United States servicemen with the 81st ("Wildcat") Infantry Division rest before deployment in Honolulu, Hawaii during World War II. Men sailing in long boat off the coast of Waikiki Beach. Diamond Head seen in the background. A group of men surfing on the beach. Surfers swimming. A couple looks at the beach together. Men running towards the water on the beach. Servicemen sunbathing. Sunbathing man reads a newspaper. Men and a woman paddle in their boat. United States servicemen and sailors watch a burlesque show in Honolulu. A serviceman uses binoculars to watch the burlesque performance. Man wolf-whistles at burlesque girl.
View of the training center at the Tsuchiura Navy Air Corps, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Buildings in the Imperial Japanese Navy Flying Department Practice Club. Exterior of Japanese cadet barracks at early morning. Japanese Naval Air cadets sleeping in long lines of arranged hammocks. Loudspeaker sounding to wake cadets. A man makes an announcement through the siren. Navy cadets rise from their hammocks at reveille. Cadets rolling and tying their hammocks. They put their rolled hammocks back into place. Japanese naval cadets jogging on the grounds of the Tsuchiura Navy Air Corps. Japanese cadets in formation at morning quarters. Japanese officer on platform giving commands thru microphone. Japanese cadets in formation singing the national anthem, Kimigayo. Japanese calligraphy inscription. Cadets in formation; open formation for exercises. Hundreds or thousands of cadets doing early morning exercises (taisou). Japanese sailor ringing bell near barracks.
A long line of wrecked German Army vehicles seen near Chambois, France, during the Battle of Chambois in World War II. Debris and supplies are seen scattered in the forest near the abandoned vehicles. United States Army soldiers inspect items left in the vehicles. An injured German soldier is escorted by U.S. soldiers. An Allied soldier walking past burned cars on the road.
Formations of Soviet aircraft in flyovers during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Twin jet Tu-16 missile carrier aircraft in flight. A Soviet woman looks skywards to watch the airshow. Soviet aircraft such as Beriev Be-10 (or M-10) "Mallow" flying boats (hydroplanes) in flight. An African man in the crowd watches the Soviet airshow. A Tupolev Tu-22 (NATO reporting name: Blinder) supersonic long range bomber aircraft in flight. Soviet military officials observe aircraft. Three Tupolev Tu-22 in formation. Brief view of three Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters in formation flying past crowd.
Three Sukhoi Su-9 aircraft (NATO reporting name: Fishpot) fighters during the 1962 Soviet Aviation Day Display at Tushino Airfield (present day Otkrytie Bank Arena, Volokolamskoye Shosse, 69, Moscow, Russia, 125424) near Moscow, Soviet Union. Famous Soviet cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin uses binoculars to watch the airshow from a balcony. Three Yakovlev Yak-28 (NATO reporting names: Brewer, Brewer-E, Firebar, and Maestro) fighters in flyover. Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Soviet officials watch from a balcony. A Myasishchev M-50 supersonic strategic bomber with two Sukhoi Su-9 escorts in flight. A Tupolev Tu-28 (NATO reporting name Fiddler) long-range interceptor aircraft demonstrating at the airshow. A Soviet man looking skyward. A fighter aircraft (possibly MiG-21) climbing high in the sky during the airshow.
Shortly before World War 2: Animation showing an aircraft emitting radio waves towards German cities of Berlin and Leipzig. A man sits behind a radio directional finding network. A radio antenna receives signals. Animation showing radio directional finding networks in Berlin and Leipzig detects aircraft in Germany. A man’s hand plotting a map with a long ruler. Animation depicts German radio directional finding network detecting aircraft location. A Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft in hangar. A second Ju 52 on ramp with tail being elevated in flight position on snow-covered airfield. Nose and engine of the Ju 52. Pilot using directional finding equipment onboard the Ju 52.
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