U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Interior of a repair shop. Men work on machines and tools. Other men assemble motors.
U.S. Army Air Corps Third Aviation Instruction Center in Issoudun, France during World War I. Salvage of aircraft on the ground. Men repair an aircraft. Prisoners operate an incinerator.
A training film titled 'The LST Description' about design of Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs) in the United States. U.S. Landing Craft Tanks serve at various places during wartime. Bulldozers, tanks, trucks and several other equipment unloaded from a Landing Ship Tank at a beach. LSTs underway at sea. A diagram of an LST. The LST is long and wide. It has propellers with diesel engines and rudders. The design of the LST is shown. It has several features. It has bow doors and a ramp. An LST underway. The LST is beached and its bow door opens. Tanks and equipment unloaded from the LST. The bow gun, bow anchor and the towing cable of the LST. Elevators, ship's ventilators and fans are shown. The cargo hatch, the navigation bridge and guns on the bridge are shown. The conning tower. Small utility boats aboard the LST. Guns on the stern. An LST on a beach.
A training film on movement and tactics of landing boats in the United States. The rendezvous area. Aerial view of the boats underway at sea. Flags atop flag poles on the boats. The flags are used to give signals. The rendezvous area is protected by support boats. Animation depicts the boats moving in the area. Waves are formed by the boats to complete the boat group. The boats underway at sea circling in the area. They get a signal from the control vessel to move. The boats move in a sequence. Signals to change the formations are given by the Wave Commander. Animation depicts the positions of the Wave Commander and the boats. A landing diagram distance reads 100 yards.
A training film titled: 'Amphibious Warfare Landing Boat Tactics Supply' on supply process of equipment from landing boats. The landing boats underway in the United States. The supply phase of amphibious operations. Men unload equipment at a beach. An officer instructs crew. Preparations for landing supplies. A red marker on the beach represents its center. Different strips which are vertical, horizontal and others are used as markers at the beach. A strip represents an ammunition marker. Tracked vehicle marker is the point where the tracked vehicles will be unloaded. The medical supplies marker. A red cross on a white field. A fuel unloading marker.
A film on the importance of photographic reconnaissance. A pilot reading a book. A clock on a wall. An announcement on a loudspeaker. A Grumman F9F Panther aircraft lands on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean. Men standing along the sides of the aircraft carrier. A man directs the landing of the aircraft. A pilot gets off the aircraft and talks to the previous pilot. Officers and pilots in a briefing room. A pilot locates places on a wall map. The officers talk to the first pilot. An officer says that he is needed for photo reconnaissance, not as a fighter pilot. He checks cameras and boards an airplane. The pilot seated in the cockpit of the aircraft. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky Ho3S-1 Helicopter hovering in the background. A man signals to take off. The airplane takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Aerial views of F9F Panther aircraft in formation in flight over the ocean. A ship underway. The aircraft flies over a target area in Korea. The pilot marks the target area on a map. Soldiers aboard a tank on a field. The F9F Panther aircraft in flight overhead. Huts in the area. The pilot takes photographs of the area. The enemy aims anti aircraft guns at the aircraft. They fire at airplanes. Flak bursts in the sky.
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