Bombing mission by the 5th Bombardment Group of the U.S. 13th Air Force on Davao in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II. B-24 Liberator bombers en route to Davao. B-24s fly over Fort of Davao. Fire bomb burns on water near Davao. Bombs drop and explode. B-24 formation en route to base at Samar.
Reenactment (at Randolph Field, Texas) illustrating the arrival of new recruits into the U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadet program. Large group of new cadets walking across an area carrying personal baggage. All dressed in civilian clothing, they walk up the steps to a veranda on a building at the base. There are two takes of the scene. Best regards, Tom
Crates of supplies, trucks, and a crane at a United States Army base in Burma during World War II. Men unloading barrels of oil in Burma. Two of them are wearing Indian turbans. Rows of barrels and sheds with supplies destined for China. Shells to be shipped to China. United States Army troops loading shells into trucks and aircraft. Allied infantries advance under Republic P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft cover. Gun camera view of 1st Air Commando group P-47 fighter strafing Japanese positions and buildings in Central Burma, 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. Some Japanese areas on fire. British infantry advancing on the ground as United States fighters provide cover. Explosion in Japanese installment.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An air officer and one of his assistants in the control room. The officer is talking over a phone while looking through a window towards the flight deck. Silhouette view of personnel at their stations in pri-fly ( Primary Flight Control ). The air officer looking out the window, a U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II being launched in the far background as seen through the window. The air officer in deep silhouette on the phone. A U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft being launched in the far background from the angle deck, the F-4J aircraft waiting to be launched. The air officer looks on as the aircraft are being launched. Interior view of pri-fly with personnel at their stations, windows off to the left. A telephone talker writing on an aircraft status board. The air officer looks on as U.S. Navy RA-5C Vigilante is launched from the angle deck in the far background. The aircraft being launched and off the deck from the angle deck. The air officer speaks into a microphone as he looks through the window towards the flight deck area. He looks on as an A-7A is recovered. A telephone talker in the pri-fly. The A-7A taxis forward in the background after being recovered. The A-7A makes a bolter off the deck and is airborne. An A-7A being recovered.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. Soviet Air Force aircraft parked at an air base. A truck pulls trolleys loaded with bombs. Soldiers ready the SA-1 Guild or S-25 Berkut missile for launch. An aircraft pulls out of a hangar, taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. Soldiers at controls in a control room. A missile is fired. Officers watch as the missile is fired and explosion occurs. Four SA-3 Goa or S-125 Neva/Pechora surface to air missiles fired. Officers at controls. A pilot in an aircraft in flight. Soviet Air Defense Forces TU-128 Fiddler all weather interceptor fighter armed with 4 infrared semi active radar guided missiles carried under the wings. Soviet Air Force Yak-28 Firebar all weather interceptor armed with 4 missiles. Officers at controls. A rotating early warning radar. Missiles on a Soviet Navy missile cruiser. A Soviet Navy Charlie class Cruise missile submarine armed with 8 underwater missiles and torpedoes in the backwaters. Navy personnel aboard the submarine as it submerges into the water. A Cresta Missile Cruiser armed with anti ship and anti aircraft surface to air missiles, anti aircraft guns, anti submarine weapons. Naval personnel aboard. Sailors follow an officer's commands and ready weapons. Officers discuss and give orders. Weapons armed and ready to fire. An officer gives orders on a microphone near the radar screen. They sailors fire and shoot down enemy aircraft and missiles. Fire due to explosions in mid air and in water.
U.S. Naval facilities in Tsingtao (Qingdao) Shantung Province, China, after World War 2. Camera pans across top of building labeled: United States Naval Air Base. It pans over semi-tropical flora. View from hill looking down on rice paddies, and coastal waters. A U.S. Navy R5D transport plane seen overhead, through mist, with landing gear down, approaching to land. Series of jerky images from vehicle moving along a road on Naval base and vicinity. Steel framework at industrial site. Partially destroyed building. Various industrial areas. Sign at driveway entrance reads: "ASAN." Heavy construction equipment. Chinese people wading in flooded area, seemingly fishing for something. U.S. military truck, quonset huts, and American servicemen at a base. View down on a cemetery containing various monuments, including some Christian crosses.
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