Arrival of SS Excambion passenger liner (one of the "4 Aces" of American Export LIne) to New York from Lisbon, Portugal, during World War 2. Refugees and immigrants (many Jews seeking refuge from Nazi German persecution in World War 2) at rail of SS Excambion with New York City skyline and Statue of Liberty in the background. Refugees at rail. Refugees leave ship at pier.
Czech newspapers announcing the illness and later death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Newspapers dated 4th March 1953. Czech civilians read announcement from bulletin boards. Families listen to radio.
Allied warplanes in formation flying over Germany during World War II. Extreme closeup of a B-17 bomber in flight. Crew members can be seen in their positions in the cockpit, in the nose and in the top gun turret. Inside a B-17 cockpit, the pilot and copilot are seen wearing their oxygen masks. Closeup of two U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 aircraft supposedly providing fighter escort for B-17s. The nearest is a P-51D-5-NA, tail number 44-13325, VF-Z of the 336th Fighter Squadron,4th Fighter Group (probably flown by Lieutenant Earl F. Hustwit). Next, an African American pilot is shown in the cockpit of a fighter plane. Scene shifts back to the pilots in the B-17. Distant view of B-17 formation with top-cover formation of fighters. Another view of P-51, number 44-13325 and its wingman, in flight. Another view of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Several German Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft flying toward the camera. Three passing the camera.. View of several P-51s in flight. They release their belly drop tanks and peel off, ostensibly to engage German fighters. View of African American pilot, in cockpit, diving with hand on stick, pressing gun firing trigger. Closeup of guns firing from aircraft wing. A German fighter being struck and smoking. More views of the African American pilot in his cockpit. Gun camera view of an American fighter plane pursuing a German aircraft close to the ground. The German plane is hit and explodes. A P-51 flying close to the ground. Extreme closeup, again, of B-17 in flight, its pilots in cockpit, and the same two P-51s from the 336th Fighter Squadron, ostensibly escorting them. (Note African American fighter pilots, known as the Tuskegee Airmen flew in the 332nd Fighter Group during the war. Unfortunately, none of the aircraft from that renowned Group of "Red Tails" are actually seen in this film.)
U.S. CVE (Escort Aircraft Carrier) off the coast during invasion of Palau Islands in World War II. Formation of U.S. Navy TBF Avenger torpedo bombers. TBFs approach and land on flight deck of CVE. U.S. Navy F4F Wildcat fighter taxis on flight deck of CVE. TBF warms up on deck of CVE.
Officials load sacks of mail from a truck, into a Boeing model 40 airplane at an airport in California. The pilot stands by the airplane, wearing a seat-pack parachute. The fuselage of airplane has logo of the State of California painted on it. Several cameras on tripods stand beside the tail of the airplane. Formations of U.S. Army DH-4 airplanes in flight over California.
A film based on mission of USS Hornet (CV-8) in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Members of U.S. Navy Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8) who are to participate in Battle of Midway, pose aboard deck of USS Hornet underway. Radioman George Field, Radioman Hollis Martin, Lieutenant Commander John Waldron, pose who would be killed in action later. Only survivor of the mission Ensign George Gay poses on deck with Radioman Hollis Martin. U.S. TBD Devastator torpedo bombers take off from flight deck of USS Hornet on 4th June, 1942. Men at work in the radio room. Church service for the dead men in the Battle of Midway.
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