Views from U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division positions during Operation JEB Stuart III in Vietnam. U.S. Air Force F-100 and F-105 fighter bombers hitting enemy forces on the ground. UN-1D helicopter fires rocket at enemy position. Explosion and smoke rises from terrain. Several helicopters flying in the area. AN-1G Attack helicopter fires rockets at enemy position. OH-13 helicopter touches down and immediately leaves again from U.S. fire base on a hill top. Several U.S. Army troops occupy the base.
Activities of United States Federal Marshals during AIM (American Indian Movement) occupation at the outskirts of Lakota Nation in United States. U.S. Helicopter in flight, United States flag on check post. U.S. troops and U.S. vehicles at check post. Troops with rifles and guns stand past vehicles. A U.S. army jeep arrives. Wood logs at post. Vehicles go in field.
An animated graphic shows Japanese gunfire near Naha Okinawa pounding U.S. 420th Group artillery positions located on the small island of Keise Jima, near Okinawa. Also animation of the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Tuscaloosa, moving in to provide counterfire against the Japanese batteries near Naha. Actual views of U.S. warships provide a floating mobile artillery to support the ground troops. U.S. warships firing on Japanese artillery positions near Naha Airfield. Details seen include: At time 00:36, the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40, firing a starboard mounted 5in/25cal gun. Time 00:40 is the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43 in camouflage Measure 32v1, Design 1D earlier in the war. Time 00:52 is the battleship USS Colorado, BB-45, in camouflage Measure 32, Design 3D and in the background is the battleship USS West Virginia in camouflage Measure 32, Design 7D. (World War II period)
U.S. captures Tarawa from Japan during World War II. Fighting in Tarawa. Explosions as the enemy positions are shelled. The U.S. Marines move forward. The wounded are placed on stretcher and the Marines waddle through the water and carry the wounded to the landing craft. A Marine takes off his battered helmet. The Marines move forward and on the way take prisoners. Dead Japanese soldiers. A Marine feeds a lone kitten which has survived. The U.S. Army Units relive the Marines. A colonel with his soldiers. U.S. soldiers salute as the American flag is hoisted. A soldier blows into a trumpet.
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Army are jammed aboard an M46 Patton tank as they participate in a UN counter-attack against Chinese forces in the Korean War. Several tanks full of soldiers and some in jeeps, are seen fording river swollen by Spring melting and rains. Closeup of GIs riding tank. Narrator states they are heading beyond the 38th parallel. U.S. troops seen hunkered down as UN shell fire strikes at Chinese positions to slow down their anticipated Spring Offensive. White smoke rises from nearby exploding Chinese shells. U.S. 8th Army troops fall back as shells fall around them, to take up new defensive positions. Scene shifts to a large gathering of South Korean waifs. Closeup of some in a line, and inside a building, receiving clothing from U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division. It had been collected by the Marine Corps League, in many American cities. Marines are seen helping Korean children dress in the new clothes. Closeup of Korean children huddled down for a photograph. (Korean War)
Franklin Knox, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Admiral Harold Stark, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe, British Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram H Ramsay, and other British and American naval officers, after visiting them in Stark's headquarters at 20 Grosvenor Square, London, England, during World War 2. Secretary Knox enters a car. Scene shifts to an RAF airfield where Secretary Knox stands with Admiral Stark and two military aides,near the wing of a U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 airplane. Stark and Knox stand together and then Knox bids Stark goodbye, as he prepares to board the C-47 airplane. Admiral Stark salutes as Secretary Knox climbs aboard the plane. Admiral Stark and aides wave goodbye as the aircraft taxis out. Several members of British Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) walk across the airfield ramp, as the C-47 taxis out for takeoff
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.