U.S.Coast Guard crewmen painting battle star on superstructure of Landing Craft Infantry (Large), LCI(L) number 84, during World War 2, in France. (This craft was already a veteran of North African and Italian campaigns, and is preparing to take part in the Normandy invasion.) Another Guardsman questions whether it will be as good as other stars already painted. Others keep pestering the painter about this and he reassures them all. (View of perfect finished red star.) Landing craft Gunners display the landing craft's Oerlikon 20-millimeter Mk 4 automatic antiaircraft cannon. Views of LCI(L)s numbered 85, 89, 92,90, and 496, all tied together at a port in England. Sailors on LCI(L) 85, at their Oerlikon 20-millimeter cannon. U.S. Navy Union Jack displayed nearby. U.S. Coast Guard officers viewing sky with binoculars.
The United States Army Eighth Air Force 351st Bombardment Group shooting for the film 'Combat America.' Slate indicates these segments are filmed at RAF Station Molesworth, England. Several repeated takes for the An Army Air Forces film “Combat America.” An Air Forces Captain drops from the bottom hatch of a B-17 bomber and is approached by Captain Clark Gable, who begins reading to him from some papers. The scene is stopped and repeated again, when filming continues with Gable questioning and conversing with the Captain. Their conversation seems jovial, with both smiling from time to time. They both appear to be holding similar papers, and Gable occasionally makes a motion that suggests they are discussing the film script and associated actions. A Clapper is actuated for Take 4, in which Gable commences reading, again, from his papers, directing his comments at the B-17 Captain, and repeating the earlier hand motions. The final take is a closeup of the B-17 Captain, standing close to the aircraft, and appearing to answer questions. Clip ends with wild shots of flight boots and feet of someone walking. (World War II period).
Lt. General Carl Spaatz and Major General James Doolittle of the United States Twelfth Air Force, Colonel Willis, as well as other American and French officers attend ceremonies at the presentation of Curtiss P-4O Warhawk planes by U.S. to French Major-General Bergeret and the French Lafayette Escadrille in Morocco during World War II. American troops parade with the American flag. An officer addresses the troops. Officers with the American flag. Officers salute the French and American flags. P-40 Warhawks in the air. Three officers walking. French Moroccan horsemen pass by. Major General Doolittle, Lieutenant General Spaatz, and French Major-General Bergeret talk to each other and to other American and French officers.
A small British patrol gun boat is docked on the Danube River, during World War 1. An officer paces on her deck. She displays the British white naval ensign at her bow. Camera pans to another British boat tied next to the first. A sailor walks on her deck. A four-inch deck gun is seen wrapped in tarpaulin. Officers and crew,, pose for the camera on one of the boats.. A 4-inch deck gun is displayed. As officers walk about nearby, a sailor cranks a handle to demonstrate maneuvering controls of the gun.
Group of military officers from U.S., Britain, and France, pose for photographs during First World War. President Woodrow Wilson inspects a British Handley Page 0/400 twin engine bomber at Bolling Field. A Thomas Morse S4C airplane parked in front is dwarfed by the larger Handley Page machine. The President with General March and Mrs. Wilson inspect the British bomber. The British military pilot of the plane poses and smiles. The plane takes off and is seen in flight over the Washington Monument.
View from a 4-engine airplane in flight over altocumulus clouds. Setting sun creates pink colors. Scene changes abruptly to views, inland from Omaha Beach, at Colleville-sur-Mer, France, of the temporary military battlefield cemetery established by the U.S. First Army, on June 8, 1944, right after the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War 2. Simple wooden crosses mark the graves of the fallen Americans, each identified by one of their dog tags fastened to the marker.
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