British paratroopers in North Africa during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft taxis along a field. Aircraft taxis past other aircraft on a field. Paratroopers inside cabin of C-47 aircraft. Paratroopers jump from the aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in formation. C-47 aircraft landing after the mission. Other C-47s parked. One has engines running.
A procession of royal limousines enter an air field. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother approaches the Memphis Belle B-17 bomber. Brief shot of ceremony honoring the crew of the B-17 flying Fortress Bomber, "Memphis Belle" during World War 2. with aircraft and crew intact.) Lieutenant General Jacob Devers, reads a citation. Other officers seen include Commander of U.S. 8th Air Force, Major General Ira Eaker, General Devers. and Captain Robert K. Morgan, pilot of the aircraft.
Three Soviet soldiers standing in position, two of them holding their guns. Soviet soldiers holding their guns at attention. Soviet Union Leader Leonid Brezhnev discussing with Soviet Union officials during the Cold War. An artist impression of portable nuclear warhead installations. A parade in the Moscow Red Square. The camera zooms into Vladimir Lenin’s Mausoleum in the Red Square. Soviet soldiers marching. Soviet tanks rolling through a desert-like field. Helicopters flying over the field. An explosion near tanks. Tanks roll away from the smoke. A Soviet tank fires. Missiles being fired. Soviet Navy ships shooting missiles. A jet fighter aircraft taking off. United States Air Force man speaks to the camera from an Air Force office. A Soviet fighter jet (Yakovlev Yak-38) takes off vertically. A large jet propelled Soviet test sled vehicle taking off. A ballistic missile is fired. Military truck carries a missile. Soviet soldiers adjust a missile. View of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, from the other side of the Moskva River.
Private Snafu Title Sequence. Cartoon animation “Private Snafu” depicts living conditions for soldiers posted in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. A view of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. A Japanese soldier hops on the Aleutian Islands after emerging from the Pacific Ocean, only for a strong American soldier to stomp his feet when he opened “the backdoor to the United States”. Japanese soldier hops and dives back to the Pacific Ocean. View of Tokyo, Japan from the “Back door to the United States”. The cartoon depicts how harsh and challenging the environment in Aleutian Islands- having rain, snow, thunder and whirlwind gales. A seal resembling The Great Schnozzola (Jimmy Durante) replies with the Lower East Side accent, “Nevertheless, that’s the conditions that prevail.” View of a GI camp in the Aleutian Islands. Private Snafu sets out on an important mission, he changes his outfit according to weather. View of the vegetation of the Aleutian Islands, only grass in the tundra environment. After the narrator stated, “There are no trees”, a rabbit replied sarcastically “You’re telling me!”. United States Army Camp in Aleutian Islands covered in thick, gummy, mud. A serviceman is riding on two servicemen submerged in the mud. Inside a Quonset hut, American soldiers are playing dice. An earthquake rattles the Quonset hut and changes the position of the dice. Strong winds in the Aleutian Islands uproot Quonset huts, military installations and even the mountains. Soldiers struggle walking through a “Williwaw” (or strong winds in the Aleutian Islands) until it stopped, causing the soldiers to fall to the ground and the eggs a soldier was carrying to break. Private Snafu walks in the Aleutian Islands through different weather conditions in different outfits. Soldier drives a military jeep with skis in the snow. A cartoon B-17 covered in snow as it flies above the Aleutian Islands. An Eskimo sits around an ice fishing hole in the snow-covered B-17 wing. Private Snafu is wearing a steam whistle as he walks. Private Snafu changes his outfits according to weather condition while walking. Airmen run out of the Briefing Hut and dive in the watery air strip. Private Snafu dons a scuba diving suit to retrieve a B-17 submerged in the watery air strip. Private Snafu inside aircraft with fish. Private Snafu ejects the fish out of the aircraft. The fish activates a parachute to fall safely, only for it to drop into the gaping maw of the Schnozzola seal. The Schnozzola seal repeats his earlier dialogue to describe life in the Aleutian Islands.
Scientists in mission control room talk on headsets and jot down notes. Scientist with headset looking up. Closeup of face of Astronaut Glenn in helmet before launch. The “Friendship 7” in launchpad. “United States” written on the Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft. Service structure moves away from the “Friendship 7” to prepare for launch. Flight engineers in mission control room gives signal for launch in one minute. United States Marines helicopter (Sikorsky UH 34D) and US Army Force helicopter. View of Australian Air Force aircraft. Men dispersing at airfield with a United States Air Force Douglas C-54 Skymaster parked behind them. A crowd of civilians standing at the beach waiting for John Glenn’s launch into space. A crowd on the beach, as they wait for the launch of the Mercury-Atlas 6’s “Friendship 7”. Cameramen recording with television cameras in crowded field. A news reporter reports on Mercury-Atlas 6 flight path outside launch at Cape Canaveral. Cameraman records the “Friendship 7” launch with his camera.
United States and Australian soldiers confer over battle plan in jungle near Salamaua, Papua New Guinea during the Salamaua-Lae campaign in World War 2. United States and Australian soldiers follow Papuan local in jungle. United States and Australian soldiers traverse jungle carefully with Papuan locals. Australian soldier hides in tall grass. Soldier uses telescope to look for Japanese enemy soldiers in jungle. Soldier uses a machine gun to fire at Japanese soldiers in jungle. Soldier in foxhole firing mortar rounds. Soldiers fire with machine gun and cannons at Japanese soldiers. Dead Japanese soldiers in fox holes and around jungle of Salamaua after battle with American and Australian forces. American and Australian soldiers carry an injured comrade in a stretcher. A soldier being treated for injury from attack by a Japanese sniper in the jungle. Medic puts soldier's arm in a sling. Papuan locals carry an injured soldier in stretcher through a jungle. Papuan locals, carrying injured soldier, cross a jungle bridge over Francisco river. An Allied soldier assists his blind comrade out of the muddy jungle. Blinded soldier walking through muddy trail with assistance from another soldier. Soldiers lying in stretchers in the emergency airfield near Salamaua. An injured soldier boards a support aircraft with assistance. Support plane takes off from emergency airfield. Support plane flies over Salamaua. Allied soldiers pay respect to their fallen comrades over makeshift graves. An army chaplain reads a prayer for the dead soldiers. At an airfield near Port Moresby, Allied troops load supplies in bomber. United States Air Force pilot in cockpit. Australian Air Force co-pilot in cockpit. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain takes off from airfield to Salamaua. Douglas C-47 Skytrain in flight. Douglas C-47 Skytrain begins to malfunction mid-flight. Douglas C-47 Skytrain performs an emergency belly landing on runway. American and Australian soldiers disembark from Douglas C-47 Skytrain after belly landing. United States and Australian soldiers point out towards enemy positions. American and Australian soldiers wade through jungle river. American and Australian soldiers crossing bridge in jungle together. American and Australian soldiers engage in battle with Japanese, firing mortar rounds. Several shots of mortars being fired including M2 mortars. M1919 Browning machine gun being fired while ammunition belt fed by soldier. Soldiers admiring the blade of a captured Samurai sword. Soldier smiling after battle and giving the thumbs up sign.
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