Lillian Boyer, of barnstormer wing walking fame, changes from a speeding auto to a Curtiss JN-4 at state fair in United States. She climbs up a rope ladder onto the plane.
A1000 pound bomb under the wing of an aircraft with a sign on the side 'Air mail special delivery to North Korea' on board United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) during the Korean War. A helicopter takes off and in flight. First plane takes off for striking North Korean forces. An AP aircraft loaded with bombs and rockets unfolds its wings and taxis to take off. F4U aircraft takes off.
Aircraft returns to United States Navy aircraft carrier US Boxer (CV-21) after striking North Korean positions during the Korean War. Plane handlers park the plane. Lieutenant Commander Coffman gets out of the cockpit of F4U aircraft.
Groups of U.S. soldiers, from 101st Airborne and 4th Infantry Divisions, walk toward helicopters of the 1st Aviation Brigade, at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, as they prepare to depart for an incursion into Cambodia, during the Vietnam war. Several arriving UH-1 Huey helicopters fly low past parked ones. Six are seen hovering in formation just a few feet over the field and then moving forward toward the runway. Troops walking toward their helicopters include one contingent carrying a large American flag. Some soldiers assemble in groups, placing their gear on the ground. They are dispatched to helicopters in orderly groups. The contingent with the flag has it furled as they climb aboard a UH-1.
Secretary of State George Marshall deplanes and is greeted by president Harry.S.Truman in Washington. President Truman makes speech after he congratulates Marshall in front of large crowd on his efforts at the Big 4 Moscow conference.
As film begins, it shows three American paratroopers with a map, kneeling in a farm field, in Holland, during world War 2. They are consulting two local women kneeling beside them, who point it two directions. They all look up, aware of the camera. A Waco CG-4 glider is in the background, with its front hatch opened. Several paratroopers stand near it. Momentary glimpse of several troopers walking across the field toward their glider. Scene jumps back to the troopers and women, and then back, again, to troopers walking toward the glider. A local man ducks under the camera as it records the troopers crossing the field. Closer view of troopers gathered around the glider (its front hatch is closed), along with several local people, including the three women seen earlier. Soon, local people, including many youth gather around a trooper in a jeep that got stuck in a ditch. They try to free it. Several troopers ride in a horse-drawn cart. A formation of B-24 Liberator bombers is seen inflight overhead. Scene shifts back to troopers in the horse-drawn cart. Local youth with bicycles stand watching them. Remainder of the film shows various views of supplies and equipment being dropped by parachutes from the B-24s. (Likely during Operation Market Garden.)
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