USAAF (United States Army Air Force) fighter aircraft Lockheed P-38 Lightning on bombing mission over Sicily in Italy during World War II. A bomb servicing truck backs up with a bomb towards P-38. Enlisted men lower the bomb on ground. Enlisted men (EM) roll the bomb into position under bomb rack. EM work on a hardpoint under the wing of P-38. An EM work under the wing of P-38. EM attach a belt on the bomb. The bomb is pulled up. Men attach the bomb under the wing. A man checks the bomb mounted under the wing. Men checking the bomb. EM stand near the bomb. An EM takes out a fuse of the bomb and attaches it back.
A British film which demonstrates the use of their equipment against beach obstacles during World War II in Great Britain. An armor-piercing shot (AP) is fired from British 3 and 6 pounder (pdr) anti tank gun. Smoke flakes in the sky. The concrete wall not shattered above 200 cubic feet. Fire from 6 pdr shot and 6 ½ lb beehive. The 6 ½ lb beehive attached on a tin sheet. The beehive bursts. Smoke rises due to explosion. A hole in the concrete wall. A man measures the hole with a stick.
Vintage cars drive on streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Two men work on a vintage car. The vintage cars drive on a street. Traffic on the street. Men and women seated inside the cars. One of the cars is open, with no sides or roof. Buildings on either side of the street. A man and a woman in the open vintage car. The woman waves to the onlookers on Broad Street. City Hall seen briefly in the background. The vintage cars on the street. Onlookers including policemen look at the cars.
Damage caused due to air raid by German Luftwaffe airplanes in Belgium during World War 2. Buildings on a street burn. A Belgian civilian woman with her children on the street. A building burns and smoke and flames pour from the building. The civilians on the street racing for safety. A building burns. Civilians and soldiers take refuge in an air raid shelter. The ruins of the bombed buildings. A dead civilian in the ruins. A dead horse lying on the street. The civilians walk in between the ruins. A wrecked car. British troops inspect the car. A truck carrying troops drive on a road. A truck tows an artillery piece. Old people seated on the side of the road. Civilian Belgian refugees on a trailer. Traffic on streets. A man and a woman refugee with their children ride a bicycle. The people evacuating the city. Vehicles move on a road. British troops advance in single file line toward the front as civilian refugees flee going the opposite direction on roads out of the city. People seated on grasses talk. The British soldiers carrying rifles advance.
Designer of U.S. fighter aircraft Igor Sikorsky sets a new record for hovering in air for 1:32 in Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter in Stratford, Connecticut. People stand around the VS-300. A three-blade rotor rotates. VS-300 raises up from the group. The VS-300 hovering in the air. The VS-300 lowers down on the ground. People cheer and wave to Sikorsky for setting a record. People stand around Igor Sikorsky. A man approaches Sikorsky to congratulate him.
A U.S. arms manufacturing in World War 1. Hundreds of war production workers seen at shift change, waiting for their respective trolley cars passing on tracks between arms manufacturing plant's buildings. Women at work on metal working machines in an arms factory. Racks of Browning Automatic Rifles (Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918) are being moved about. Assemblers are seen hand fitting parts for the Browning M1917 water cooled machine gun. One man makes final assembly adjustments to one of the machine guns set up on tripod in the factory. He enjoys firing the Browning M1917 machine gun. (Note:The M1917 and M1918 BAR were manufactured by numerous American arms makers. Colt, Remington, Marlin, Royal typewriter, Winchester. Most of the M1917 machine guns were manufactured by New England Westinghouse.)
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