A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet aircraft takes off from Brize Norton Air Force Base in the United Kingdom. A crew stands in front of the B-47 before take off. They hold helmets in their hands and talk. Another aircraft parked in the background. All the crew members board the aircraft. A colonel talks to a crew chief before boarding the aircraft. The crew chief then boards the aircraft. The B-47 taxis on a rain soaked runway. Rocket engine cut in and rocket assist take off.
Activities before boarding a United States Air Force B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base, United Kingdom. A pilot takes off his hand gloves and signs a preflight clearance form before boarding the B-47 Stratojet. He boards the aircraft. A group of men stand in front of the B-47. They arrange personal equipment before boarding the aircraft. Men put on parachutes. Two men inspect each other's equipment. A jeep in the background. They board the aircraft. A pilot, a co-pilot and a crewman of the B-47 put on parachutes. They check each other's parachutes and board the aircraft. The head of each men is visible as they take seats in the aircraft. A crew chief puts on a headphone and talks over an intercom system during the engine starting of the B-47. Men close the parachute compartment in the back of the B-47. The crew chief writes information on a preflight instruction form. Men doing preflight inspection of the B-47.
U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojets make a rocket assist take off one after the other from Brize Norton Air Force Base, United Kingdom. A B-47 takes off and contrails are released by the aircraft. Another B-47 taxis on the strip and takes off. The third aircraft taxis and takes off. Other B-47s taxi on the runway.
Preparations for D-Day Invasion of France during World War II. Four days before D-Day, U.S. gliders at a British base taxi and take off one after the other, towed by Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Insignia of the United States. A hangar in the background. The gliders in flight. They fly over an airfield in formation.
Japanese boats and submarines underway on a river in Japan. A Japanese midget submarine base and small submarines on a shore. A smoking river tug underway. Japanese river boats alongside the shore. Mountains in the background. A Japanese river boat underway. A roadway tunnels in a cliff alongside the river. Men on a boat alongside the shore. Houses of the civilians on the shore of the river. Another riverboat approaches the shore. Surf at the shore. Men on the boat.
Military passengers get off from a TWA jet in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Trans World Airlines (TWA) jet taxis at Bien Hoa Air Base. 'TWA' written on the tail of the jet aircraft. A ground crew pushes aviation passenger stairs to the door of the aircraft. A sign on the stairs reads ' U.S. Air Force'. Officers, airmen and soldiers get off from the aircraft. A van parked in the background.
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