A P- 51D plane or Mustang of the 3rd Air Commando Group, 5th U.S. Army Air Force, being repaired in Philippines. A mechanic works on the P- 51. Swastikas, Japanese flag and American flag painted on the fuselage of the plane. Pilot in the cockpit is Captain L.E. Curdes. Below his painted name on the plane it says "C. C. Buck Wheat". Captain Curdes exiting the cockpit.
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at an airfield in Belgium. [Slate states airfield # 78, which would be Florennes/Juzaine Airfield, Belgium. But it may actually be Le Culot Airfield (A-89) where P-47s of the 36th and 373rd Fighter Groups were based.] A large number of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes parked on a flight line. A B-17G Flying Fortress bomber parked in background. P-47s with bubble canopies taxi in single file from the flight line along a curved taxi strip.
U.S. OSS (Office of Strategic Services) headed by Colonel William Joseph Donovon asks the public to send pictures taken abroad to Colonel L. E. Norris in the United States during World War II. Employees sorting still photographs sent by the public. Various pictures showing foreign harbors and coastlines. Colonel L.E. Norris of the OSS examines the photographs at his desk. The employees examine filmstrips and photographs at a desk.
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at an airfield in England during World War II. Anthony Eden reviews troops at the airfield. Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers and Major General Ira C. Eaker accompany the Secretary. Eden shakes hands with the officers at the U.S. bomber station. Secretary Eden looks on with an aircraft in the background. A man seated in the cockpit with Nazi German swastikas on the door of the plane. Secretary Eden shakes hands with flight crew members lined up at the bomber station. Officers including Colonel Curtis Le May, Colonel Archie Old, Colonel Peterson also present at the air base.
U.S. President John F Kennedy at an air show in Florida,United States. President Kennedy arrives at the Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. President with the Chief of Staff of United States Air Force General Curtis LeMay. Vice President Lyndon B Johnson seated. Aircraft (F-100's) in formation flight as they drop bombs. Explosions occur and smoke rises. Mass mid air refueling being demonstrated by F-100s getting fuel from KB-50 tanker aircraft. President Kennedy and General LeMay look on. An F-101 aircraft hits a drone plane with air to air missiles. (Narrator mistakenly calls them F-102s.) F-100 aircraft drop Napalm bombs. The bombs flip end over end during descent and explosions are seen as they impact.
Allied troops participate in a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or Le Pavois in Algiers, Algeria. Soldiers with a wreath near the Tomb. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in white depicting men on horses lifting the Unknown Soldier. Four soldiers with rifles give a gun salute. (World War II period).
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