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817th Army engineers build new emergency airfield, near Salerno, Italy during World War 2
U.S. Army 817th Army engineers build airfield within 24 hours near Salerno, Italy, in World War II. Members of the U.S. Army 817th Engineers Battalion are seen employing construction equipment to create a new emergency airfield near Salerno, Italy, during World War 2. A bulldozer uproots trees separating a tomato patch from a wheat field so both can be combined to create a larger space for an emergency airfield. A road grader passes a soldier seated in a piece of parked construction equipment, as it levels the ground. The operator in the parked equipment takes a drink from his canteen. Next, soldiers are seen wielding picks, and other hand tools to untangle clumps of earth and roots. Camera shows them next, working at the edge of the large cleared earthen airfield. They pause to wave to a P-38 lightning aircraft that has just landed at the new field. The P-38 passes on its landing roll, raising a cloud of dust. (Note: Moments after the end of the clip, this, first to land, P-38 had a fatal collision with a water truck, concealed in dust at the side of the runway.
The first American P-38 Aircraft to land at a new emergency airfield near Salerno, Italy, crashes into a water truck at the edge of the runway.
Slate states: “Dust causes crash. P-38 plows into water truck. Pilot escapes. Two killed.” Members of the U.S. Army 817th Engineers Battalion, who have been building an emergency airfield , near Salerno, Italy, during World War 2, respond when the first P-38 airplane to land at the field, crashes into a water truck at the side of the dirt runway. Smoke rises from the crash scene. Camera focuses on the burning P-38 aircraft and the water truck. Soldiers use improvised slings to move the bodies of two victims away from the crash site. Meanwhile, other P-38 aircraft continue to land at the field. Smoke continues to billow from the burning P-38 airplane.
The Battle of P'ohang-dong and the Pusan Perimeter in the Korean War
Opening slate of August 1950 newsreel refers to Seesaw battle on beachhead. It shows several U.S. soldiers manning a 105mm howitzer field piece on sandy ground beside a steep hill. A small American flag marks their position. Scene shifts to a bivouac area of large tents and vehicles on flat ground. A body of water and higher ground is seen in the background. Next, an American flag flutters in the breeze, on a makeshift flagpole, atop a hill, where several soldiers are maintaining a lookout. A large radio antenna is installed on the hill. Back down on the flat land, American troops are breaking camp, pulling down the large tents. At Pohang Air Base (K-3) American troops are pulling down tents and packing up to leave. A C-46 transport plane sits nearby and a C-47 transport is in the background. Troops burn papers in 55-gallon drums. Troops load Army trucks with tents and equipment. Aerial glimpse of the area showing high hills surrounding it. View from a farm field where farmers are working, as four USAF F-80C jet fighter planes take off from the nearby airfield. View from aircraft flying above, as an F-80 attacks a ground target. Gun camera view of American aircraft strafing an installation at the base of a mountain. Explosions from striking rounds. Pilot pulls up abruptly to avoid the mountain. Gun camera view of rockets being fired from attacking aircraft on lines of communication, including rail and port facilities. Fires and smoke from the attacks. A strafing attack against a moving railroad train. The aircraft passes through heavy black smoke as the pilot breaks off the attack. Two views from aircraft making low passes over a major fire at a port facility. Both times the aircraft barely skirts heavy billowing black clouds. A line of white smoke arising from ground targets. Change of scene to the beach area shown at opening of the film, where an American gun crew is firing an M-101 105mm howitzer field piece, viewed from several angles. Change of scene shows U.S. troops working their way carefully along a mountain road in the Pusan Perimeter. Two soldiers run back from the front of the column. Troops pausing while staying close to the mountainside. Suddenly, a shell bursts just a short distance fron them, raising dense black smoke. Soldiers run across the road to seek protection close to the mountain. American soldiers moving carefully behind a parked M8 light armored car. Various vies of American soldiers operating in the mountainous area. Glimpse of fallen North Korean soldiers in the brush and foliage. American troops display a captured North Korean flag. South Korean soldiers on sentry duty outside fortified compound. Armed South Korean soldiers escort two ambulatory wounded North Korean prisoners. Wounded American soldier on a stretcher, being removed from a Sikorsky H-5 helicopter, at an airfield and being carried toward the aircraft flight line.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is honored by citizens of New York (WW2)
A motorcade for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York City. Citizens of New York welcome the man who headed the armies and helped to win World War 2. General Eisenhower smiles, waves, and accepts the honor. People shower ticker tapes to welcome General Eisenhower. U.S. flags on buildings. Large crowd welcomes Eisenhower at ticker tape parade. He receives city's gold medal and honorary citizenship. He addresses a throng. Cameraman records the event. General Eisenhower in a parade from the battery to City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007). Soldiers hold the U.S. flag. Soldiers and Generals salute. Lieutenant Colonel Franklin T. Matthias salutes.
The British liner RMS Queen Mary arrives in New York harbor with thousands of veterans.
Royal Mail Ship Queen Mary at sea in New York. The Statue of Liberty. Airship of the U.S. navy in flight. 14,000 veterans on Queen Mary after the end of World War II. The British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary arrives in New York harbor with thousands of U.S. troops from Europe.
A woman helps new neighbor and women go shopping in United States.
Two neighbors in United States. Woman takes down washed clothes from clothesline in back of home. Taxi pulls up in front of a house. A man gets out with suitcase. Driver helps boy out with bicycle. A woman holds a baby. Taxi drives off. Moving van pulls up as family enters the house. A woman irons clothes and her daughter eats seated at table. Father pulls small boy out of barrel and spanks him. Neighbor watches time. She gets a basket and packs sandwiches and some fruits in basket. Her daughter takes it and gives it to the newly arrived family. New neighbor takes the basket, smiles and thanks neighbor for her helping hand. Two women meet to go shopping. Grocer waits for the women. Woman read the booklet 'Let freedom ring!' Other woman shows no interest in power takes. Two women greet a woman pushing a baby carriage. The woman with the carriage buys newspaper and stops in front of drugs store. Woman orders from druggist. She reads booklet of 'Let freedom ring!' and thinks about drug laws to protect her family against any harm to health. Drugs on shelf. Druggist packs item and gives it to her. She bumps into a woman who rubs her side as if hurt. Woman pushes the baby carriage on street. Sanitation truck comes. It washes the street. Mother with carriage stops at the U.S. post office. The U.S. flag on building of the post office. Woman and postmistress. Woman with carriage walks up to the Public Library. She sits on bench near entrance and is joined by a neighbor.
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