'The Big Picture' an official television report of the U.S. Army. U.S. soldiers shown in Korea, Germany, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Captain Carl Zimmerman sits at a table to talk about the American soldier fighting wars in various countries. He begins with a day in the life of a soldier in Korea during the Korean War. Soldiers wake up to the sound of artillery fire on a hill. Soldier looks through binoculars. Explosions on hills. 8 feet camouflaged bunkers on a hill. Soldiers come out of bunkers to take in some fresh air. They eat and drink. South Koreans help them unload ration and supply boxes from a jeep. They open the boxes and pass the supplies around. Soldiers glad to receive mail from home. A Stars and Stripes newsletter. A soldier takes a tablet for his headache. Another one smokes a cigar.
U.S. 31st Regiment Tank Company during Operation Blaster in Korea during the Korean War. CO of the company briefing the soldiers about the mission. Tanks standing in the background. Soldiers on tanks. They polish and load the tanks. Soldiers put on bullet proof vests. The tank convoy advances. A soldier with his head out of the lead tank hatch. Smoke from explosions and bombardment on the hills ahead. 7th Division artillery provides protective fire as the tanks get into position. Enemy fire including machine gun and artillery fire. Soldiers in tanks fire at enemy positions on hills. Planes in the air. They drop bombs. Smoke due to bombardment. A smoke screen laid out by chemical engineers on the roads. Soldiers carry buckets. Smoke screen provides cover as tank convoy retreats. Two tanks that ran into enemy mines. Tank convoy moves back to the camp.
Ground Procedures during pre-flight inspection of a U.S. Navy T2J-1 Buckeye trainer aircraft. A pre-start cockpit check before a solo flight. Two airmen and the pilot near the aircraft. The pilot makes the cockpit check. Rear cockpit: Inspection of the red seat cover, 3 safety pins, canopy release pin, emergency disconnect switch and oxygen valve. The pilot climbs aboard into the cockpit front seat. He is strapped in by an airman. Puts on his helmet and oxygen mask. Turns on oxygen mask valve and checks aneroid gauge. The plane captain removes the 3 safety pins and the canopy release handle. The pilot inspects and adjusts the following on the left console: fuel shut off valve, oxygen shut off valve, radio equipment, tip tank fuel dump handle, tip tank fuel transfer switch, speed brake dump handle, air start ignition switch, power control friction lever, power control lever, speed break switch, engine master switch, hydraulic boost switch, circuit breakers and landing gear handle. Right console: arresting hook control handle, DC power control switch and the instrument AC power switch. The pilot then adjusts the electrical control transfer light, rudder peddle and seat. He inspects the voltmeter, fuel quantity indicator and liquid oxygen quantity indicator.
Allied ships near Bournemouth, England, during World War 2. Soldiers on Landing Ships at sea. Cliffs off the coast in the water. Soldiers seated near a U.S. flag on a ship. Battleships advance during the day and at dusk. Footage then changes to monochrome and different content: German 'buzz bombs' (V-1) fired by the Germans come flying from the sky. Artillery and machine gun fire by the British troops. British Mosquito fighters destroy buzz bombs in mid air. A buzz bomb get through and explosion is seen as it impacts. Views of rubble and wounded civilian on stretcher in England, in aftermath of a German buzz bomb attack.
Footage of nuclear explosion in the U.S. Trinity test of the first successful nuclear explosive device, in Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project. A mushroom cloud on the horizon. The smoke rises up into the air. Flames and black smoke from the atomic bomb explosion. Sun rays filter through the clouds. Explosion seen from a few different camera angles. (World War II period).
Allied troops establish a beachhead at Normandy. Soldier on the beach waves a white flag in the air. A Landing Craft tank (LCT) beached in the background. LCT pulled up to beach, soldiers begin to offload. Two soldiers standing on the beach, LCT in the background. A bulldozer pulls a DUKW (amphibious craft) out of the water. LCT loaded with soldiers. DUKW comes up on the beach, LCI underway in the background. Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) and barrage balloon in the background. LCT up on the beach, off loads troops. A column of troops advances up over the beach, some carrying bazookas with packs on their backs. Troops off load from the LCT. They wade through the surf towards the beach. (World War II period).
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