The 1965 San Salvador earthquake in El Salvador. People come out on the streets. Houses and buildings destroyed due to earthquake. Children walking in street with destroyed houses and rubble. ‘Farmacia Lourdes’ pharmacy storefront destroyed. People line up for a mass inoculation program after earthquake. Rubble everywhere. A United States plane carrying food and medicines lands at Ilopango International Airport in San Salvador. Airport workers unloading U.S. crates. Two children sit on the roadside. Children eating inside tents at an evacuation center. People out in the open with their belongings.
The sole remaining (of 2) Martin XB-51 Bomber aircraft, stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, taxis and takes off at El Paso International Airport. Moments after breaking ground on takeoff, this first prototype, number 46-0685, settles back onto the runway and crashes in fire and smoke. Flight engineer, S/Sgt. Wilbur R. Savage, of Rte. 3, Dawsonville, Georgia is killed in the crash and Maj. James O. Rudolph, pilot, succumbed to his injuries the next month.
Setting is Port of Tunis, Tunisia, following Occupation by Allies in 1943. The entire film depicts an Italian submarine transiting the harbor and eventually berthing at a dock.
An El Al airlines Lockheed Constellation passenger plane lands at U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport (2401 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Access Rd, Arlington, VA 22202, United States) in Arlington Virginia. From the airplane descends the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, and his wife Paula Ben-Gurion. Security guards keep a vigil. Crowd cheers for him at the terminal building. Ben-Gurion and other dignitaries greeted and welcomed by officials. He shakes hands with officials and moves towards the terminal building.
First Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion arrives in the United States, at U.S. Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington; located at Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia. Prime Minister and his ministers descend from a Lockheed Constellation plane of El Al airlines. He is greeted by officials. Prime Minister and other dignitaries set for a press briefing at the airport. He reads a note in front of microphones. Press photographer takes photographs. Motorcade of Prime Minister Ben-Gurion drives away. The tail of the plane with the national flag of Israel.
U.S. Army troops approach stationary C-47 'Skytrain' transport planes on ground in Algeria during World War II. Sign on side of one plane identifies its name as "Big Jig." Taxi and takeoff of C-47 as seen in point of view shot through open side door of C-47 aircraft. C-47 in flight. P-38 Lightning fighter plane in flight escorting the paratroopers. Interior of a C-47. C-47 in flight over water. Point of view shots through cockpit window of C-47 aircraft in formations over water. C-47over mountain area. P-38 in flight. U.S. Army paratroopers jump from C-47 near Tunis toward target enemy airport in Tunisia held by Germans. Parachutes descend and land on ground as seen from C-47 aircraft in flight. C-47 parked on airfield.
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