U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters carrying U.S. 20th Helicopter Squadron personnel, Special Forces personnel and Montagnard troops over a Vietnamese jungle during the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force HH-3E Jolly Green Giant helicopters in flight over the jungle. A HH-3E hovers over the jungle.
Training for U.S. Army Air Force air crew in the United States during World War II. Narration by Ronald Reagan. An enactment of a Complex Coordination Test shows cadets seated and using a device with handle, foot controls and lights. A panel on the device flashes lights as cadets use the device. Two-Hand Coordination Test shows cadets turning the crank on a device. View of gauges. Rotary Pursuit Test shows cadets using a rotary pursuit device and an officer taking measurements from gauges. The cadets relaxing on beds in a barrack. A cadet at a counselor's desk.
U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) aircraft at Isley Field, Saipan, Mariana Islands, during World War 2. U.S. Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft parked on aprons at airfield in Guam. Tail Code "A" of the 497th Bomb Group (73rd Bomb Wing) can be seen on one of the B-29s. A formation of USAAF P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft, in flight. U.S. airmen pull through propeller on number 4 engine of a B-29 to assure against hydraulic lock before starting the engine. B-29 parked next to this one displays "Square M" tail code of the 19th Bomb Group (314th Bomb Wing) stationed on Guam.
A U.S. air Force F-100 Super Sabre rounds out high during landing approach and hovers over the runway in a nose-high attitude. The pilot attempts to recover under full power but the aircraft continues in condition known as "sabre dance." It falls off on its right wind and crashes in flame and smoke. Smoke and flame shoot skyward from an area burning on ground. U.S. Air Force fire trucks and emergency vehicles respond immediately and firemen fight blaze with foam. Scattered fires seen throughout the area. Smoke rises from fires. Several men jump down from trucks as other trucks and an ambulance arrive. Medical personnel run from an ambulance towards crash site, fire trucks spray area with foam. Mountains seen in the background. Many fire trucks at crash site. Small fires seen. Part of fuselage and several personnel in area amongst fire trucks.
Army Air Force Major Samuel Grashio speaks prior to an air show in Spokane, Washington, during World War 2. He is from Spokane, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, and had successfully escaped from a Japanese prison camp. The Major begins to describe his experiences during the fall of Corregidor and Bataan, during the Japanese invasion at the start of World War II in the Pacific. Unfortunately, the sound stops (purposely ?) as he gets into the details of his story.
French soldiers prepare for the attack during World War I in France. General Joseph Joffre confers with aides and orders for attack. Houses in the background. Soldiers behind barricades prepare for the attack. Air drills are used to make tunnels under German trenches. Soldiers at the compressed air station. Mines are planted and the trenches exploded.
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