A film titled 'Addis Ababa prepares for seize' shows Italian envoy Count Vinci Gigliucci leave the city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. Soldiers and civilians pass by a street and soldiers salute the Italian soldiers. Italian soldiers help the natives to learn the usage of gas masks. Many tribesmen enter the city from their temporary camps on the outskirts. American flag painted on sloping roofs seen.
A film titled 'Activities in European theater of operations' shows gun camera films from U.S. P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang fighter planes shooting down German planes during World War II.In one, the German pilot is seen bailing out and falling away from his airplane. In another, the German plane explodes and its wing falls off. One sequence shows the German plane trying evasive maneuvers and then rolling over as the pilot bails out. His chute is seen opening moments later. Other scenes show aircraft losing wings, and one exploding into a ball of fire. One scene shows a strafing run at a steam locomotive pulling a train. The locomotive billows white smoke. Two more attacks against trains result in huge fiery explosions.
A film titled 'Planes span U.S. Continent in record 6 ½ hours', shows two Mustang also known as P-51 aircrafts take off from Los Angels in California. Planes land at New York after crossing the continent in just 6 ½ hours. Colonel Peterson gets out from the plane and is greeted by his wife. Colonel Carter gets out from the second P-51 as photographers take pictures.
Daytime aerial view of grounded British Airspeed Horsa glider aircraft used during the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion of France during World War II (Battle of Normandy). Many gliders strewn across a wide area of fields. View of a glider on the ground and British soldiers moving away from a glider. Two soldiers wheel bicycles away from a glider. Footage is from period between June 6 and June 9, 1944 (D-Day to D plus 3)
Pilots of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 25 (VFA-25) being debriefed on board the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21). They have returned from missions against shore defenses in and around Incheon, Korea, in support of the amphibious landings there.. Commander R.W. Phillips,Lieutenant Junior Grade E.J. Carrol and Lieutenant Commander G.C. Bergey at the debriefing. Lieutenant A.W. Motley relaxes. (Korean War)
Aircraft returns to United States Navy aircraft carrier US Boxer (CV-21) after striking North Korean positions during the Korean War. Plane handlers park the plane. Lieutenant Commander Coffman gets out of the cockpit of F4U aircraft.
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