USAAF radio plane OQ-14 as a target plane, maneuvers in El Paso, Texas (operating out of Fort Bliss). The pilot, sitting in an AT-6 (aircraft) used to control the target airplane from the air. The pilot handing out the hand control used to control the target aircraft in flight. The AT-6 which is used to control the Radioplane OQ-14 drone while in flight. U.S. Army team launches the OQ-14 drone from a catapult. The OQ-14 in flight. The OQ-14 performing aerial maneuvers. AT-6 aircraft take off near launching ramp, with Franklin Mountains in background. (This is more accurately a Harvard IIB control plane which is the first Lend/Lease Noorduyn AT-16-ND built for the British). The AT-6 and U.S. aircraft C-45 controller / camera plane taxi. Aerial views of thehe AT-6 in flight and the OQ-14 drone in flight. OQ-14 maneuvers. The OQ-14 parachute deploys and the OQ-14 descends to ground. View of parachute and aircraft lying on ground in Ft Bliss area.
Aerial gunnery by 50 caliber guns on target aircraft in the United States. Men place target aircraft on catapult. The launching of the target aircraft. Radio control apparatus used to control target aircraft. A row of tanks. The gunners fire at target aircraft. Target aircraft tracer bullets close to aircraft. Several shots of tanks firing at aircraft and various shots of target aircraft being shot at. The gunners operating 50 caliber gun. (World War II period).
Aerial gunnery by 50 caliber guns on target aircraft for anti aircraft target practicing in the United States. The gunners operating 50 caliber gun. The target aircraft in flight. The gunner fire guns. The recovery of target aircraft by parachute. Men load the target aircraft on a jeep. (World War II period).
Aerial gunnery for anti-aircraft target practicing in the United States during World War II. A gun crewman points to his left. A white flag stands beside the crewman. A group of gunners cleaning their guns. Men fill a wooden box with shells. Tank crewmen climb into an armored vehicle. Men get into M3 half-tracks. The Commander gives the signal from a half-track. A driver drives a motorized vehicle. View of the road as seen inside an armored vehicle. Motorized equipment drives away in a dusty road. The convoy leave bivouac area.
Preview of pre-invasion maneuvers in Great Britain during World War II, less than 2 months before the D-Day invasion of France by Allied forces. Men accumulate tons of supplies and motor cars are lined up. U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Marshal of the Royal air Force Arthur William Tedder and British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery view the tons of supplies which have been accumulated. Photographers take photos. They join the troops who engage in mass maneuvers. View of a British soldier loading and firing a British spigot mortar type 35 pound anti tank PIAT gun (Projector, Infantry, Anti tank), new machine guns spit into action from tanks and masses of tanks give off salvos of artillery fire. A huge formations of transport planes in flight as hundreds of paratroopers descend on ground.
SS Gripsholm (Ship) arrives in New York, United States in World War II. Cameramen take photos as SS Gripsholm as it arrives at New York harbor. The rails are crowded with Americans. She docks at Pier F in Jersey City and ambulances roll away with wounded soldiers. Six hundred and sixty-two repatriates from German internment camps come ashore. S. Pinckney Tuck, excharge d'affairs in Vichy seen. Douglas MacArthur (General Douglas MacArthur's nephew), approaches with his dog. Passengers are happy to come in home. Ralph Heinzen of the United Press gives an intelligent analysis of internal conditions in Germany today. Stalingrad was the turning point, he states. Germany began losing the war with that defeat and Hitler started losing prestige.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.