Gun camera footage of American Army aircraft strafing tanks in Germany. Strafing wooded area. Target burns. Smoke rises from the target area
Activities aboard USS Hancock (CV-19) in the Pacific Ocean, during World War 2. Opening scene shows remains of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft from Torpedo Squadron Seven (VT-7) that crashed on landing. The forward cockpit area appears intact, but behind that, the fuselage is torn off and sits separately on the flight deck. Sailors move the the tail section closer to the edge of the deck. Sailors and some flight crew stand on the deck, as the Hancock appears to be underway at high speed, judging by the water in background. Scene gets dark (underexposed) as sailors move the wreckage. Next, a crane is seen erected and lifting the main wreckage. But the load drops back down on the deck. Filming is interrupted, but picks up again, as the mobile crane carries the wreckage to the edge of the deck and drops it into the ocean.
Activities aboard Swift Boats in An Thoi, Republic of Vietnam. A Swift Boat pulls out into the harbor. Mountains covered with trees in the background. It approaches USS Esteem (MSO-438) anchored out in harbor. L L Ellis, BM2 (Boatswain's Mate Second Class) controls the ship. His hands at the helm. P H Harp, EN2 (Engineman Second Class) pulls refueling nozzle aboard from the USS Esteem. Harps kneels down on fantail with the fuel nozzle and lets the fuel run down into the tank. He places a rag around the end of nozzle and pulls the nozzle out from the tank. He walks with the fuel hose. Harp refuels the tank and then puts hose over the side to let fuel drain from hose into water. He hands the refueling nozzle to a man on the Swift Boat.
Streets scenes in Vannes, France. A street sign reads Vannes. Buildings and trees seen in the background. Streets show wreckage in the town. A military convoy moves through the town. The main street. Civilians walk through the streets. French women talk to GIs in jeeps. Streets filled with people. The people wave in the streets. Officers sit at a table with maps. A medical unit lined up. A man poses holding a flower. People sit in an outdoor cafe. An MP (Military Police) at the MP headquarter.
GIs and French civilians on the streets in Le Mans, France. French civilians walk through the streets. American nurses admire French wartime dresses in front of a shop. Interior of the shop. Articles displayed inside the shop. Women look through a window at the merchandise. Exterior of the 'Bar Americans'. A truck passes by. Civilians and officers stand outside the bar. Inside the bar a bar maid pours wine for men. Girls on bicycles look at a shoe store window.
The first hydrofoil boat in Long Island, New York. The hydrofoil boat aboard a truck on the highway. Cars pass by. A workman on the land route raises a power line using a pole to permit the passage the truck. Other workman cuts branches of a tree. The boat arrives at Oyster Bay Shipyard.
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