U.S. troops excavating for a deep dugout as part of their defenses North of Villers-Tournelle, during World War 1. Another scene shows troops in their bivouac area performing routine maintenance around their dugout shelters. Lines of wash are seen drying. Some prepare meals over camp fires. One soldier emerges from his dugout to scan the skies for enemy aircraft. An officer sits at a table and examines charts. Soldiers relax at entrance to a large dugout field kitchen, where a slab of meat sits on a butcher table. (WWI. WW1)
French Regiment marches into its home garrison town, returning from the battlefields, during World War 1. People walk along with the soldiers. Houses on the street side. The Regiment is assembled on a field, as local citizens watch. Upon order from their Commanding Officer, the soldiers afix their bayonets to their rifles and come to attention. Officer salutes the soldiers. Elsewhere, French troops proceed toward the front, in armored cars and trucks, passing through a town with some war-damaged buildings. .
History of the SR-71 development from conferences, through assembly, to operational flights of the aircraft, United States. SR-71 in flight with gear lowered. SR-71 B lands. Crew leaves SR-71 B and welcomed by officers. Crew boards SR-71 in hangar and aircraft taxis out. Aircraft in flight. Crew leaves SR-71 and awarded MACH 3 pins and SR-7 models.
German Ace pilot and General of the German Air force Adolf Galland also called General Der Jagdfleiger visits fellow pilots and Fw 190 design team officials at German AFB. Galland, Streib, and Trautloft are seen inspecting the latest Focke Wulf 190 developments as guests of the design team. Prof. Tank is seen with his assistant Obering. Also seen are Willi Kaether, chief test pilot Hans Sander, and test pilot Alfred Thomas who was later killed testing the Ta 152 H. General inspects telemetry documents of Focke Wulf Fw-190 fighter. Pilots demonstrate capabilities of Fw-190's. General enters inside Fw-190 and takes off. Clip shows another scene where General Galland is welcomed by German pilots and Air force officials at a function. Timing and location of the footage can be determined through review of flight test reports of the Ta 154 A-0, Werknummer 0014, TQ+XD glimpsed briefly in the footage and the Fw 190 V17/U1, an airframe that served as a Fw 190 D-9 prototype -- Galland made flights in both these aircraft on 2 June 1944 in Berlin-Staaken. The first aircraft seen in the footage is Fw 190 A-8, Werknummer 174 014, BH+RN. The camera pans to Galland pulling on his parachute pack in front of Fw 190 V17/U1, CF+OX -- the ‘O’ of the code can be made out, and reveals for the first time elements of the changes made to the airframe in modifying it into Fw 190 D-9 configuration. There then follows a short clip of the V17/U1 in the air. Galland´s flight appears in the flight testing log of the V17/U1. There are brief views of the Ta 154 in the clip showing the forward fuselage and the open canopy. Streib also flew the Ta 154 in Staaken.
Armed U.S. AEF troops from Fort Read pass at a review in Trinidad in World War II. Vice Admiral John H Hoover, General Henry C Pratt and other officers review the troops. Troops march in mechanized columns. Admiral Hoover and General Henry C Pratt walk and have a conversation. Troops and other people in the background.
German aircraft RF-84F Thunderflash in Berlin, Germany. German insignia on the RF-84F Thunderflash plane. Seven German RF-84F Thunderflash parked on a flight line at Erding air station. The planes are serviced and checked by German airmen. German ground crewmen in the cockpit of the plane. A German airman opens cover over tank jettison pressure gauges. The airman puts liquid oxygen in the RF-84F Thunderflash and then removes the hose. A man writes on the side of the plane.
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