Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. Ships underway in the Mediterranean Sea. Liberty ship SS Robert Rowan after being hit with an incendiary bomb dropped by a German aircraft. Explosives on the ship blow up. A huge column of black smoke rises from the ship. Other ships in the background and landing barges in the foreground. A long trail of smoke left by the burning ship.
A United States Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft in flight from Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan during a long range navigational test. A runway seen from the aircraft as the aircraft taxis for a take off. The pilot Commander Donald H. Lilienthal and the copilot look at the controls. A navigator at work. He looks down the passageway of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft. Another man approaches him. Two men in the background and a gear in the foreground. The navigator works on a chart. The back view of Commander Donald H. Lilienthal in silhouette at the controls. A member of crew in the aircraft. A member of the crew in deep silhouette. Half moon as seen from the aircraft.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
Experimental Martin XB-51 aircraft lands and makes long ground roll on runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California
The Aisne-Marne Operation in France during World War 1. American Expeditionary Forces (AEC) 111th Infantry contingent bivouacked on side of a hill in Crezeney, France. Their horses graze in field below. Closeup of soldiers drinking directly from a small pond, and filling containers with water from it. Battle-damaged buildings in the background. Scene shifts to U.S. 119th Field Artillery, near Mount Saint Martin in Lorraine. A gun crew is seen behind an entrenched French heavy gun (Canon de 155mm Long Mle 1917 GPF). Views of the gun breech and open split tail carriage. Closeup of Gunner cranking a control wheel to elevate the gun barrel. He then makes some fine aiming adjustments. Camera focuses on a soldier standing near a large tree trunk and then pans over to the gunner adjusting aim of the 155mm gun. Scene shifts to another gun crew in some shrubbery, firing a French 75 field piece.
The exercise wind chill at the Thule Air Base in Greenland. A long line of the U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster on snow covered ramp. The U.S. troops stand near the aircraft. Troops prepare to board the aircraft.
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