Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone being recovered by means of the Midair Recovery System (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force CH-3E in flight towing the Firebee after snagging it in the air. The Firebee is suspended far below the helicopter by a cable, and is seen trailing a striped drogue chute. It is gradually cranked closer, by means of an internally installed hydraulic winch system, until it appears to be within 20 feet of the CH-3 helicopter.
A film about the industrial activities in various countries during World War II. London: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill with other officers inspects bomb damage in London. The bombed out buildings in London. Soviet Union: Destruction in Soviet Union. The Soviet people walk to new areas to rebuild industries. China: The Chinese men walk past a factory. A man rows a boat in a river. United States: Aerial view of the industries in United States. Aerial view of the smoke coming out of smoke stacks. The interiors of a factory being converted to war production. Old machines replaced by war machines. War production workers using machines to make tanks for war effort. A man observes through a eye microscope as he makes precision flight instruments. Women learn to operate new machines. Men operate lathes and other machines inside the factory.
A film titled 'Meuse-Argonne Offensive' about the American Expeditionary Force troops during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive battle in France in World War I. Trucks and American Expeditionary Force troops move along a road. Troops on horse carts and on horses advance. U.S. Troops wait in trenches. Machine guns and artillery pieces are loaded and fired. Soldiers fire rifles. Troops advance through a grassland. A tank being driven over a rough land. Explosions on ground. Smoke columns rise as machine guns are fired in Argonne Forest.
U.S. Vice President Nixon is seen at an AMOCO gas station in Washington, DC, where a sign on the gas station reads: "March of Dimes. Nixon inserts hose to refuel a car and checks its oil level. Closeup of two young women in the car who are amused by the goings on. Photographers take pictures. The Vice President wipes the windshield of the car. A sign at the station reads: "Fill 'er up for Polio." A banner reads: "Join the March of Dimes." A little girl sits in a toy car at the station. Nixon walks over, carrying the fuel hose and smiles as he pretends to put gas into her toy car. She turns to look at him and holds up several fingers (possibly to indicate how many gallons she wants.)
Elements of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division defending Fire Support Base Ripcord in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, in the last major battle of the Vietnam War. View from Base Ripcord toward wooded hills from which the North Vietnamese 324B Division is laying siege. It is extremely windy causing canvas covers to flap. The camera is focused on a hilltop where enemy positions are located. Bombs explode there, dropped by U.S.aircraft (unseen). At times large clouds of white smoke rise from the site.
U.S. Army 319th Artillery attached to 101st Airborne Division strengthens defenses of Fire Support Base Ripcord to combat North Vietnam forces in the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Opening scene shows Captain David F. Rich, Commander of Battery B, 2nd Battalion, 319th Artillery, conversing with Lieutenant Brennan, in very windy conditions atop the Fire Support Base. The carriage of a 105mm towed howitzer is seen in the foreground, with two shells set on it. View of howitzers and shells stacked atop the Base. The wind whipping aross the Base. African American soldier working on a howitzer. Another fighting the wind, as he carries canisters of propellant charges. He tosses them behind the sandbagged artillery position. Other soldiers join in moving gunpowder canisters. Closeup of two soldiers as the wind blows the hat off one.
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