Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, ("Headhunters") ride on hood of a jeep to their P-38 aircraft during World War 2. Squadron Commander, Ace, Major Jay T. Robbins, stands in front of a P-38, with his hand on a propeller.(Film is reversed). He converses with crew chief. P-38s taxiing out for a mission. A crewman wearing a headset climbs out of cockpit of a P-38 and slides down the its wing. View from another airplane, in flight, of a P-38 making a pass close to the camera plane. Aerial view of a military installation on the ground.
View of Royal Yacht Britania in water. Queen Elizabeth arrives at bay of islands in Britania accompanied by Price Philip. Queen is greeted and welcomed by the huge crowd and she attends Waitangi celebrations where dance is performed by tribal people. Then Queen Elizabeth reaches Auckland and visits beaches. View of sailboats at beach and in water. Queen Elizabeth leaving the beach.
U.S. P-38 Lightning and heavy bomber aircraft in flight approaching the Wewak airfield. Close-up aerial views of P-38s and B-25 Mitchell aircraft. Aircraft attacking Japanese Fourth Air Army targets. Several B-24 liberators, B-25 bombers and P-38 lightning aircraft flying over the airfield. Aircraft rolling, circling and flying low over airfield and dropping bombs. A B-24 Liberator on its side in a pond. Appears to have crashed off edge of Allied airfield on returning from Wewak raid. (World War II period).
A PBY Catalina of the U.S. Army Air Force, 2nd Emergency Squadron rescues a P-38 pilot. The PBY Catalina flies over water. Two P-38 planes in flight. The PBY Catalina lands in water. A P-38 pilot in water near the raft. The pilot climbs aboard. He writes on a paper. Another man near him. The pilot dries himself and wraps himself up in a blanket. He talks with the pilot of the PBY Catalina while the co-pilot is at controls. He is handed a steel cup with a spoon. Aerial view of Norotai air strip. The PBY Catalina lands. The rescued P-38 pilot climbs out. Another man follows. The rescued pilot shakes hands with a man.
Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru greets the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on the Republic Day of India. A Republic Day parade is seen. Duke of Edinburgh visits the Bhakra Dam. Water flowing in River Sutlej.
U.S. Army Colonel Lief J. Sverdrup takes breakfast in a jungle at Nadrab. Soldiers bring him food. A soldier walks to a stream and gets a bucket of water. (World War II period).
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