Polish American establishments in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Various Polish shops on Pulaski Street. A sign reads ' Frank Roydzoski and son funeral home'. Another sign on a window reads 'Polish Army veterans association of America,' on one window in Polish, and on another window, in English. A sign reads 'F.J. Zilinski custom tailors'. Men walk on a sidewalk in the foreground. A Poster in Polish at a corner shop, advertises a movie, at the Strand Palace, about Thaddeus Kosciuszko (the famous Polish-born engineering genius who was a hero in the American Revolutionary war). The poster states that the film has English subtitles. Next to the poster is a small World War II banner reading: "God Bless America, We are proud to be AMERICANS." A corner of Pulaski Street with a sign that reads 'Pulaski street and Kossuth street'.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman disembarking from an aircraft at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. Ambassador Harriman talking to an official standing beside the aircraft. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King disembarks from an aircraft. He is greeted by British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson and another officer. The officers talking beside an aircraft. Ambassador Harriman with Major General F. M. Anderson Deputy Commander USSTAF (United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe) and other officers. Several officers beside an aircraft in the background.
U.S. Navy aircraft in Vietnam during Operation Market time of the Vietnam War. Nose of an aircraft parked at an air base. A sign on the cockpit of the aircraft reads 'C.P. LTJG E.J. Hopkins'. Another sign reads 'Lt. Swenson' and 'Lt. Hopkins'. Two flight crew men work on a tow bar. They hook the bar to the nose of the aircraft. A tractor backs down and the men hook up the bar to the back of the tractor. The tractor driver works on the controls as he moves the aircraft out of the turn up area. The tow bar being attached to the tractor. The aircraft being slowly moved to the turn up area. The tractor tows the aircraft. A crew member releases the tow bar from the tractor. The tow bar being released from the aircraft. A pilot climbs aboard the aircraft. Two crewmen stand by as the starboard engine is started. The port engine turns up slowly. A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-2H aircraft taxis out from a line. A U.S. Navy Phantom F-4B taxis down the line with a drogue parachute open.
USS Ortolan salvages a Japanese submarine off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A man puts on a diving mask. He jumps into water. He removes the diving mask. U.S. Navy Captain Holland and Captain A.F. Loger at Japanese books. Holland thumbs through Japanese code books. The bow of USS Ortolan in the choppy sea.
A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion aircraft in Atsugi, Japan during a long range navigational test. A flight crew is briefed in a weather briefing room. Navigator Lieutenant R.T. Myers and pilot Lieutenant Commander F.H. Stoodley figure out fuel consumption for the flight. Flight Meteorologist Commander J.E. Koeher speaks to aircraft commander Commander D.H. Lilienthal, flight engineer K.D. Frontz, pilot Captain R.H. Ross and flight engineer H. A. Statti. Commander Koher and Commander Lilienthal discuss weather conditions. A navigational chart depicts the flight path from Japan to Pax River in Maryland, Unite States. Commander Lilienthal stands next to a bulletin board as he points out at the chart.
Part of a British production, circa 1940, highlighting the work of the Royal Air Force during World War II, and discussing the history of the RAF while showing World War I Royal Flying Corps (RFC) images. The Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom. The flag of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on a mast. RAF personnel from all parts of the commonwealth march in a mass formation during World War II, including mainland Great Britain pilots and Indian RAF pilots and crews. A line of aircraft stationed on an airfield in the UK. History of RAF is discussed by narrator, with images from World War I of Royal Flying Corps (then part of British Army) airmen and their aircraft. Views of several World War I aircraft on an airfield and taking off, including the Sopwith Camel, the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, the Bristol F.2 Fighter. Royal Flying Corps pilots and crews gathered for group photos.
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