Allied forces win Myitkyina airstrip in Myitkyina, Burma during World War II. A map of Burma highlights Myitkyina. Transport airplanes tow gliders over Myitkyina. An aerial view of Myitkyina airstrip. Gliders land on a field and U.S. and Chinese troops disembark. U.S. Army General Joseph Stilwell talks with U.S. Army General Frank Merrill on a field. A wrecked U.S. airplane on the field. A Japanese fighter overhead. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Seagrave operates on a wounded soldier in a field hospital.
United States Navy Patrol torpedo boats underway in British waters before the invasion of France during World War II. Bow of a United States PT boat as it patrols along with others. Men on the deck of the boat. A 50 caliber machine gunner. U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft towing Horsa gliders at medium altitudes overhead, while C-47s without gliders fly in the opposite direction at very low altitudes over the water.
Sports photography in the United States. A rock climber with a camera hangs by a rope on a mountain. Rock climbers climb a mountain peak using a rope. A cameraman speaks about rock climbing. Men lower themselves on a mountain with the help of a rope. A cameraman takes out camera from a bag. He places the camera on a tripod. Cameraman shoots the rock climbers. A para glider or powered hang glider in air. Man speaks about the dangers involved in filming extreme sports. A man climbs an ice wall using ice axes and crampons. An extreme skier is seen skiing on a very steep slope in an avalanche prone area. The skier loses his balance, falls, loses his skis, and continues to slide and tumble down the mountain for a great distance, out of control.
German soldiers loading Howitzers into a parked Gotha Go-242 transport glider on ground covered with snow. The rear of the fuselage is raised. Soldiers pushing in a World War II 105mm type German Howitzer. Two soldiers inside aircraft use hand pulley to pull in the Howitzer. The soldiers load more Howitzers into the aircraft. Interior shots of Go-242 glider as soldier fastens the just close rear part of fuselage. Soldiers continue to fasten and secure the Howitzer to aircraft deck using cloth straps. Go-242 towed by a small truck from right to left. The aircraft goes past ground camera and then right to left again over snow-cleared runway.
Plywood used to make war material for the Invasion of Normandy. Birch, maple and mahogany logs are boiled for 24 hours. The logs are rounded on rollers and then peeled into long sheets of veneer. Women war production workers take out thin sheets of wood made from the logs. The sheets are then put into drying ovens to reduce the moisture. Women make an alternating wood and glue pile. These are stacked and put into a machine press to make the finished plywood. Workers put together and weld the prepared plywood. The plywood is used to make landing crafts, boats, pontoons, army holding boards, gliders and fighter planes. Men construct boats and crafts. A glider takes off. Worker under the plane. British de Havilland Mosquito bombers parked in a row. The plywood was a major component of the Mosquitoes .
Allied gliders in flight in France during World War II 5 days after D-Day. Gliders land, and thereafter are concealed among trees. U.S. Army 9th Division soldiers march forward toward the battle front in France.
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