An army instructor at Cobra school explains about the body and design of the helicopter Cobra also known as AH-1G, to American pilot students in Vung Tau, Vietnam. As the instructor explains the different parts of the helicopter to students as a helicopter lands at the air base. The instructor removes a part of the helicopter and shows it to the pilot students. (Vietnam War period).
Oil drilling being carried out at the base of an oil derrick in Huntington Beach in Southern California. Oil being drilled using the whip stock method at the shore of the Pacific Ocean. A number of oil derricks are seen as cars pass by them.
U.S. military honor guards hold flags of America and France during a ceremony in Lafayette Park, Washington, DC, on a cold rainy in February 1957. French Premier, Guy Mollet, stands near the Lafayette Monument in the park. Limousines are parked at the curb behind him, and cars and buses pass on the wet roads. Some in attendance carry umbrellas. But the Premier does not. A memorial wreath is brought forward. View of the complete Lafayette monument, with honor guards. Closeup of wreath placed at base of the monument. Premier Mollet stands alone before the wreath and looks up at the statue of Lafayette atop the monument. More than a dozen photographers are seen in a group, taking pictures. Glimpse of American sailors in honor guard and French and American flags flying. Premier Mollet, turns and walks from the monument toward car parked at the curb. Honor guard of sailors order arms to parade rest.
Newsreel titled 'RAF (Royal Air Force) and YANKS in a boxing match'. View of indoor boxing ring at an American air base in England during World War 2. British and American boxers put gloves on. Royal Air Force pilots and Americans in boxing tie during the Second World War. Crowd cheers them In the end, winner is awarded a cup.
Animated map shows German Luftwaffe bombing locations all over Poland as it pursued a relentless air campaign during Poland invasion in World War 2, September, 1939. Gradually, the core of Polish military resistance is seen to shrink in size. In the aftermath, German ground troops inspect a huge bomb crater. Various scenes of destruction: destroyed buildings, torn rail lines, skeleton remains of gas tanks, destroyed and damaged rail cars, water-filled bomb craters. German soldiers walking in destroyed railroad yard. Wing of an airplane in a destroyed Polish air base. Skeletal remains of polish aircraft and hangars. Several Polish airplanes, damaged, but still recognizable. Sign on a hangar reads: "Aeroklub-Bydgoski" (Aero club of Bydgoszcz, or, in German: Bromberg). German soldiers occupying the hangar clean their rifles. They handle supplies and camp on the grounds. (One soldier shaves outdoors, next to stacked rifles.) A soldier at a field stove. German troops with shovels, fill in bomb craters and repair surface of airfield. Aerial view of the airfield with German planes parked. German soldiers march in formation in front of airplanes.
A film titled 'Fire at sea averted by crew heroism' shows American ocean liner Viking Princess emitting smoke due to a fire that occurred in the ship engine room in Windward Passage in the Caribbean. Except for two, all the other 496 passengers were safely evacuated by the crew. Cruise ship passengers arrive at Miami airport from a United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Passengers meet their family and friends.
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