The Battle of Okinawa. General C Richardson Junior arrives at 7th Division cemetery in Okinawa and pays respect to Late General Bolivar Buckner. He reaches General Bucker's grave. Air Force General Henry H Arnold and General George Kenney arrive at an airfield for a meeting. They are greeted by officials. General heads for 10th Army headquarters. Tanks and infantry use flamethrowers, grenades, explosives and other weapons in the battle. Caves are blasted with flamethrowers and grenades. Dead Japanese soldier lay on field. Japanese prisoners interrogated and interned. Tanks advance in valley and fire at enemy positions on hills. Artillery explosion on field. Tank uses flame thrower to clear wooded area. Soldiers hurl a grenade. Marine riflemen advance toward cave through tall grass. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers destroy Japanese fortifications in hills of Okinawa. Soldiers around shaft lead to underground Japanese installation. Single plane flies over Hill 153. Smoke from air bomb billows up from behind trees. (World War II period).
A U.S. Army Air Service De Havilland DH-4 airplane taxis away from a make-shift canvas structure, near a railroad train, in France, during World War 1. Aviators occupy both front and rear cockpits. The airplane displays a tricolor roundel on its fuselage. A machine gun is installed in front and bomb racks (empty) are installed under the lower wing. The airplane takes off from large grass field. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Heavy bombardment by the Germans on Russian positions in Sevastopol, Ukraine. German heavy artillery fired in outskirts of Sevastopol. Russian troops fight Germans on streets. Troops advance through wrecked buildings and rubble. Body of a dead Russian soldier. Troops street fight. German troops firing heavy artillery Karl-Gerät self propelled siege mortar (Thor or Mörser Karl, 60cm). Writing on side of the mortar says, "Thor" . German 800mm 'Gustav' railway gun is prepared to fire on Russian positions. German crew loads Gustav with 800mm shell. Gustav is fired. Heavy explosion on Russian position throwing billows of smoke in air. Heavy artillery explosions. Men roll 800mm shells. (World War II period).
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Wounded crewman of a U.S. Army Air Force B-17 plane on an airfield in England. B-17 taxis on runway. Demolished rudder of B-17. Wounded crew member is assisted from plane. Wounded crewman on stretcher loaded into ambulance. Demolished nose of B-17. Blood transfusion given to wounded crewman aboard plane. Wounded crewman on stretcher carried out of plane.
Outtakes from the Memphis Belle documentary movie. Combat missions of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 planes over France. Aerial formation of B-17s. Top turret gunner operates turret. Side turret gunners fire guns. B-17 in flight drops bombs. Flak bursts in sky. Aerial formation of B-17s. One plane's engine on fire. Fighters attack B-17s in flight. (World War II period).
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