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SAC B-47 bombers make rocket-assisted take offs from Brize Norton RAF Station, United Kingdom.

Three U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers, of the 305th Bomb Wing, make rocket-assisted (RATO) take offs from Brize Norton RAF Station, United Kingdom. The three taxi to the active runway and make their rocket assist take offs, in succession. The runway is wet. Smoke from the rockets on their fuselages, billows out behind each aircraft while taking off. Closeup of a USAF ground crewman watching the takeoffs.

Date: 1953, November 2
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068777
Wrecked CG-4 Haig glider, Horsa glider, Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft and other aircraft on a field in France.

Wrecked gliders and aircraft on a field in France during World War II. Smoke comes out from a burning U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in the background. The B-26 burns and thick smoke rises. A U.S. soldier near a 50 caliber anti aircraft gun at an emplacement in the foreground. The wrecked gliders. The invasion marks on the gliders. A wrecked Horsa glider and invasion markings on it. The name on one glider reads 'Spook' . U.S. soldiers at an gun emplacement and wrecked gliders in a field. Many glider obstacles. A wrecked CG-4 Haig glider and invasion markings on it. Trees in the background. Wrecked gliders in the foreground. An abandoned German tank. Glider obstacles near a tree. A crushed silver U.S. Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Personnel examine the P-38. Trees in the background. Wrecked gliders Horsa and CG-4 on the field. Invasion markings on the gliders.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068865
U.S. Airborne Engineers lay a mesh strip over a field and aircraft parked in the background in France.

United States Airborne Engineers in France during World War II. U.S. Airborne Engineers lay a mesh strip over a field. U.S. Army Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts parked in the background. A mesh landing strip in the foreground. The Airborne Engineers lay more net on the landing strip. The engineers laying net. Parked aircraft in a revetment. A tractor crane and men attach the hook of the crane to the wreckage of the glider. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrains parked at a field. An explosion on a tree and the tree falls.

Date: 1944, June 16
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068870
U.S. 1st Marine Division invades the Palau Islands during World War II.

Film opens with animated map showing places in the Pacific near the island of Palau. A formation of U.S. B-24 Liberator bombers is seen in flight. Glimpse from the air of the Palau archipelago. Aerial view from a B-24 of its bombs exploding on the center of a Japanese airfield below. Aerial view of a U.S. Independence-class Aircraft carrier of Task Force 58. Officers and sailors on carrier island watch as a Grumman F4F Wildcat aircraft takes off .from the aircraft displays geometric marking on its tail, known as a "G-symbol." In this case it is a large white diamond containing the airplane number inside another diamond. (The United States Navy Pacific Fleet, assigned G-Symbols to the CV and CVL class carriers of Task Force 58. These were assigned to each carrier and appeared on all aircraft operating from it. ) A formation of Grumman TBF Avenger aircraft flying above clouds. Closeup of one with diamond G-symbol and number on its tail. Broad view from the air of TBF Avenger aircraft in flight and Navy warships maneuvering in waters below. Sea level views of some warships in the Third Fleet. One is a Portland-class Cruiser. Wide aerial view of ships in the task force. Cruisers and battleships bombarding Palau and nearby targets. Closeup of heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA 28) firing her port side 5 inch 25 caliber guns and 40 mm A/A guns from the stern.. A TBF Avenger dive bombs a shore target. More views of warships with shells bursting in background. Shells bursting at the shoreline. Closeup glimpse of marines in landing craft U.S. Marine Corps LVT(A)4 Amphibious Tanks heading toward the beach on September 15, 1944. An LCI(L) Landing Craft Infantry (Large) firing close to shore. Shells striking shoreline installations. View from aircraft of landing craft speeding toward the beach and many more maneuvering offshore. Closeup of marines moving about on the shore of Palau with smoke rising and sounds of gunfire. A marine running through foliage at the shore. Marines manning a command post and communications center in the jungle. Marines firing rifles from a tree line. One firing a Browning M1919 machine gun and another throwing a hand grenade. Marines firing rifle grenades. Marines move forward and encounter a dead Japanese soldier lying next to his flame thrower. They reach the edge of the airfield, where two Japanese aircraft are just barely seen. They walk past dead Japanese at a machine gun emplacement. More views of Marines fighting at the edge of the airfield, and entering into the open area of the field, where fires are burning. .Wrecked Japanese aircraft are seen on the field. Marine infantry cross the field behind an M4 Sherman tank. Barges are seen carrying construction cranes and equipment to the island. A tracked crane drives onto the airfield. Bulldozers work on the edge of the airfield. A power shovel fills trucks with coral deposit material for resurfacing the airfield. Trucks dumping their contents at the field. Bulldozers and earth scrapers level the airfield surface. A TBF Avenger aircraft is the first to land on the unpaved airfield.

Date: 1944
Duration: 5 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068877
8th Fighter Group load packed boxes and bundles of tents on a truck at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia.

Activities of U.S. Army Air Force 8th Fighter Group at Squadron Area on Morotai Island, Indonesia during World War II. A U.S. Army Air Force aircraft in flight. Soldiers load packed boxes on a truck in the Squadron Area. The soldiers burn trash. They take off the roof of a mess hall. Bundles of tents being loaded on a truck. Trucks pulls out. Insignia of the United States. The soldiers stand in a group. A soldier with a bird on his head. Tents in the background. A pile of packed equipment kept in the Squadron Area. Men work on details of packing.

Date: 1944, November 6
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675068919
Passengers board a Trimotor aircraft and in flight in the United States.

Air passenger service provided by Ford aircraft in the United States. A pilot stows luggage of the passengers on a passenger airplane. The passengers board a Ford Trimotor aircraft. A crewman closes a door. The Tri-motor airplane taxis and takes off. A sign on the airplane reads 'Stout Air Lines, Detroit Cleveland- Chicago'. The airplane in flight. The passengers seated inside the airplane. An aerial view of country, lakes and towns. Another airplane takes off. An aerial view of an unfinished bridge with a ship passing under it. The airplane in flight.

Date: 1927
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069074