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Chinese airmen board a U.S. troop carrier aircraft at Austin, Texas

United States and Chinese airmen at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas July 1946. The Neo-Classical building is the Texas State Capital at Austin, Texas and Austin Texas is noted on the graduate’s diploma “Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas”. At this time the 349th Troop Carrier Group was based at Bergstrom and assigned to the Third Air Force, Tactical Air Command as noted on the diploma. Also “Air Force Combat Units of World War II” Edited by Maurer Maurer states this unit trained Chinese crews to operate C-46 aircraft. Film is very interesting in that it visually shows the transition from “Army brown to Air Force Blue” for the C-46s still carry the I TROOP CARRIER COMMAND insigne on the nose, with was disbanded on 4 Nov 1945 but they have the new AAF wide "Buzz Numbers" for all aircraft operating solely within the continental USA, by T.O. 07-1-1 of November 1945 and the graduate’s diploma is notating the new post-war air force type command reorganization of March 1946.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063424
British soldiers inspect vehicles in Palestine

British soldiers inspect trucks and other vehicles at checkpoint in Palestine. View from gun position and barbed wire as British Army soldier steps out of a military truck for inspection at border checkpoint. Palestinian man driving a 1945 Plymouth Special Deluxe (one of few built in 1945) is stopped behind barbed wire by British Army soldiers. He opens hood of his car in front of British soldiers. British soldiers inspect engine compartment and interior of car. British soldier lets the Palestinian sedan driver go after passing inspection.

Date: 1947, February
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078643
Japanese plane bombs USS Ommaney Bay and activities aboard USS Mississippi in Philippines.

Japanese plane bomb USS Ommaney Bay (CVE). Japanese plane crashes in water close aboard. General Kruger uses binoculars on bridge of USS Mississippi. Smoke rises from warships. Ships at sea. (World War II period).

Date: 1945, January 10
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024972
A U.S. Army Air Force pilot shoots down a B-24 after its crew bails out over the Philippines in World War II

Gun camera footage aboard the P-38 Lightning aircraft of Lieutenant Fritsch, 44th Fighter Squadron, U.S. 13th Air Force, shows another P-38 from his squadron in flight ahead of him. The scene then shifts to view from his P-38 camera of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber in distress. The bomber crew bails out. Several of their parachutes are seen opening. Lt. Fritsch then proceeds to fire on the abandoned B-24. Tracers can be seen as Lt. Fritsch fires at the bomber.. Then smoke is seen rising from water where the bomber crashed.

Date: 1945, July
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033355
U.S. warships bombard Corregidor during Philippines campaign in World War II

U.S. warships bombarding corregidor during World War 2. Heavy smoke rising from shelling. Camera pans across the water showing variety of U.S. warships.Japanese mines being exploded, in the water, by machine gun fire from U.S. ship.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063916
U.S. Navy warships and U.S. Army Air Forces bombers strike Corregidor during Philippines campaign in World War II

U.S. light cruisers firing their guns at Corregidor during World War 2. Explosions cover the shoreline.US warplanes flying overhead. A B-26 bomber flying close overhead. Continuous explosions and smoke, on shore, from bombing and naval bombardment.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063917