Grumman TBF Avenger airplane seen in slow motion as it lands on USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. It appears to make a smooth landing but engages restraining cable and noses over slightly. Deck crew run towards the aircraft.
A F4U Corsair aircraft is seen in slow motion as it makes a hard impact during landing on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) during World War 2. The aircraft bounces high in the air, clearing all restraining cables and continues to crash futher along the deck. View is obscured by section of ship so that the aircraft is not seen coming to rest.
Slow motion footage of an F4U Corsair airplane rounding out too high as it lands on the USS Bunker Hill during World War 2 Battle of Philippine Sea and Marianas Campaign. The F4U bounces over all visible restraining cables and continues to crash further along the flight deck. Final impact is obscured from view by deck crew personnel who step onto deck to respond to the crash.
McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee jet fighter burns on flight deck near the starboard bow of USS Essex (CV-9) off the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Heavy columns of smoke arise due to burning of the plane. Man lies on the flight deck. Men play fire hoses on crashed McDonnell F2H-2 Banshee jet fighter. Medics on the flight deck cure the wounded people.
Chinese soldiers with Indian prisoners in India Himalayan region during the Sino-India War. Chinese propaganda images in which they treat Indian prisoners well. Wounded Indian prisoners treated and fed in a chow line. Shacks on the ground. Chinese soldiers walk with guns in hands. A Chinese jeep on a path amidst mountains.
German Operation Barbarossa in World War 2. Aerial view from inside Adolf Hitler's Ju 52 transport aircraft, of the city of Minsk, Belarus, below. Hitler silhouetted in profile, inside the aircraft, against the aircraft window. View from window as the airplane taxis to parking place. Closeup of enthusiastic German troops cheering Hitler, as he descends steps from the plane. General Field marshal Von Block greets Hitler, Inside German headquarters, Von Bock points to a large map and briefs Hitler on the military situation and operations. Animated map depicts miliary movements from Bialystock to Minsk and then further to Smolensk. German armor is seen pursuing Soviet forces, who have left buildings burning in scorched earth retreat. German troops firing light field artillery (10.5 cm leFH 18 leichte FeldHaubitze) and advancing through smoke over rough terrain. They flush Soviet defenders out of their fortifications. Brief view of destroyed reinforced bunker. Panzer light and medium tanks and move at high speed along roads, cross bridges and waterways and close a ring around Minsk. German and Soviet armor confront each other at close range. As the Germans fire, some soviet vehicles abandon the roadway to escape. German tanks continue to roll, raising clouds of dust. Tanks fire across open fields of grain. Smoke rises from shell strikes. German gunners set up and fire batteries of mixed field artillery including light, medium and heavy guns. Infantry moving house to house in villages. View from behind German gunners firing a maching gun from partially protected position. They duck for cover as enemy round flies close overhead. Soviet prisoners double-time marching along a road.
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