Japan's Military moves up to attack Manila in Philippines. Japanese troops cross a bridge. Trucks and artillery towed. Troops move forward. Smoke rises from houses. Troops march in field and smoke rises in the background. Tanks move forward from a village. People besides road wave Flag of Japan to greet Japanese troops in City. Damaged United States aircraft on airstrip. A plane takes off. Animated map shows movement of Japanese aircraft, attack over Corregidor and take over it. (World War II period).
Italian Expeditionary Forces at Russian Front. A soldier looks through binocular. Barbed fences in snow covered field. Italian soldiers walk on snow covered ground. They rush to prone position on the sound of fire. They also fire. They hide behind a house. Soldiers fire from window. Dead body lie in field. Trains arrive. Soldiers stand aligned. Tires unloaded from train. Trucks go. Troops march on road. General Giovanni Messe, Commander in Chief of the Expeditionary forces, arrives to inspect repair shops behind the front lines. Messe present medals to soldiers. A cart goes on mud filled road. Soldiers work on poles. Troops with rifles walk. Soldiers nail wood logs. They reinforce bridge. Vehicles pass on mud road. Wood logs lay on ground. Soldiers build wood road. Vehicle pass on new road. Soldiers push truck on rail tracks. (World War II period).
An Italian military airfield in Sicily. A flight of 7 fighter aircraft in formation, abreast, flies over the field. A row of Macchi C.200 Saetta aircraft parked in front of a hangar (also variously called MC.200 or Macchi 200). A row of Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero Trimotor bombers parked across from them. Ground crews loading torpedoes on the bombers. A Reggiane Re.2001 Falco II airplane being serviced. Ground crewman reports to pilots that their bomber is ready. They board and ground crew pulls chocks as the engines are running. View inside the S.79 cockpit with pilot's hand on the triple throttles. The bomber takes off raising lots of dust as it goes. Italian aircraft in flight. British ships sighted below. The Italian bombers attack. Flak bursts in the air. One S-79 skimming the water surface. Other S-79s dropping torpedoes from relatively high altitudes (perhaps 1500 feet). A British warship is struck with large explosion. Italian planes returning with at least two burning British warships left behind. (World War II period).
World War II. U.S. Soldiers walk through a demolished Italian village. Other soldiers escort some Italian prisoners . They approach a pontoon bridge over which a U.S. military armored half-track vehicle is crossing toward them. The half-track passes by and the prisoners and their guards walk across the pontoon bridge.
Wilbur Wright makes a world's altitude record by rising 360 feet at Le Mans, France. Airplane flies in sky. High altitude view of snow covered mountains. Aerial view of snow covered fields, trees and mountains.
Helicopter development in Germany. German Focke Achgelis Fa 223 Drache helicopter in flight. It lands on airstrip. Trees in the background. Views from several angles of the helicopter, including Swastika sign on tail. It takes off from airstrip. Helicopter in flight. Men attach an aircraft wing to sling of helicopter. Helicopter flies away, with the cargo of airplane wing, suspended beneath. The helicopter lowers the wing to the ground. Men attach damaged aircraft engine to helicopter sling. Helicopter delivers aircraft engine to grass field at airport destination.
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