Piper L-4 Cub plane approaches an airfield at a U.S. Army camp in Italy. The landing gear collapses upon landing. The pilot, an Army artilleryman, is helped out of plane by other soldiers, who inspect it and them move it out of the way.
A crashed Piper Cub plane (L-4 Liaison aircraft) on grass field in Italy during World War 2. The L-4 is fastened to a tow truck for removal. Soldiers unbolt portions of undercarriage and and make other preparations for towing. Plane is hooked up. Another L-4 lands on the field.
A crashed U.S. Army Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane, serial number 42-98969, upside down on a field in Italy, during World War 2. Pilot lying on ground checks his hand. Soldiers around flipped plane. The inverted plane is righted and set on its landing gear by soldiers using ropes. (Note: Opening slate, naming Lt. Montagne, refers to Lt. Ed Montagne, 196th Signal Photo Co, .who reportedly went on to produce the TV Series McHale's Navy during the 1960s.)
Japanese-American Army officers examine map during World War 2. Japanese-American soldiers talk on field telephone and walkie-talkie. Soldiers crouched in woods waiting to advance. Soldier carries bazooka. Soldiers advance through woods in Vosges Mountains of France during operation to rescue the Lost Battalion. Soldiers lift litter case onto jeep. Jeep with wounded on litter tied to hood. Machine gun crew fires machine guns.German prisoners march under Japanese-American guard. Column of American-Japanese single file along road. Members of the U.S. Army 36th Division "Lost Battalion" are seen returning to American lines following rescue. Soldier with blanket wrapped around him. Members of Lost Battalion trek back to lines through woods. Group of Lost Battalion members rests with Red Cross insignia in the foreground. Soldiers eat and smoke cigarettes.
Hollywood actress Myrna Loy, a supporter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, speaks about her visit to an orthopedic hospital and further talks about current campaign against infantile paralysis in children. Children in full body casts. Young polio victims in hospital. A girl with abnormal arms lies in bed. Affected child do exercise in pool. Several hospitalized children. Myrna Loy makes an appeal for donations.
U.S. infantry engaged in urban street fighting in World War 2. Allied troops fighting with German troops during Liberation of Paris. U.S. Army soldiers talk into radio before advancing. Soldiers with rifles crouch. Troops fire machine guns from windows of captured buildings. Tanks advance on street. French FFI citizen soldiers fire from upper stories of the building on enemy German trucks. French man throws a grenade from a window down to a truck with German troops in it. Truck explodes and Germany troops emerge from it, some on fire. Tanks advance under Eiffel Tower. Allied troops join French Forces of Interior. Scene changes to Aachen, Germany. Allied troops advance into Aachen. Soldier moves ahead. Sign reads 'Aachen'. Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, Joseph Goebbels speaks at microphone. Wrecked buildings of Aachen as U.S. Army soldiers move through the city during a nine day period of urban combat. Smoke arises from streets. U.S. Army tanks advance on street. Soldiers fire from behind brick wall. Soldiers moves by a wrecked building. Soldiers firing mortars.
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