United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War II. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft in flight as paratroopers drop. Smoke rises from an area on the ground. Wing of an aircraft while in flight. Paratroopers and supplies land on a field.
United States 17th Airborne Division in Chalons, France during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces C-46 aircraft in flight as paratroopers are dropped. Paratroopers descend through the air. Paratroopers land in a field. C-46 aircraft in flight overhead. Paratroopers advance across a field. Paratroopers' gear lying on a field.
Former American war correspondents in Paris, France to mark the 25th anniversary of Allied invasion of Europe in World War II. A helicopter lifts off. A newly delivered Boeing 747 aircraft at Le Bourget Airport. Correspondents stand under an umbrella near the aircraft. They examine the exterior and interior of the new 747. Civilians stand behind barricades. The first Concorde prototype, Concorde F-WTSS, also on display for the crowds. Correspondents seated in a Pan Am lounge at the airport.
U.S. Army Major General Roy Hoffman, Commander, U.S. 93rd Infantry Division, with staff officers at Division headquarters in Maffrecourt, France during World War 1. They discuss a document, and pose. for a photograph.
African American soldiers of the 369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division ("Harlem Hellfighters"), United States Army, march in formation along a road in Maffrecourt, France, in World War 1. They are led by mounted officers, and a brass band (likely under the direction of band leader Lt. James Reese Europe). Unit leaders salute as they pass the camera. Mules pull several artillery pieces and caissons. Several medics march with stretchers. The U.S. flag is the only one carried by the color guard. No unit colors are seen. The 369th Infantry soldiers wear French helmets because they were assigned to the French Army during the war, as the U.S. Army (American Expeditionary Forces) did not permit African Soldiers in combat.
369th Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division United States Army African American soldiers occupy trenches near Maffrecourt, France during World War 1. They were also nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters. Troops fire from trenches. Though American, the 369th Infantry soldiers are wearing French helmets because the U.S. Army (American Expeditionary Forces) did not permit African Soldiers in combat, so the unit was assigned to the French Army during the war. In one scene the African American soldiers are seen putting on gas masks during a gas attack drill. Soldier shows a document to Colonel. He ties a message to the carrier pigeon and releases it. African American soldiers rush from a trench toward the front with their rifles.
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