German Panzer tanks and light armored vehicles moving forward in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. German 10.5cm self-propelled tank destroyer is seen covered with foliage moving in a field. A German soldier on top of a Panzer tank. White smoke rising across the entire background of the battlefield. German tank destroyer advancing in a town in the Ardennes region. German troops advancing into town as heavy smoke rises from bombed areas. German infantry crouching in a field near a house. Soldiers crawling on hands and knees as they engage in house-to-house fighting. German soldiers standing on top of an open turret shooting with their guns. German soldiers lying low in a field with a burning tank behind them. A German soldier fires a Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket launcher. German troops moving up town. A huge explosion next to a barn. Tank destroyers and camouflaged half-track armored personnel carrier moving forward as they are followed by infantry; a burning United States truck is seen. German forces advance in bombed out town; one of the soldiers is holding a Panzerfaust. They jump through a destroyed brick wall. U.S. Army soldiers upon capture by German forces. Captured Allied soldier prisoners of war coming out of a house with their hands in the air. Some of the soldiers surrender with a white flag. Captured Allied troops gathered in town square. Burned and destroyed Allied tanks. An upturned tank. A knocked out American tank with "America First" stenciled on its side. Two German soldiers inspect the hole on the side of the tank. Soldiers surround a captured Jeep. A soldier with a bloodied face uses the field phone to make a call. SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, the 4 Star Commander of the German 6th Panzer Army arrives in the scene. Dietrich steps out from his staff car. Dietrich watch German troops marching past him. German infantry troops moving along with military trucks and vehicles. Some of the troops bring bicycles. A German soldier looks up as a V-1 flying bomb passes overhead. A rifle stuck on the ground with its butt facing up near a Browning M1917 machine gun. Dead United States soldiers lying amidst destroyed weapons and equipment. Smoke rises from a burned U.S. tank. Captured M3 Stuart tanks and a M3 half-track lined up in a field.
A huge gathering on flight line during Tushino Air Show in Russia. Views of train leaving grounds. A large cup of YAK-24 helicopters in flight over airport. A group of MI-4 helicopters landing on airfield. Helicopters land, troops debark from MI-4 helicopters. Views of crowd and houses near the airfield
Bird men risk lives to provide thrills at a big air show and give sensational exhibition of flying at Cleveland, Ohio. A formation of nine P-12 aircraft in flight low over the ground. A formation of U.S. Navy F4B-4s (P-12s) in six sets of threes in flight. The flight of English RAF Lt. Ackerly, wearing a top hat and a frock coat, flying his plane while sitting in a saddle on the fuselage. Milo Burcham in flight upside down in his aircraft 'The Blue Flash' P-12. Parachutists jump from two C-3As. United States Army Air Corps Martin B-10s in flight. A B-10 in flight over a desert terrain and another B-10 in flight in the background. A propeller hub on a B-l0. Three B-10s in flight. Martin B-10b aircraft in flight over a mountainous terrain on a training exercise between Marchfield California and Tucson Arizona. Two B-10s in flight. Clouds in the background. A formation of nine B-10s in flight.
In a training film for American airmen in the early 1950s, actor Larry Hagman plays role of a U.S. Airman being entertained as guest in a British home, where differences in daily life are discussed. British family seated in living room and having tea with the American military airman, and tending a fireplace. Examples of notable British manufacturing. A British Canberra jet bomber taking off. A class A4 streamlined 4-6-2 British steam locomotive, bearing British Railways number 60027 (Named Kingfisher and built at Doncaster Works). Pistons moving on large British marine engine. Fabric printing and manufacture.
Views from a slow moving aircraft (possibly a helicopter) of the port facilities at Cam Rahn Bay, during the Vietnam War. The port has 5 deep water piers, 4 for general cargo and one further north for ammunition. Cranes installed by Sea-Land are seen on pier 4. Sorry there was no navy base or training center in 1970. This clip shows the Army base and port.
Wide-ranging review of U.S. Navy aircraft operational in 1941. Formation of U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft in flight. One enters shallow dive and emits smoke as a screen for warships during training exercise. Nine U.S. Navy Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bombers peel off from echelon formation and dive toward the sea, as the Douglas SBD Dauntless emitting smoke skims over the water. A glimpse of the Aircraft Carrier, USS Enterprise (CV-6) is seen in the background. The TBDs launch their attack under cover of the smoke screen. They drop their torpedoes low over the water and climb out past the USS Enterprise. Her deck is empty. Large formations of U.S. Navy SBD and TBD aircraft fly overhead. TBD and SBD aircraft are seen landing on the Enterprise. Deck crews and signal officers, with paddles, are seen at work. An F4F lands on the flight deck. Deck crews position the aircraft, after landing, and chock their wheels. Plane captains attend to their aircraft, including refueling them. Scene shifts to land base, where mechanics work on various aircraft, including a PBM Mariner flying boat. At TC: 03:13, a U.S. Navy JRS-1 flying boat is seen in flight. (This is a Sikorsky S-43, Baby Clipper. The Navy had about 15, or so, of these, just prior to World War 2.) A mechanic is sitting on the nose of this aircraft performing some task, while in flight. (Clearly, the aircraft is capable of very slow flight.) Next seen is a Navy N3N trainer plane; an SNJ (North American T-6 Texan); Several Consolidated PB2 Coronados; PBY amphibian; Vought Kingfisher;Grumman F4F Wildcat;formation of Douglas TBD Devastators;formation of Douglas SBD Dauntless; and closeup of SBD with canopies open and pilot and rear gunner visible. Brief view of Lexington-class aircraft carrier.
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