Elements of the Soviet Navy Nothern Fleet escorting a supply convoy in the Barents Sea during World War 2. Soviet destroyers in camouflage are seen moving amongst the transport ships of the convoy. Soviet officers conferring in pilot house of a ship. Scene of some heavy seas. A Soviet Leningrad class destroyer moving rapidly astern the photo ship. Cargo ships steaming in background. Soviet antiaircraft gunners near their weapons, search skies with binoculars. Three German airplanes are sighted overhead and an alarm is sounded. Soviet sailors run to their battle stations. One gun crew is seen uncovering their weapon and beginning to fire at the German aircraft. A German three-engine Ju-52 flies low over the ship and drops a bomb that explodes in the water. Soviet gunners continue their barrage. Black flak begins to appear in the sky. A German Ju-78, Stuka dive bomber heads toward a ship. Two Soviet officers, on deck in heavy clothing, looking through binoculars. sailors load shells. Sequence shifts to a fast moving Soviet MO-4 small guard ship. View from aboard the MO-4 as it speeds through the water. Officers seen on the open foredeck. A crew member signals and the ship launches a depth charge to defend the convoy against German submarines. She continues to lay a cordon of depth charges. Final scene shows convoy transport ships continuing safely.
United States 5th Air Force transport services in the South West Pacific theater during World War II. A mobile hoist loads a large aircraft engine in a United States Army Air Force CG-4A Haig glider named 'General George'. Australian troops unload field artillery and jeeps from a United States Army Air Force C47 Skytrain transport aircraft. The CG-4A Haig glider towed by the C47Skytrain aircraft.
Air raid by U.S. jet fighter bomber aircraft during Vietnam War. U.S. jet fighter bomber aircraft (A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom, according to narrator) in flight and during attacks North Vietnam Communication and boat repair facilities. United States aircraft strafe and bomb bridges and storage areas. Smoke column rises from explosions.
Colors of First Marine Division units are returned to their respective places in formation after award of Presidential Unit Citation, by President Nixon. A flight of 3 Marine F-4 fighters flies overhead at low altitude. They are followed by a KC-130 refueling aircraft with two F-4s in refueling positions behind trailing hoses. A flight of three OV-10A aircraft fly over the assembly, followed by a flight of three light helicopters, a flight of three medium lift (CH-46) helicopters, and a flight of three heavy lift (CH-53) helicopters. The First Marine Division passes in review. President Nixon applauds, and General Chapman does, as well.
A formation of Douglas SBD-3 aircraft is seen flying overhead. Pilots of U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron (VF-3) on their Aircraft Carrier, the USS Yorktown (CV-5), after a mission during the Battle of Midway. They are seen climbing out of their aircraft after parking on the flight deck. The Squadron Commander, Lieutenant Commander John S. Thatch, in cockpit of his F4F aircraft with 7 Japanese flags painted on its fuselage. in out of sequence, earlier shot, he holds up four fingers in response to question of how many Japanese aircraft fell to VF-3, on this mission. Other VF-3 pilots climbing from their aircraft. Three pose in front of an F4F.
A Team Handball game in progress between the the United States(White) and Spain(Red) during the Summer Olympics of 1972 in Munich, Germany. Sequence opens showing the score ESP-USA, 3-3. The teams play hard moving back and forth across the court, and the scoreboard records as Spain makes 4th and 5th scores. After more play, the score shows ESP-USA, 7-4. Then the U.S. scores to make it 7-5. The U.S. team scores two more goals as the sequence ends. (Note: neither team did well in this sport overall. This was the sixteenth-place consolation round, and the U.S. won it 22 to 20, over Spain.)
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