Glimpse of a U.S. Navy pilot in the cockpit of an airplane, during the Korean War. He is pointing down at something. Next, a parachute is seen drifting rapidly in the wind as it descends. Pilot in aircraft hears about a pilot bailing out behind enemy lines. He is instructed to photograph the area. Next, a Navy 9F9 Panther aircraft is seen in the air. It has tail code "PP" indicating it is from the aircraft Carrier USS Essex (CV 9) with Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) and Composite Squadron 61 (VC-61) from June 1951 to March 1952. . Glimpse of Navy ships in formation. View of Landing Signal Officer bringing in several 9F9 Panther aircraft to land on deck of the USS Essex. These aircraft carry tail code "M" of Squadron VF-23 with Air Task Group 2, aboard the Essex from June 1952 to February 1953. Next, several Navy A-4 Skyraider aircraft come in to land. They display "S" tail codes of Squadron VF-54. They are followed by another 9F9. Scene shifts to photo interpreters and pilots studying the photographs for clues to where their parachuting pilot might be located. They discover a parachute in the photos, and circle it. Ship loudspeaker is seen as helicopter crews are alerted for rescue mission. A Sikorsky HO3S-1 helicopter takes off from the flight deck. Other pilots wait anxiously as the Helicopter returns to land on the Essex flight deck. The missing pilot is aboard and they help him from the helicopter, place him on a litter and cover him with blankets. His friend takes his picture.
The armistice ending the Korean War is signed July 27, 1953. South Korean refugees walking down train tracks at the end of the Korean War. Heavily damaged buildings in Seoul, South Korea. Residents of Seoul picking through trash looking for food. 1960s a bulldozer is seen in front of a new high rise building in Seoul. Construction supplies carried by laborers to construction site from water. Pedestrians on Seoul street wearing traditional Hanbok robes. Market place in Seoul, picking crabs at market stall. Women with Korean children. Korean children in front of temple. Children eating on street with balloons nearby. Korean children playing volleyball. Korean children in school uniforms. Korean women looking in store front in Seoul. Streets in Seoul show bicycles and carts overloaded with supplies.
General Keller decorates Italian soldier and General Krauss inspects troops. A map of North Russia shows the German front. German General Alfred Keller puts a medal on Italian soldier. General Krauss inspects the Italian troops. General escorted by Italian officer. Troops stand in squad. (World War II period).
German troops attack Russia during World War II. German troops load trucks with bombs. Trucks carrying bombs leave for destination. A soldier refills a tank. Soldiers load bombs in an aircraft. Dive bombers in flight. General Theodor Eicke plans a campaign with other officers. German troops in train. Smoke from the engine. They get off the train. Soldiers with horses. A horse gets stuck in mud. German troops move up for attack. Soldiers fire artillery. Smoke due to explosion. Soldiers on a tank. Dive bombers in flight. A soldier speaks on a radio. Soldiers look at the bomber through a telescope. German soldiers make prisoners of war march. Wrecked Russian tanks.
Civilians involved in the war during Battle of Russia during World War II. Guerrilla units of Russian Army draw arms and then dynamite Nazi installations. War scenes between Axis Army and Russian army. Joseph Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, and other Russian leaders pose. Map shows barricades erected before Moscow. Germans unable to conquer Moscow. Red troops parade in Moscow. December 1941.
Soldiers of Russian Infantry and artillery advance during World War I in Russia. Teams of horses pulling artillery caissons hurry by infantry troops. Supplies are moved in horse drawn wagons. Large numbers of troops move across a deep trench or ditch, and some set up positions in a bomb crater, which they surround with barbed wire. Soldiers bring barbed wire rolls. The wires are unrolled around their positions.