Formation of U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bombers over Emden, Germany, during World War 2. They are under fire by flak and German Luftwaffe fighters. B-17 belly gunner firing at attacking German fighter plane which explodes. Scene of a waist gunner firing from inside a B-17. Bombardier crouched over bombsight in nose of B-17. Bombs exploding on targets below. View from inside of bomb bay doors opening on a B-17. Bombs away view of bombs falling from open bomb bay. Scenes of smoke rising from explosions on ground. German aircraft being shot down. Aerial view of Emden, Germany. Several views of B-17s with bombs dropping from them. B-17 with Square B tail code of the 95th Bombardment Group. Black smoke from antiaircraft firing (flak). German fighters attacking B-17s. A new group of P-47 fighters arrive for aerial dogfights to protect the bombers. Waist gunner firing at enemy German aircraft. B-17 is hit by a German long-range antiaircraft rocket and explodes.
A Yugoslav soldier guarding. Marshal Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Yugoslav Partisans, with first Allied war correspondents to reach his headquarters in an undisclosed hiding location in Yugoslavia during World War II. Civilian people (mostly women and children) on roads in town of Drvar, which changed hands six times during fighting between Axis forces and Partisans. A horse pulled wagon; People with their cattle. Yugoslavian children sitting. Women cutting up silk from Allied supply parachutes, for use in creating bandages for Partisan soldiers. Group of women soldiers and men soldiers of Partisan forces, many of whom were students before the war. Partisan soldiers marching on roads and scenes of large columns of Partisan soldiers drilling and training in Italy for the war effort. Close-up views of faces of Partisan soldiers, both men and women. Marshal Tito standing.
Generals George Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff and Mark Clark at advance quarters in Italy. General Clark decorates Distinguished Service Medal on General Alphonse Juin. General Marshall meets officers of 5th army.
Aircraft carriers and ships during battle of Saipan in the Pacific War (World War II). Animation of map of Saipan. Ships progressing in sea. Firing and bombardment at ships. Guns firing. Marines in landing barges. Bombs dropped on the ships. Marines advance on island. Bombing on the island. Tanks advancing. Scene of artillery fire. Wreckage of planes. A plane taxiing. Scene of U.S. flag. Soldiers taking a wounded soldier on stretcher. Medical men trying to save soldiers. women and children are removed to safety at prisoners of war depot. A soldier taking a child in lap.
Captain A. C. Balsley, member of the Lafayette Escadrille, stands near a plane at De Mille Field in Hollywood, California on Air Memorial Day. It is noted that Captain Balsley is the first to be wounded at Verdun, and met the requirements to receive the French Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre. Captain Balsley walks away, using a cane. Captain Balsley talking with other officers. A soldier holding rifle.
In World War I, As part of the opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, raises the French flag over the treasury building in Washington DC. He is honoring the First Regiment of the French Foreign Legion and shakes hand with members. Soldiers marching. Secretary shows flag.
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