco walks.
Scenes from massive offensive by 1st Air Cavalry Division against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in A Shau Valley, during the Vietnam War. Film opens showing scattered wreckage of a U.S. Army UH-1H helicoptor damaged by enemy fire or by collision with obstacles during landing. As troops work to clear wreckage, another UH-1 lands precariously in the midst of debris. United States Army soldiers dismount. Other soldiers work around the crash site. Nearby, a contingent of troops is busy carving out a proper landing zone, using small tools and a number of chain saws. Two of them pass close by the camera, carrying a huge tree trunk. Troops employ chain saws close to one another as they work on the tangled underbrush and trees. In the background, one soldier chops smaller brush with a machete. (Note: It has been reported that these scenes depict elements of B Company, 227th Assault Helicopter battalion, at LZ Pepper, and the UH-1H seen landing might be from the 1st/9th "Head Hunters.")
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