Aerial view of three United States Air Force Martin B-57 Canberra tactical bombers in flight, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base during the Vietnam War. Close view of United States Air Force Martin B-57B Canberra (BA-878) with 750-lb bombs on pylons in flight. Aerial view of jungle area near Bien Hoa with smoke from an explosion.
Crowds gathered in front of the United States Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) after the arrival of United States President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Honor guard holding the flag of the United States. President Kennedy sits in a car with Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), James E. Webb, and Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) Commander Major General Leighton I. Davis. Later astronauts Major Gordon Cooper and Major Gus (Virgil) Grissom in a quick shot brief the President about the Gemini capsule. The car with the president drives away. President Kennedy, wearing sunglasses, stands at the base and looks upward to see the Saturn Rocket. President Kennedy is accompanied by Florida Senator George A. Smathers and aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. President Kennedy flies by USMC UH-3A helicopter to the U.S. Navy ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154).
Map showing Stavelot and Bastogne in Belgium during World War II. A soldier uses binoculars to inspect United States Army Air Force planes in the sky. Soldiers watch aerial combat between United States and German Luftwaffe Air Force planes. Smoke from planes hit by flack lingers in sky. 101st Airborne division soldiers march to the outskirts of Bastogne. Soldiers ride an armored vehicle and march on foot. 4th Armored Division M4 Sherman tanks move on snow covered road. Explosion during battle in Bastogne. Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport planes from bases in Britain and France bring supplies to the defenders of Bastogne. German prisoners of war marching by as the transport planes arrive. The C-47 transport planes airdrop supplies over Bastogne.
United States Marine Corps (USMC) Marines disembark from the back of helicopter beside a river. The Marines move into a jungle. Marines walk over rocks to cross a stream. Sergeant Jimmy Little narrates Marines’ patrol mission in Vietnam, a mission near route 9 and then back to base camp. Marines wearing foliage on their helmets carefully move on jungle trail. Marines wading in knee-deep river. Some Marines are seen smoking or carrying M40 recoilless rifles as they search the river for bodies and weapons. Marines hiding behind grass and trees and a small cliff. A soldier points and shouts orders while wading in river. A pair of Marines pull a gravely wounded comrade from the top of a cliff. A Marine loads an M79 grenade launcher and shoots at Vietcong forces. A rifle is fired. ‘Combat Art’ depicting a Marine looking at dead bodies. United States Marine Corps officers inspect captured weapons from Vietcong forces. A hand holds a hand drawn map. Debris and abandoned weapons and dead bodies are seen in the field. USMC Major General Wood B. Kyle summarizes the Marines’ experience in Operation Hastings and Operation Prairie, saying that the battles "stand as notable achievements in our battle against communist aggression...."
British Major General Richard N. Gale gives a final message to airborne troops at the headquarters of the British Sixth Airborne Division in Harwell, England a day before D-Day in World War II. The airborne troops raise their berets. A British pathfinder officer briefs his men. He points to a map. The soldiers huddle together to discuss plans. Airborne troops receive supplies and food rations in cans. The troops also receive their salaries in French Francs. A box labeled “Invasion Currency France” and French Francs on the table. A hand counts French Franc bills. A pair of hands hold French Francs currency. The soldiers inspect their French Francs. British soldiers paint white star identification bands on field equipment. A soldier tests a radio set. A group of soldiers inspect shrapnel mines, small alarms, and ammunition. A soldier inspects a Bren machine gun. Another soldier inspects a pistol. A soldier locks a submachine gun. Trooper sharpen a knife. Soldier puts bullets into his Ammunition pouch. Troops break camp and depart for glider and airborne carrier bases at dusk. They synchronize their wrist watches. The soldiers load their supplies on the back of trucks. Trucks with troops drive away.
Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider taking off from British base RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire, England during World War II. Many Allied aircraft are parked in the airfield in the background. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft tows a WACO glider on airfield. A soldier sits on the grass and watch the C-47 tow the glider. A group of aircraft in formation. A United States Army glider gliding over the airfield.
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