Chinese sailors are trained in the use of an LST in Tsingtao, China after World War II. Chinese sailors go aboard an LST (Landing Ship Tank). They salute an officer as they board the LST. The sailors are inspected by a commanding officer assisted by a U.S. officer. A hatch and the LST are lowered.
U.S. Marines of "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines take part in Operation Thor, during the Vietnam War. Partial view of idling U.S. Marine Corps UH-34D helicopter in a grassy area. The helicopter takes off. 3 marines wearing utilities, cart belts, canteens, bulletproof vests, cam helmets and carrying M-16 rifles seated on the ground in a dirt area. The marines with an M-79 grenade launcher and ammunition bag move across the grassy area. A marine kneels and fires the M-79. The tread of a tank moving through the grassy area. The tank turns and moves out.
U.S. troops boarding a troop carrier ship during World War One. British Admiral David Beatty aboard an American battleship welcoming U.S. Battleship Division Nine to the British Grand Fleet.
A medium bomb (probably dropped by a U.S. Navy aircraft) is seen hitting the German Battleship Ostfriesland on July 20, 1921 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L flying boats is seen in the air. The following day, July 21, 1921, 2000 lb. bomb is seen exploding near the Ostfriesland. The bomb is dropped by an airplane from an Air Corps unit commanded by Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (neither seen). Several other 2000 lb. bombs explode on and near the Ostfriesland, causing it to roll over and sink.
The German Battleship Ostfriesland being bombed in U.S. Army/Navy tests of ability to destroy a battleship from the air. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L seaplanes is seen flying above. Medium size (not over 600 lb bombs hit on and near the Ostfriesland.
Explosion is seen from bomb dropped, by U.S. Army aircraft (not seen), on the German Destroyer (G-102) during tests conducted by unit commanded by Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. A deck gun is fired by crew on a U.S. Navy vessel.
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