German soldiers surrender to United States soldiers in Turin, Italy during World War II. Two German soldiers examine grave of German soldiers. Convoy of motor carriages and passenger cars carry German officers to an assembly area. Captured German soldier prisoners of war march on the road.
Wooded forest area, site of Nazi atrocities in World War 2: U.S. Army soldiers walk in woods and examine bodies of Jewish concentration camp victims near Landsberg Germany. The bodies lie on the ground close together. Some victims are wearing prison uniform pieces.
Film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. Bombs being carried on tow dollies to load into RAF aircraft. Royal Air Force personnel load bombs in bomb bay of Avro Type 694 Lincoln bombers. Two bombs on a tow dolly. An officer studies a map. British High Commissioner in Malaya Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney disembarks an aircraft. He is greeted by officers. Aerial view of houses of Chinese people. A truck, loaded with soldiers, being driven. People leave their houses. A soldier gives food to children. People load belongings onto a truck. Trucks driven off. Men row a house boat. Houses in a farm. People build houses. Men make fences. Troops guard near fence. Farmers work on a field. A man instructs farmers. Men remove soil with a shovel. A sign reads 'Dispensary'. A nurse gives medicine to people. A doctor examines a child. A woman buys from a shop. Men cook food. People pick up containers. A man fills a container with food. He keeps container on a weighing machine. The dial on the scale shows the weight. A line of trucks being driven. People are being checked by policemen. A police woman checks women. A policeman checks boot (trunk) of a car. Troops venture through a jungle. Troops capture combatants. Troops capture ammunition and food materials. Prisoners sit on ground. Women are being checked. Officer at desk checks the identity cards.
15th Air Force Operation Reunion (Operation Gunn) to rescue Allied prisoners of war in Romania during World War II. Opening slate reads “Secret”. A Messerschmitt Bf 109 flies over the American held San Giovanni Airfield near Bari, Italy. The Messerschmitt Bf 109 flown by Romanian Air Force Captain Constantin Cantacuzino from Bucharest is parked after landing in San Giovanni Airfield. Nose of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States flag painted on the fuselage of the Messerschmitt Bf 109. United States officers open the fuselage of the German aircraft to examine space where Lieutenant Colonel James Alexander Gunn III had been riding in the plane. Gunn escaped after being held by Romanian authorities. United States Air Force personnel crowd around Captain Cantacuzino and Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. A Jeep stops in front of the Fifteenth Air Force headquarters in Bari. Lieutenant Colonel Gunn meets with United States military officials. Military officials meeting in Bari to discuss developments in Romania as relayed by Lieutenant Colonel Gunn. The 15th Air Force discussing a plan of evacuation in a garden. Captain Cantacuzino participates in the discussion. Man points to map on the table. Two Flying Fortresses carrying the OSS Evacuation Party departs from Bari Airfield. A B-17 Flying Fortress in flight. Flight crew aboard a B-17 bomber to Romania. A radio man in flight. Aerial views of the Albanian coastline and Danube River in Romania as plane approaches Popesti airfield. A Flying Fortress taxi at Popesti Airfield after landing. Romanian Air Force personnel watch the arrival of the OSS (Office of Strategic Services) Evacuation Party. Romanian Army officers and government officials, including George Askew, Romanian Undersecretary of Economic Affairs and Colonel Neal Eskew, Commanding Officer of the Romanian Air Force, welcome Captain Cantacuzino and the OSS Evacuation Party to Romania. Major Ross of OSS sets up radio communication with Bari, Lt. Dubes at the controls, typing out morse code. The OK sign to camera as happy officers establish contact. B-17 takes off.
Opening scenes are paintings illustrating the physical rigors surmounted by earlier Americans, from the pioneers through World Wars I and II. View of Strategic Air Command B-52 bombers parked on a flight line. Ground crew makes adjustment on advanced cruise missile fastened under a wing. Air Force air traffic controllers in a control tower. An Air Force airman playing with his child. A forklift being employed to move heavy cargo from a flatbed truck. Air Force personnel seated at duty stations with few physical demands. An Airman seated at home passively watching television with a boy (his son) in the family living room. An Air Force Captain, Flight Surgeon, discusses deleterious effects of automation, etc. on physical fitness of service personnel. View of an Air Force male subject being tested on a treadmill, while his vital signs are being constantly monitored. Results from group studies show only 5% in excellent physical condition. The Flight surgeon is seen, again, exhorting Air Force personnel to pursue physical fitness, for themselves, and their country.
United States Air Force (USAF) Aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits in the United States. An AF personnel reads manual for administering the programs. Commanders discuss for conducting physical fitness programs. Booklet of 'USAF Aerobics' is read. It instructs how to achieve high level of physical fitness. A man runs. 'Starter' table of physical exercise showing week schedule including time goal and points of week. USAF physical fitness programs are conducted. Personnel swim in swimming pool and do cycling. Aerobic personnel progress chart of John D. Jones is shown. Personnel run as training begins.
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