United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. In final phase, they assemble and start nuclear power plant. Men work on controls, read instruments and take down notes before the installation of nuclear reactor.They assemble the housing for the power plant. Man removes nuclear fuel and unwrap it. Men wear protective clothing as they load fuel element into storage tanks. Men read instruments and announce progress on a loud speaker. Men listen to the announcement made. Fuel element loaded into reactor and control rods placed. Meters indicate the nuclear reactivity. Men smoke cigarette and look tense as they wait. A plot shows location of every fuel rod. Man announces the withdrawal of control rods. A section of Camp Century powered by the nuclear power plant. Men take shower, brush and use electric shaver.
United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. A doctor examines a patient at a dispensary in Camp Century, Greenland. A man in a lab looks through a microscope. A priest conducts a service at a chapel as men offer prayers. A man checks food boxes at a deep freeze. Food blended, baked at a kitchen and men eat their meals. A man enters a quarter. Men read magazines, rest and smoke in their quarters. Scientists from Polar research and development program board a vehicle. A man with a sled dog waves as the vehicle pulls away.
United States O-2 plane in flight over Ho Chin Minh Trail near Pleiku Air Force Base in Vietnam. Ho Chin Minh Trail with results of bomb hits in earlier missions. Areas struck by bombs amidst trees. Plane flies over the area.
Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States Air Borne Aviation Engineers load equipment in a C-47 aircraft. An engineer backs a tractor in a glider. Men and equipment moved across a field and loaded into CG-4A glider. Men raise rear section of equipment up for loading into a ramp. Nose section of a glider raise for loading vehicles into front end. Men and equipment in preparation for fast loading. Jeep backed into front end of loading ramp of a glider. A trailer, small canon and a carriage loaded into a glider. A pilot walks into the plane and takes over controls.
Preparations for allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. United States C-47 plane taxis along and lands. Ground crewmen run over and attach towing device to tail section of C-47 aircraft. Towing device attached to nose section of the aircraft. Interior of the plane tows the glider and interior of the glider towed. C-47s towing gliders in formation. C-47 planes fly at an extremely low altitude. Pilot and co-pilot of C-47. Tow release device of a glider. Pilot releases the tow machine. Gliders descend and land in small open field. One of the gliders hits a tree while landing and its wing tip knocked off. Men unload equipment from a glider. Paratroopers unload guns, equipment and ammunition from a glider. Canons, equipment and ammunition loaded into jeeps, trailers. Men advance across area after leaving gliders.
Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. General Dwight D Eisenhower and other officers at SHEAF (Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force) as they confer about the invasion. Inside the headquarters, Commanders of Navy, Army and Air Force at a meeting. British ground crewmen work on English Horsa gliders. 9th Troop Carrier Command paints U.S. insignia on side of Horsa. United States C-47 plane takes off and a wind wane indicates wind direction. C-47 planes fly across at low altitude, two poles with pick up rope attached between them. C-47 makes aerial pick ups of gliders. Interior of C-47 plane crew members shove off large cargo packs out. Cargo packs and parachutes descend.
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