German civilians watch the arrival of United States Army 4th Division Jeeps and vehicles in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany during World War II. Civilians tearing down roadblock. German civilian men and boys form in a line and pass rocks from roadblock down the line (like a bucket brigade), piling them at side of the road. German boy smiles. One German man smokes a pipe. U.S. Army Jeeps and an M4 tractor towing 155mm gun past the roadblock and through the village streets. German civilians clearing the road for United States Army.
Brief views of Allied bombing raids in Japan during World War II. A group of United States Army Air Force aircraft flying over Japan. An army cemetery in front of a building in the Pacific. United States Army Air Force aerial machine gun strafe Japanese positions on the Aleutian Islands. A chaplain praying over a coffin with the American flag draped over it. Aerial view of bombs falling and exploding into Japanese positions in China. Consolidated B-24 Liberator dropping bombs over Wake Island. View of Wake Island. Graves of U.S. troops on Wake Island, Burma, and other recaptured Pacific islands. Allied Airborne Infantry on the jungles of Burma (Myanmar). Gunshots are heard on the background. Two United States Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft flying to the Philippines. Allied bombardment of Hollandia (present day Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia). Grave of an unidentified soldier. United States troops land on a beach. A Howitzer is towed across a river. Soldiers rolling a barrel of oil. Snowplow truck clearing snow in front of a bomber. United States troops unload supplies at a snow-covered airbase.
Men shearing sheep using electric machine clippers inside a barn on a farm. A wool buyer talks to a farmer and inspects wool. Men’s hands manually examine wool on sheep. Farmer and wool buyer talking.
Shortly before World War 2: Animation showing an aircraft emitting radio waves towards German cities of Berlin and Leipzig. A man sits behind a radio directional finding network. A radio antenna receives signals. Animation showing radio directional finding networks in Berlin and Leipzig detects aircraft in Germany. A man’s hand plotting a map with a long ruler. Animation depicts German radio directional finding network detecting aircraft location. A Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft in hangar. A second Ju 52 on ramp with tail being elevated in flight position on snow-covered airfield. Nose and engine of the Ju 52. Pilot using directional finding equipment onboard the Ju 52.
German Aeronautical technicians working at a aircraft materials testing laboratory in Germany, before World War 2. A pair of technicians use a fluoroscope on metal. The fluoroscope showing stress pattern in piece of material bed tested. A sheet metal being strain tested by scientists. A technician pulls chains. Sheet material shattering with characteristic diagonal folds.
A United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft parked on an airfield during the Vietnam War. A man carries equipment while he walks towards the aircraft. A U.S. Army soldier observes a truck and artillery with cover. View of the truck and artillery as seen from the fuselage of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter transport plane. A soldier begins driving the truck. He holds the manual gear stick and turns the wheels. A man at the fuselage directs the driver as he drives the artillery and truck inside the aircraft. A truck reverses and exits from transport plane. A truck with artillery backing up to enter the transport plane through fuselage. The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter after military vehicles are loaded into the aircraft.
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