U.S. paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division are seen silhoutted against sky as they board C-47 transport aircraft in Operation Market Garden mission to Grave and Nijmegen, Holland, in September, 1944, during World War 2. C-47 starts engines. C-47s take off towing gliders. Change of subject to Allied operations crossing the Rhine River into Germany in 1945. U.S. Army troops in a long boat powered by an outboard motor. U.S. troops board U.S. Navy amphibious assault boats on shore of the Rhine (Rhein) River. View from above of assault boats undergoing fire from German defenders during the crossing. U.S. troops moving quickly out of the assault boats on German soil. Scene shifts to airborne operations. View in cockpit of U.S. transport aircraft carrying U.S. paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division, on joint British-American Operation Varsity, to drop paratroopers on the German side of the Rhine River. A C-46 transport aircraft, in flight, bearing Tail Code "H.". View from cargo compartment as 17th Airborne Division paratroopers exit very efficiently, by jumping from both doors of the C-46. Sky filled with parachutes. Scene shifts to ground operations. U.S. Army troops stand shoulder to shoulder on a section of pontoon bridge, as it is pushed across a river by Army engineers in two small power boats. U.S. tanks and vehicles crossing pontoon bridges. Supreme Allied Commander, Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower, stands with Lieutenant General William Hood Simpson, commander of the U.S. Ninth Army, as they observe Allied operations. American soldiers taking German prisoners of war. German POWs being escorted under guard and large numbers of them in an open field under U.S. guard.
People get off a train and walk from platform in Batun Russia (Soviet Union). View of six car electric train passing. Pedestrians walking across tracks after the train passes. Steam locomotive pulling a long passenger train. A large crowd boarding train at station. Interior view of passengers on the train.
Traffic moving across a Bridge over Volturno River built by 1st battalion U.S. Army 343rd Engineers in Capua, Italy,during World War 2. The original bridge has been demolished and sits in the river bed. Closer view of the site. Traffic moving on the intact bridge is mostly military. View from water of an almost completely submerged section of the destroyed bridge. View from opposite shore of old buildings across the river, including the tower of the Cathedral of Capua (Cattedrale dei SS. Stefano e Agata). Camera pans from various places, including sandy bank of the river. Closer views of bridge show pedestrians walking across it. (Note 1: The bridge built by 343rd Engineers, from October 16th to November 9th, was a semi-permanent structure, 332 ft high, 370 feet long, and classified as a two-way Class 40 or one-way Class 70 bridge. A million vehicles crossed it during the entire Italian campaign. Note 2: reportedly, opening slate refers to Major Linden Rigby, 196th Signal Photo Company, involved in the making of this film.)
Animated map shows area from Java Island past Asian mainland to Japan. It shows path of Japanese long range bomber aircraft from Japan to Borneo. Loose formation of bombers is seen in flight above clouds. View inside cockpit of Japanese bomber shows a child's stuffed doll hung near the windshield. Extreme closeup of crew members in cockpit of Mitsubishi Ki-21 bomber in flight. More views of aircraft in formation flying above clouds. View from a bomber of Allied warships executing evasive maneuvers in the sea below. Formation of Japanese bombers in flight toward the camera. Airborne camera focuses on one ship below during evasive maneuver. Japanese crew members in their cockpit. View from the aircraft of bombs exploding in water near Allied ship trying to evade them. One appears to have struck the ship.
Tachikawa Airfield in Japan after the end of World War II. Opening scene shows a U.S. Army Air Force flyer's A-3 equipment bag with logo of the 5th Air Force on it. A Japanese ambulance is seen, next, with Japanese attendants. Injured American soldiers are helped aboard the ambulance. One, with his arm heavily bandaged, waits to board. An Army Air Forces C-54 transport aircraft makes a long takeoff roll before climbing out from the airfield. Several views from an empty hangar of a C-54 taxiing past on the airfield ramp. In background C-54 aircraft are seen taxiing in various parts of the airfield. Some jeeps drive and a soldier walks past the hangar as a C-47 starts a takeoff roll in the background. View of hills and clouds.
Landmarks and attractions in Japan. The Shirahige Shrine Torii in Takashima, Japan. The Nikkō Tōshō-gū in Nikko, Japan. A temple town, Shinto shrine, gateway containing original carving of "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil" monkeys. Animal life: "sacred deer" called by priest and fed by visitors, and animals specially bred for beauty and uniqueness such as white peacock, long tailed rooster. Fish, flowers, trees, Cherry Blossom festival and Mount Fuji.
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