U.S. Navy PB4Y Liberator patrol bomber aircraft with an aerial camera in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Air crewmen exit quonset hut. Air crewmen walk to PB4Y Liberator aircraft parked in the background on the island. Air crewmen enter PB4Y with aerial camera.
Activities aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. sailors,relaxing on deck, drink near island of carrier. U.S. navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft on deck of carrier. FDO (Flight Deck Officer) gives signal and F6F takes off. F6F makes arrested landing. Plane director signaling. F6Fs parked up forward on the flight deck. Pilots walk down the flight deck. TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and F6Fs parked in the background. Two flyers climb out of TBF and jump onto the wing of the plane. Numerous miniature bombs painted below the cockpit.
Activities of Lieutenant Colonel Preston S. Flanagan of U.S. 31st TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) who flies the same C-47 Skytrain from Tuy Hoa Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War that he had flown during World War II in Africa and Asia. An aerial view of a coastline as seen from the C-47D Skytrain transport plane. Aerial views of a small island, a beach and a U.S. Army supply area. The C-47D lands on an airstrip at Tuy Hoa Air Base as seen from the cockpit.
Film based on advantages and procedures of using U.S. Army training films. U.S. soldiers watch a training film in a film projection room. U.S. gun crew fire heavy artillery gun after being trained. Shows how German army made use of military training film to carry out successful invasion during World War II. German officer and troops plan an invasion and review a model of landscape. German paratroopers are seen leaping from German Junkers Ju-52 aircraft, dropped by Nazi planes over Greek island of Crete during World War II. Includes scenes from inside aircraft of German paratrooper soldiers jumping out aircraft door, and scenes of paratroopers in the sky descending. U.S. soldiers watch an army training film. A U.S. soldier teaches his buddy how to put on a gas mask and application of knowledge gained by training film. U.S. troops aboard landing craft heading for beach. U.S. soldier ducks in a foxhole while enemy tanks advance. U.S. troops undergo training in rifle fire and hand to hand combat on a training field.
A model Relief map of Western Europe, with country borders marked in red. Animals used in rural areas. Italian farmers transporting milk cans and other things by donkey. A farm wagon being pulled by a horse. Road through the Simplon Pass, in Switzerland (constructed by Napoleon to transport artillery between the Rhône valley and Italy). Views of the mountainous area. Sketch of early English steam railroad train and of others in other countries, embraced enthusiastically by the local citizenry . Illustrations recording construction of the Britannia bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. (It opened March 5, 1850.) Relief map of Europe focuses on Basle (Basel)in Northwest Switzerland. A modern-day signpost showing directions to France, Germany, and Switzerland. Freight trains arriving and cargoes being transferred by cranes of the Canal Barge operating company, Schweizerische Reederei. View of open storage yards, rail lines and a river. Freight trains carrying various loads to many different European destinations. Wrecked transport facilities left from World War II.
Various Polynesian people and everyday life in Hawaiian Islands before American involvement in World War 2 and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Women from dominant ethnic backgrounds in Hawaii introduce themselves, including women from Korea, Portugal / Portuguese, China, Phillipines / Filipino, Native Hawaiian, Caucasian / Anglo, Japanese. Narrator describes it as a melting pot. Polynesian children on a long staircase in a village. Group of Hawaiian school children walking to school with some girls wearing Japanese style clog sandals. Diverse crowd of citizens walking on sidewalks of a downtown area of Honolulu near stores and shops. Hawaiian police officer directs traffic. 1930's cars seen on streets. Children in scout uniforms including Girl Scout and Boy Scouts salute. Groups of Hawaiian children playing and relaxing, and seen at desks in school classroom. Graduation ceremony at a high school in Hawaii as graduate young men and women walk by on a stage. Colorful traditions and customs of various cultures in Hawaii are shown. People wearing leis. Women doing various dances including hula and other dancing styles. The Aloha Tower in Honolulu Harbor and scenes of various women from different backgrounds each saying Aloha.
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