United States Army soldiers in Copenhagen, Denmark. U.S. soldiers and civilians in the streets of recently liberated Copenhagen in World War II. A soldier visits a jewelry shop. Soldiers and civilians attend Tivoli's Pantomime Theater. A soldier and a woman stroll in Tivoli Gardens.
Manufacture of rotors of turbine generators used in power plants in the United States. Working of rotors in a turbine generator is explained. A worker at the nose section of a turbine generator. Cars on a road. Workers at the turbine generator. Engineers work on drawings and designs of the turbine generators. Engineers and workers carry out testing in air test laboratory. Data analysis done in a laboratory. Technicians work with various equipment. Tests carried out to check which metal stands the turbine temperature best. Various metal alloys are tested by technicians under high temperature and loads. Women workers at machines carry out differential analysis. Engineers examine a chart of a diagram of a turbine generator. Men work at a furnace in the plant. A heated metal chunk is deformed by hydraulic presses. Manufacture of turbine rotors shows technicians conducting various tests and working with different machinery and equipment for high performance. They work on turbine components. Magnetic inspection in the process of turbine manufacturing. Cavities are detected by X-rays. A rotor of a turbine in final stages of completion. Final inspections and checkups by technicians and workers. Turbine generation in operation.
Displaced Persons (DP) and civilian refugees travel in horse drawn carts on roads of Germany. Their belongings are kept in the carts. Open ground and trees in the background. U.S. Military Police officers inspect belongings of German prisoner. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy bombardment of beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War 2 invasion of Okinawa. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyers and battle ships underway. Rocket barrage fired. Rocky shoreline of the island in the background. Details seen include: Time 00:25 is the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40 firing main and secondary batteries. Time 00:41 is a detailed closeup bow-on view of the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40. (Note: As seen, the USS New Mexico did retain its casemated 5-inch/51 caliber guns for the Okinawa invasion, contrary to some historic references.)
Okinawa Operations in Pacific Theater. United States Marine units and 24th Army Corps advance in the villages of the islands. Tanks advance in the villages. Marines approach houses in the village. Fire and smoke due to explosions. Dead bodies lay on ground. Fire rises up from the houses in village. Flame throwing Sherman tanks set huge fires throughout the villages. Aerial view of smoke over island. Infantry equipped with small arms, and some seen carrying flame thrower packs on their backs, moving along the roads without heavy support weapons. U.S. Douglas TBM Avenger aircraft drop food, water and munitions by parachute to Marines climbing hills. Smoke protects Marines crossing an open slope. (World War II period).
A short U.S. Army feature entitled,"Black Widow" AND "Jato." Introduction is overlayed on map of Europe. Opening sequence features P-61 Black Widows of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, stationed at Florennes/Juzaine (A-78), Belgium, during World War 2, Some of the aircraft are identifiable: P-61A 42-5577 (later nicknamed "Tactless Texan") and "Wandering Wench" (P-61A 42-5590). Narrator states their mission is to intercept German "flying bombs." Mixed footage of P-61s at various places and times, includes some with D-Day invasion stripes. Separate JATO-related footage features USN personnel fitting jet-assisted takeoff bottles on a Grumman F6F-3, possibly at NAS Patuxent River facility, Maryland. Later sequences show a JATO takeoffs by a Douglas SBD, and an F6F-3; and normal takeoff by a Grumman TBF, and a JATO takeoff by a Grumman F4F.
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