463rd Airlift Operations in support of humanitarian and combat operations in South East Asia. Interiors of C-130 Hercules aircraft in flight. BLU-82 bomb ("Daisy Cutter") dropped by a parachute. 15000 pound bomb explodes in thick forest area for creation of a landing zone.
Aerial view of river. Sandy banks of the river. Towns and villages on the banks of the river. Water logged rice paddy fields
Sign in Vietnamese tree outside compound. Large tree with house in it. A ladder attached to trunk of tree, leading up to the treehouse.
Animated description of Mesopotamia Campaign by the British Battalion in Iraq. Diagram shows the position of Turks in the battle of Kut and four positions of Turks at river, marsh at north and at northeast. Reserve force of Turk 38th Division and arrival of British brigade astride river. British south brigade advancing to Turk position. Reserve Turk force move to south. British brigade halted at river advances to main Turk position and south brigade follows them. British brigade attacked from south and west. Turk reserve force backed to the north. Capturing of north position by British Brigade. Turk force withdraws. British force captures position of Kut. Movement of British force from Kut to Baghdad. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Wartime news film entitled: "Manila Cleanup." View of the Pasig River, dividing North and South Manila. American tanks and tank destroyers on North bank, firing at Japanese positions on the South side of the river. Exploding shells on South side. U.S. troops fire 155mm howitzers at low elevation, blasting the walls of Intramuros and adjacent buildings. The 540th Field Artillery fire 240mm guns point blank against the ancient walls. Troops firing machine guns at the Colegio de San Juan de Letran and Manila Post Office buildings. Troops of the 3rd Battalion, 129th Infantry, 337th Division, crossing the river in small assault boats, under covering fire. Landing on the South Bank, troops fan out around and about the walled city. Japanese forces resist from fortified pill boxes and machine gun nests near the public buildings. U.S. troops breach a section of the wall and elements of the 37th Division enter Intramuros on February 23, 1945. U.S. soldiers sheltered behind wall as others employ flame throwers. U.S. Soldiers prepares a TNT charge to blow up walls and seal underground passageways. A destroyed Japanese pill box at base of wall with many dead Japanese soldiers are seen. U.S. artillerymen firing 155mm howitzers directly at Japanese troops holed up in the Legislative, agricultural and finance buildings. Troops of B Company, 148th Infantry Regiment, advance from the Manila City Hall, towards the Legislative building. They direct flame throwers at Japanese fortifications under the wall. Soldier with flame thrower passes through group of riflemen and fires into hole in wall. U.S. soldiers fighting room to room in the walled city. On February 24th U.S. troops defeat the last Japanese resistors of Manila in World War II.
Early North Korean Propaganda film depicts post-World War 2 events in Korea. including the partition of North and South at the 38th parallel. Korean village and country side.Seagulls fly at seaside. Duck Soo Kong building in Nam Dai Moon in Seoul. Officers stand around a table as General Hodge ( United States), General Shitkov (Russia), Syngman Rhee of South Korea meet. Rhee addresses the meeting, Koreans enter YMCA building in Seoul. Shows Japanese flag and states that Syngman Rhee has traded one Imperial overlord for United States. Animated map of Korea shows division at 38th parallel and depicts Southern part being covered by the entangling web of American interference. Len Han Sa building in Seoul and the city as a whole. South Korean police depicted treating a man badly and taking his food away to highlight Syngman Rhee's strongman tactics.
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