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U.S. 6th Marine Division marching into Tsingtao, China, after Japan's surrender ending World War II
Following the Japanese surrender, ending World War 2, on September 2, 1945, U.S. Marines were sent into China to help the Nationalist Chinese Government with the surrender of Japanese forces occupying parts of China. This film shows Marines of the 6th Marine Division marching into Tsingtao (aka Qingdao) China on that mission. Headed by a brass band, they march along an avenue in the city. A number of Chinese civilians walk alongside them. A man riding an empty rickshaw, is seen on the sidewalk. A U.S. military policemen stands guard along the line of march. Some Chinese enter the roadway to follow the band, walking, riding bicycles, and several on a horse-drawn wagon. They have to move aside to avoid interfering with the first contingent of marching Marines following the band. Next a squad of Marines is seen marching onto a dirt field. Many Marines are assembled in another field across the road in the background, where a U.S. M4 Sherman tank and other armor are also seen. The squad is followed by a larger group of Marines. Shift in scene shows Marines marching past a building displaying the Nationalist Chinese (Republic of China) flag.
Military Police on guard outside the U.S. Embassy after Tet Offensive bombing in Vietnam
Aftermath of Tet offensive bombing on the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam. Shattered windows of the Embassy. Wreckage of car which carried the explosives. Another damaged building. Wrecked cars in street. Burned-out motor scooter. U.S. Embassy seal above entrance. Smashed windows. U.S. Military Police on guard outside the building. Several people stand in front of the U.S. Embassy.
U.S. Army Lieutenants Lester J Maitland and Albert F Hegenberger land in Hawaii after flight from California
U.S. Army soldiers surround aviators and their aircraft at Wheeler field in Hawaii. U.S. Army aviators Lieutenant Lester J Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F Hegenberger wear Hawaiian flower Leis, presented upon their arrival in Hawaii after flying from Oakland, California. The aviators completed the first flight from mainland U.S. to Hawaii, some 2400 miles, setting a new record. Their airplane, a Fokker Trimotor, named Bird of Paradise, is seen in background. They hold a news conference.
VE-7 and JN-4 biplane aircraft land on flight deck of USS Langley during operations with the U.S. Pacific Fleet
Officers aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1). View of the Langley passing through the Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal, her deck filled with airplanes, en route to join the Pacific Fleet. Activities aboard the Langley as U.S. Navy works to refine carrier operations. Numerous views of Landing mishaps, including landing hook problems, nose-overs, wings striking deck, power-on stalls, and even a VE-7 ditching in water between the Langley and a U.S. Destroyer.
A German who tries to steal away a pig from an American farm is attacked by the U.S. Navy.
U.S. National Food Administration animated save food campaign in the United States during World War I. A man at a farm. Pigs and chicken at the farm. The man leans against a wooden fence with a wind mill in the background. A donkey symbolizing U.S. Army and a goat symbolizing U.S. Navy at the farm. A German man tries to steal away a pig from the farm but the United States Navy symbolized by the goat attacks the man. The American man empties out a bag brought by the German with the donkey, the goat, pigs and chickens in the background.
Use of BLU-82-B bomb in Project Commando Vault, to create instant landing zone during Vietnam War
U.S. Project Combat Trap/Commando Vault using outsized bombs to create helicopter landing zones in the jungle, during the war in Vietnam. (At first, the project used 10,000 pound World War II M121 bombs. In 1970, it switched to the 15,000 pound BLU-82/B bomb, also called a "Daisy Cutter".) View from another aircraft, of a C-130 aircraft in flight overhead. View inside the cargo compartment of the C-130 flying , with its rear cargo door open, above a layer of clouds. A parachute trails behind the aircraft, attached to a large pallet on which a BLU-82/B (Bomb Live Unit-82) is fastened. The load is released and the parachute pulls the pallet and bomb out of the plane. Scene reverts to the view of the C-130 from another aircraft. The parachute and bomb are seen falling from the C-130. Camera follows them as they fall through the cloud layer. Next, a huge ball of fire is seen in the jungle below. Dense gray smoke billows upward. Scene shifts to view from a helicopter flying closer to the ground, which is obscured by dense tree canopy below. View of the explosion site shows depression in the jungle canopy, but the helicopter doesn't get close enough to reveal more.
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