A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance at Fort Bragg military installation in North Carolina. Infantry troops walks over a sandy ground during a simulated assault mission at Fort Bragg military installation. The troops board a C-123B provider transport aircraft. Three C-123Bs land at Sicily Drop Zone. The troops get off the C-123Bs. Vehicles unloaded from the C-123Bs. The aircraft taxi along rough field.
A training film about landing of U.S. Air Force F-84F Thunderstreak aircraft of series 25, United States. F-84F aircraft in flight. Aircraft banks to make a landing and lands on an airstrip.
U.S. Air Force F-84-F Thunderstreak aircraft undergoes preflight inspection, United States. Pilot opens up fuel tank cover and works on it. He moves towards rear of canopy and checks for damage. Pilot climbs into the canopy and makes a thorough check.
Joint Office of Sino-American Police Headquarters in Tsingtao, China. A Marine shares his experience of overseas duty with his wife in Hawaii. U.S. Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft coming from Guam lands in Tsingtao, China. Aircraft parked on flight line. Chinese soldier looks on. Sign reads 'Home of VMR (Marine Transport Squadron) 153'. Native couple in a horse drawn carriage. Sign reads 'Pacific Road'. Jeep comes to a halt at roadside. U.S. Marine Corps MP (Military Police) gets off the jeep and enters Joint Office of Sino-American Police Headquarters. Chinese Army MP, Marine interpreter and U.S. Marine talk.
D-Day invasion of France by Allied Force during World War 2. American troops wade ashore from landing crafts at Omaha Beach, Normandy. Wounded huddle together on Omaha Beach. Allied troops care for wounded on litters at the beach. Fallen American soldiers covered and lying on beach next to a dozen captured German prisoners of war. Allied ship burning offshore. Reinforcements coming from other beaches and from more landing craft. Troops wading ashore from landing craft. German soldiers firing rifles and mortars. A crashed Allied glider. "Screaming Eagle" insignia of 101st airborne Division on sleeve of paratrooper. German reinforcements of armor and infantry arriving from Berlin. British infantry leaving landing craft on another Normandy beach. They move rapidly off the beach and then fight their way inland, crawling at times. British artillery support firing. Views of British soldiers and American soldiers advancing in coastal towns of Normandy region. The steeple of a church falling to shellfire. British General Bernard Montgomery jumping down from an amphibious vehicle at a beach in Normandy. Allied troops riding armored vehicles into a French town. U.S. Air Forces P-38 fighters in flight overhead. Formation of British aircraft. Closeup of British De Havilland Mosquito bomber. Gun camera footage of Allied aircraft in close support, flying low and strafing German ships, flak towers, and fortifications. British Hawker Typhoon aircraft in action.
Map showing path of Allied advance after D-day invasion in World War 2. German Marshal Rommel with staff. German artillery and armor firing. American heavy artillery, armor, and infantry advancing toward St. Lo in operation Cobra. Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair, and Major General J. Lawton Collins, walking near the battle front. U.S. Army Air forces B-26 bombers dropping bombs at the front lines.(General McNair was killed by friendly bombers on July 25th in these operations.) U.S. infantry entering Saint Lo. House to house fighting and German soldiers taken prisoner.U.S.Sherman tanks firing point blank at houses and buildings.Large number of German prisoners being marched under guard with their hands over their heads. A wounded Allied officer being helped into a vehicle. Women and children refugees walking and in horse drawn wagons.French woman sorts through rubble trying to salvage some belongings. African American tank crewmen of the 761st Tank Battalion, operating with the U.S. 3rd Army, seen relaxing against a stone wall; cleaning their tank guns; and driving their Sherman tanks at high speed along dirt roads.General George Patton, Commander of the 3rd Army, looking through binoculars. French civilians waving enthusiastically as American armor drives through their villages. American forces arriving in Rennes, France, greeted by huge crowds and church bells ringing.
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