A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations 'Operation Titanic' over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. Personnel of the U.S. 8th Air Force in Great Britain. The U.S. 15th Air Force personnel in Italy. The are briefed about the first shuttle bombing run to new Russian airfields. United States Army Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining addresses the personnel and bids them farewell. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses led by General Ira Clarence Eaker take off. USAAF B-24 Liberators take off from Great Britain. P-51 Mustangs and P-38 Lightning fighter airplanes escort the bombers on their way. The bombing forces bomb the targets in Germany. They return after their mission. Crew and officers look at the aircraft as they fly overhead. The officers look through binoculars. The crew waves towards the aircraft.
A Vietnamese woman exits a UH-1 Huey air ambulance helicopter as crew unloads her wounded daughter on a stretcher. The mother cries as she holds a child in her arms. Another Vietnamese woman cries after losing her family members during the Vietnam war. An upset older Vietnamese man and woman.
American aid to South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, speaking at a Gettysburg College commencement, on April 4, 1959, notes, among other things, that the cost of defending freedom must be paid in many places. And he mentions Berlin,Vietnam,and the Middle East. Scene shifts to South Vietnam where recruits are being signed up for its armed forces. Glimpse of a U.S. Army Lieutenant advisor, in sunglasses, smoking a pipe, on a crowded street. Local people in the area. Scene shifts to 1960. Two U.S. Army Ranger advisors, in full brim hats (3214D-M41), stand near as a contingent of Montagnard troops boards a train. View from armed guard standing on front of train as it travels along a single rail in deserted area. A sudden explosion occurs on the train track about 100 yards ahead. Next machine gun fire is seen coming from an armored gun turret on the train. View from inside the armored compartment, as the gun fires, spraying the surrounding area with bullets, creating two explosions nearby. South Vietnamese soldiers (ARVN) pursuing enemy in wooded areas. One, down deep in underbrush, is firing a machine gun. Several others are engaging enemy with small arms. Huts being blown up. ARVN troops returning from an engagement, carrying wounded on stretchers. Year, 1961, and an official American Government airplane is seen. It carries General Maxwell Taylor (in mufti) who was sent by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor is seen being interviewed on the airport ramp. A U.S. Air Force officer training young Vietnamese pilot trainees. A Vietnamese student pilot in a T-28 training airplane.
Service Engineering second part of Wright Air Development Center (WADC) mission at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A pilot places screen over air intake of a jet engine in a testing laboratory. F-84 Thunderjet aircraft taxis and turns. A pilot in cockpit. Tests are conducted on the damage to a J-35 jet engine from ingesting one small metal bolt. Slow-motion images of engine destruction with smoke and fire caused by the bolt getting into the engine works. Technicians examine pieces of the destroyed engine. They determine the importance of air inlet screens that protect the engine on the ground, but retract for maximum power during flight. A technician fits air inlet screens onto the engine of an aircraft.
Organization of the United States Army during World War 2. Process of forming a unit of Army Air Forces. Aviators during a march. Animated map shows its organization under Commanding General, Chief of Staff, 27 combat groups and 1750 planes. Planes at a base. Map shows Fighter Air Command, Bombers, Air Support and Air Service Commands. Line of new U.S. Army Air Force Airmen in civilian clothing as each of the new recruits raises their right hand to take an oath of service as they join the Army. Map shows flying training schools and technical training schools. Training imparted in 36 weeks to the aviation cadets. Cadets fly in formation. Fighter planes and bombers flying. Navigators, Gunners, Bomb crew, Tech training command, Engineers of planes trained. Fighter planes manufactured. (World War II period).
Air Chief Marshal Boon Choo Chandrubsksa arrives at a dedication ceremony at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. Thai troops at attention, three buglers playing. Air Chief Marshal Chandrubsksa inspects the Thai troops. United States Major General Stilwell and Air Chief Marshal Chandrubsksa standing on separate podiums facing each other. U.S. Major General speaks and Air Chief Marshal Chandrubsksa gives an acceptance speech. Thai flag is raised.
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