Lab Technician, of the U.S. Army Air Forces 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, washes prints in a stream near a tent in Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. A jeep passes a sign reading "Restricted Area Keep Out." Jeeps bringing cameras to the photo processing tent. Technician gives finished prints to another airman. Finished prints being reviewed by several persons.
F-5B version of P-38 aircraft, from USAAF 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, is flying at extremely low altitude, as viewed from airfield at Okinawa, Japan, during World War 2. Scene shifts to the runway on the airfield, where a U.S. Navy F4U Corsair airplane is seen collapsing during landing, as its right main gear fails and its wing strikes the ground. Airmen gather around the damaged plane.
Five F-5Bs (reconnaissance variant of P-38 lightning ) from the U.S. Army Air Forces 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, are seen landing at their base on Okinawa, during World War 2.
Lieutenant Colonel Elliott Roosevelt standing in front of a hangar on a wet airfield ramp, with B-17s parked in distance, during World War 2. Formation of airmen behind Colonel Roosevelt, standing in front of a B-17 bomber. General Doolittle walking up to Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt and pinning Dinguished Flying Cross medal on him and then shaking hands. General Doolittle and Elliot Roosevelt saluting. Doolittle walks away. Distinguished Flying Cross seen on Colonel Roosevelt's blouse. He wears Navigator wings. (He was not a pilot.)
La Marsa airfield, Tunis, Tunisia, North Africa during World War 2. U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, Roosevelt, Commander, Northwest African Photographic Reconnaissance Wing (a multi-national Allied Command) walks across ramp and places an aerial reconnaissance camera inside a British Bristol Beaufighter Photo Reconnaissance aircraft, of No. 540 Squadron RAF Detachment. He speaks with photo reconnaissance technicians carrying cameras to and from the airplane. He converses with two U.S. Army Air Forces field grade officers, as they look at a map spread out on the airplane wing.
Ship sunk in Oran harbor in Algeria during World War 2. Sterns of transports. Transports at anchor. American troops disembarking and on docks beside troop transport ships. American troops in formation on parade grounds. General Patton and General Giraud with other Allied officers watching. American troops falling into line. The Roman Catholic St. Peter's Cathedral or Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Rabat in downtown Rabat, Morocco. General Giraud and General Patton placing wreath on soldier's grave honoring French and American dead. Grave with flowers.
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