A U.S. B-25H of the 1st Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, in Burma-India theater, during World War 2. It taxis and takes off. Separate view of pilot Robert R. Martin in cockpit of aircraft with name "Old Flaherty" under the canopy and insignia of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment. View of Curtiss C-46A-40-U Commando aircraft parked in rough field. B-25 flies low over the field, buzzing it several times. Indigenous people on the ground pull prop through and the C-46 starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It makes a low pass over the field as those on ground wave.
U.S. pilots board Stinson L-5 Sentinel airplane of the 25th Liaison Squadron "Guinea Short Lines" (serial 42-99261) parked on shore at Palawan, Philippines, during World War 2. The L-5 taxis along shoreline and takes off. L-5 in flight over sea.
The Joint Operations Staff College at Norfolk, Virginia. Seminars conducted at the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Officers collected from ground, Naval and Air Force work collectively. Officers examine globe, read books and attend medical service classes. Officers enter into building. Officers play pool (billiards). Door Sign reads 'Student Committee Room'. Officers seated in a round table conference. Officers attend the War College in Washington DC. Civilian and Army officers meet each other at school. Officers attend classes at the Industrial College of Armed Forces. Officers examine a chart in room. Officers in a aircraft factory examine aircraft being assembled. Officers observe workers assembling a truck. Officers confer in a library with books on nearby shelves. Officers eat together in dining facilities and play handball. Military caps of different services on a hat rack. Massive columns of US Army soldiers and military vehicles, artillery, tanks, and tank destroyers parade on a street (possibly New York City) possibly at end of World War 2 or near that time. Military bomber aircraft in flight in formation overhead. The United States and British flags fluttering side by side in a breeze.
Evacuation of U.S. soldier casualties from Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, in World War 2. A injured soldier carried on a stretcher from a field ambulance and placed into a Stinson L-5B Sentinel aircraft flown by the 163rd Liaison Squadron. Several casualties and L-5B aircraft.
U.S. soldiers sit around on supplies and handle the same. Tractor and trailer comes off LCT (Landing Craft Tank) in the background. Beach-man talks to his aid above beach. Supplies stacked on beach. Tractor parked in the foreground. Soldiers carrying more supplies to supply pile. Signal man at communication center. Soldiers carry large crate with poles. Caterpillar tractor-trailer towed upstream. Soldiers around a tent on beach. (World War II period).
Early period construction of Hoover Dam. Black Canyon shows river in deep valley between cliffs. Man and materials transferred on Catwalk Bridge. Rocks blasted to make ways. Tunnels excavated in mountains by men. Men bore holes in mountain. Man work on steel rods. Trucks loaded with rocks move up the road on mountain. Trucks dump rocks. Tunnels are aligned with concrete after excavation. Men work with equipment. Rocks on top of the cliffs blasted. Men engaged in drilling and handling explosives. Workers transported through cables suspended between cliffs. Men drill holes in Canyon walls. Holes are blasted. Men suspended from cliff-top. River is diverted toward tunnel. River flows into tunnel. Trucks dump rocks. Excavation vehicles used at construction site. Shovel excavator in operation. Dump trucks are driven. Roads carved in mountains to transport men and material. Rock surfaces prepared for the reception of concrete.
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