Civilians hide in underground houses during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis in Quemoy (Kinmen) Island, Taiwan. Taiwanese civilians hide in the underground shelters due to the Communist People’s Republic of China’s campaign of periodic artillery fire against the island. People come out of their houses in the Republic of China (ROC)-held island. Chickens roam the empty streets. People cook food outside their houses. Children walk during a break in the bombardment attack.
A United States Naval training film about the Battle of Coral Sea. Moves of C task Force (TF)17 on the Japanese targets without support of C task Force 11. Support system of TF 44. Animation shows probable action of Task Forces. Location of TF 11 and TF 44. TF 17 at sea. The Japanese plan. View of Japanese navy sailors on lookout on Japanese ship. Japanese Imperial Navy officers meeting and reviewing a map. Clouds show bad weather. Moves of TF 17 to Tulagi and Guadalcanal. Animation shows favorable and unfavorable weather conditions in attack of TF 17. Cruiser launches U.S. aircraft. Views of U.S. Navy aircraft attacking and dive bombing Japanese positions on island land, and Japanese ships at sea. Twelve Torpedo aircraft and 28 dive bombers are launched from USS Yorktown (CV-10). View of aircraft taking off from flight deck of USS Yorktown. Close proximity aerial view of Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber aircraft in flight Six planes in flight. Aerial view of islands. Torpedo bomber aircraft releasing torpedo from air to ocean during attack of a Japanese ship or a mine lair. Bombers take off and return after unsuccessful air operation. Diagram shows pilot's report after battle. Air group in flight. TF 11 approaches launch air searches within 200 miles. Moves of TF 11. Moves of Japanese commands. Reaction of Japanese Task Forces from small islands of Japan. Position of all forces depicted. (World War II period).
Manhattan Island in New York City, United States. A map shows the location of the five Boroughs in the New York City. A sign reads ' New York City' and marks Route 25D (Horace Harding Boulevard) on boundary between Queens County in the city and Nassau County on Long Island. .Camera pans to the Nassau County side where newly constructed homes are seen. Closeup of one of the houses, shows a small child coming out the front door to pick up two bottles of milk left by the milkman on the stoop. More views of homes in this neighborhood. A man throws a newspaper on steps of a house. Commuters (mostly headed to Manhattan) fill the platform at a station of the Long Island Railroad, and board a train as it arrives. View of the train heading West with Manhattan skyline visible in distance. View of train in major rail yard in Queens, with skyscrapers of Manhattan visible in distance.The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings are recognizable. Views of Ferry boats crossing to and from Manhattan,with sky scrapers in background. Passenger's view of ferry approaching battery terminal and docking. Commuters leaving the ferry.
World War II war crime trials in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Fifteen Germans come out of a prison gate. They are on a trial for killing seven U.S. airmen captured on Borkum Island after their aircraft crashed there on August 4, 1944. The prisoners, including both former German Army soldiers and Borkum Island civilian resdients, aboard a truck. Two armored cars escort the truck. They arrive at Ludwigsburg Palace. Sign over door reads "Borkum Island Court Room." The prisoners enter the courtroom in the palace. They take their seats. Seven United States judges seated in the court.
A training film titled 'Tarawa operations' about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. A map of the Pacific region depicts the location of the Gilbert Islands. A map of the Gilbert Islands including Tarawa. Animated map of Tarawa depicts the area of the atoll. A map of Betio island depicts its area. Animation depicts wind direction that helps in anchoring of landing crafts.
Role of Air Service Command in repairing and salvaging damaged airplanes and equipment in the European Theater during World War II. Air Service Command personnel, a jeep and damaged aircraft in an open field. The personnel inspect the damaged aircraft. They dig mud and make a ditch. A truck with a flat trailer pulls the aircraft out of the ditch. A DUKW drives down a water stream. It delivers tools and damaged section of the aircraft to an air service center. The service center personnel checks harnesses of parachutes in a parachute shop. Experts replace the damaged bearings of the propellers. A personnel hands over a generator to a sergeant. An ordnance personnel checks guns. The sergeant tests the points on the generator. Engine experts repair the gear of an engine. A welder welds heavy parts. A personnel gets off from a vehicle and enters into an air conditioned trailer shop. In this shop defective instruments of aircraft are put in a vacuum chamber. A repaired aircraft takes off. A ship burns and smoke rises. The damaged ship. A personnel types on a typing machine. Aircraft in the background. The Air Service Command personnel get into a boat. The boat underway along a ship. The personnel climb onto a ship. They see an island. They move towards the island as they get into a barge. They find damaged parts of aircraft on the island. They inspect fuselage, wings, guns and shells of the aircraft. Damaged aircraft and its parts are taken to the air service center.
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