Scenes from filming of "Combat America" during World War 2. Activities of the United States Army Air Forces at RAF Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England. U.S. B-17 Crew members standing near a bomb. On the bomb is written in chalk, "From the boys of K of C #92. N.H. Jim." The bomb is loaded on a rack. Separate brief view of a U.S. AAF C-45 airplane on grass field.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America," during World War 2, at RAF Station Polebrook in Northamptonshire England. United States Army Air Force personnel standing near a basin for cleaning weapons. They clean the weapons. Airbase buildings in the background. Views of Captain Clark Gable approaching the two men and talking to them as they clean and ready the guns.
Scenes from filming of "Combat America," with U.S. Army Air Force personnel, during World War 2, in England. U.S. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight with sun streaming through clouds behind it. B-17 in flight over water and then climbing rapidly. Separate sequence of views, from inside an airplane, of engines and of upper gun turret rotating with gunner inside. (These may have been taken in a B-24H equipped with Martin A-3D top turret.) Two U.S. P-47 airplanes fly past the bomber as it cruises.
Two U.S. Army Air Force P-47s fly past overhead. Clouds in background. Aerial view, from below, of U.S. AAF B-17s in formation overhead. Brief glimpse of a B-17Flying Fortress in flight. Clouds behind it. Scenes filmed incident to making of "Combat America," during World War 2, in England.
Activities of the U.S. paratroopers of 8th Division, 504th Airborne Regiment during Operation Fer De Lance in Pau, France. Men gathered on the field. Airplanes in flight overhead. Paratroopers preparing equipment for jump and loading into U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Germany. They board the airplanes. The airplanes in flight. Interior of the airplane. Paratroopers seated inside the airplane. Radar screen in the airplane. Pilot at controls of the airplane. Paratroopers jump from the airplane and descend towards the land with the help of parachutes in France.
View of the USS Yorktown (CV-5) underway in the Pacific during the Battle of Midway in World War 2. Two quad-mount 28 mm anti-aircraft guns being fired by sailors on the ship. Quad mount 1.1 inch gun being fired. The flight deck of the USS Yorktown. U.S. Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless airplanes of Bombing Squadron Five (VB-5) are parked on the flight deck. Black puffs from Flak bursts seen in the air. The remainder of the film shows 14 aircraft of VB-5 launching, one after the other, taking off in sequence.
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