Allied invasion of Normandy, France during World War 2. Allied trucks and equipment move up from beachhead after D-Day. Half-tracks, armed with antiaircraft guns, move up from the beachhead. Back in England, gliders are readied for mission. A long line of Paratrooper medics wearing Red Cross Arm bands, board gliders. View from airplane flying over an airfield filled with C-47 tow planes, and gliders, all painted with invasion stripes. Closeup of Sergeant with British 6th Airborne Division showing Pegasus insignia on his sleeve. British paratroopers boarding a Hamilcar glider. U.S. paratroopers boarding gliders. View from above of Allied gliders being towed across the English Channel View from a ship in the invasion convoy, of tow planes and gliders overhead. View, from aircraft overhead, of invasion flotilla below. Distant view of Allied aircraft shot down by German antiaircraft fire, near the coast of Normandy and exploding in flames upon impact. View from the air of areas flooded by the Germans as a defense measure. Parachutes and gliders on the ground from earlier sorties. Gliders in this wave cut loose from tow planes and maneuver independently. Glimpses of Allied fighter planes moving fast and high above the scene. A glider splashing down in one of the flooded fields. Other fields, studded by the Germans, with poles 12-to 15 feet tall as defense against gliders. Gliders landing. Paratroopers leaving a Horsa glider, after landing.
Highlights the importance and role of science in business. Application of science in Chemistry to produce new chemicals and substances. Various new forms of plastic being manufactured in factories. Articles made of these new plastics. A new lucid plastic capable of transmitting light. A man holds test tube, pipe and other articles made of lucid plastic. Men take out synthetic rubber from a machine. Synthetic rubber made of coal,air and water being processed in a factory.
Aftermath of World War 2 bombing in Berlin, Germany. Damaged German anti-aircraft guns with barrels pointed skyward. The remains of the damaged Flak Tower III Humboldthain in Berlin. (Flak towers served as air raid shelters for thousands of local citizens. They had batteries of anti-aircraft guns on their roofs.)
Liberty Loan Drive in United States during World War I. Captured German tanks of World War I paraded on streets in New York, United states. Floats decorated as ships, vessels, barrage balloons and medical aid room at the parade. Float of Chemical Warfare Department. People gather to look at the parade. A barrage balloon of the U.S. Army Air Service.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. F-86 D aircraft stationary with a pilot in the cockpit. Pilot flips the switch and moves a lever. A split frame shows the tail exhaust section of the aircraft closed to a narrow opening. As the pilot moves the lever the opening vent on the exhaust is manipulated. Exhaust section of F-86D aircraft. A light blinks on instrument panel indicating an unsafe position. F-86D aircraft taxis along and takes off.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Tufts attached to wings of F-86 aircraft. A project officer climbs into the cockpit of F-86 aircraft and places film pack in camera, mounted on the rear of the pilot's seat. Officer talks to the pilot. Plane takes off. Project engineer views the film taken during test on 16 mm moviola and writes a report. Electronic flight stimulator F-86.
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