A U.S. Air Force VC-47B (VIP transport plane, tail # 43-49212) arrives at Pusan Air Base in Korea on 17 October, 1950. Singer and actor, Al Jolson steps from the plane and is greeted by American officers. Al Jolson gets into a jeep. .Next he is seen with officers on a sidewalk. Scene shifts to Jolson seated at a piano on and outdoor stage, where he just finishes performing and turns to speak to the large audience of soldiers present. The audience is seen applauding. Jolson is seen from behind, and then from various angles, as he sings a song. Some soldiers respond to the tempo of Jolson's music. (Narrator comments that 6 days after this performance, Al Jolson died from a heart attack, on 23 October, 1950 in San Francisco.) In final scene, he is seen raising the United Nations flag. (Note: this film is silent except for narration.)
Views from a biplane, aloft, of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it flies Southward over Manhattan Island, New York City. Another plane flies past in the background. Skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen below. Hindenburg leaves Southern tip of Manhattan behind, as it heads South toward Lakehurst New Jersey.
Jungle Rescue Group mission in Burma. A group of native children stand by a U.S. C-46 Commando transport plane. U.S. soldiers also talking by a plane. A Stinson L-5 Sentinel makes a landing. A group of native women poses in the shade of the airplane wing. Children look at landing gear of plane. Two young children climb up the plane's side ladder. Young native women pose and airmen hand out candy bars to children.. (World War II period).
Jungle Rescue mission in Burma. A U.S. soldier talks into radio in wooded area. Soldier goes to site of a crashed Stinson L-5 plane. Close view of U.S. star symbol on the plane. (World War II period).
U.S. pilots board Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane of the 25th Liaison Squadron "Guinea Short Lines" (serial 42-99261) parked on shore at Palawan, Philippines, during World War 2. The L-5 taxis along shoreline and takes off. L-5 in flight over sea.
American and Filipino soldiers around army truck and Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft, serial number 42-98472 parked at field in Palawan, Philippines. Pilots pose. Native tribesmen inspect the plane. Pilots under wing of plane. Men get on to trucks. Tribesmen pose in fields. L-5 in flight. (Note: This aircraft belonged to the 25th Liaison Squadron.) (World War II period).
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