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United States 81 mm mortar crews fire shells at enemy targets in Germany during World War II
American soldiers in fortified position firing 81mm mortar in support of U.S. infantry in Germany during final months of World War 2, in Europe. Early in February,1945, U.S. soldiers of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 313th Regiment, 79th Division, are seen supplementing their ammunition with captured German 80mm mortar shells. Closeup of the U.S. 81mm mortar shell next to a German 80mm shell. M Company soldiers firing the German shells from their 81mm mortars at German targets across the Mulde River. They are operating amongst homes in a residential area. Explosions in distance from the mortar shells.
American 10th Air Force aircraft being repaired at Hindustan Aircraft Limited facilities in Bangalore, India during World War II
A film titled 'Modern plant services and Allied aircrafts' shows workers streaming out of facilities of Hindustan Aircraft Limited, in Bangladore, India, during a shift change, during World War 2. View inside one of the factory buildings, where U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 transport aircraft of the 10th Air Force are seen lined up for maintenance. Heating fires burning in containers outside one plant entrance. Inside, workers move heavy machinery. A worker in a laboratory. Outside, several U.S. Lockheed B-25 Mitchell bombers are seen in various states of repair, with Hindustan Aircraft workers working on and around them. A C-47 aircraft is seen nose into a hangar. Its empennage is mostly removed. However its tail number (41-7759) is visible on the still intact vertical stabilizer. Workers are seen on scaffolding set up around a Consolidated PBY Catalina amphibian aircraft. The final scene shows several B-24 Liberator bombers in various stages of repair, parked on an outdoor ramp.
First Allied convoy reaches Kunming, China, over the Ledo Road, during World War II
U.S. military trucks, part of a convoy of 113 vehicles, led by Brigadier General Lewis Andrew Pick, are seen traversing the Ledo Road (aka the Stilwell Road) approaching their final destination of Kunming, China, on February 4, 1945, during World War 2. (They departed Ledo, India, on January 12, 1945, traveling a distance of 1,079 miles.) (Narrator gives distance as 1,044 miles.) View from an overflying airplane shows the long column of trucks on the road below. View from the ground, of the convoy reaching the city gates, where it halts as General Pick and his staff proceed through the gates to a speaker's platform set up in a covered pavilion displaying American and Chinese flags, and pictures of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. General Pick and staff are introduced by Chinese General J.L. Wong who, speaking in English, celebrates this first convoy over the Ledo Road, and points to a banner containing four Chinese characters that spell out "The Road to Victory." General Pick takes the podium, shakes hands with General Wong, and accepts the banner from him. Camera shows the area completely filled with Chinese troops, witnessing the ceremony, including many sitting atop a nearby roof. General Pick speaks briefly, accepting the banner on behalf of the convoy members. He then leaves accompanied by the Governor of Yunnan Province, China. Officers cut a ceremonial ribbon across the road at the West Gate of the city, and the convoy is led into the city by two Chinese soldiers on motorcycles. Chinese spectators line the way and celebrate with firecrackers and cheers, as General Pick passes, standing in a jeep, displaying the Amercan flag and with the Chinese "Road to Victory" banner in its back seat. views of the convoy trucks proceeding through the city. Closeup of one, with a painting of the road, and snow capped mountains, and "First Convoy over the Ledo Road" and "Pick's Pike Life Line from India to China" painted on its canvas cover. A sign over one of the shops along the road reads in Chinese and English, "Welcome First Stilwell Highway Convoy." Views of troops waving from the trucks and Chinese citizen spectators crowding the sides of the road to watch.
Paratroopers of the U.S. Army 11th Airborne Division make a combat drop on the Tagaytay Ridge, Luzon, Philippines, in World War II
U.S. paratroopers of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (511th PIR), 11th Airborne Division, conduct a combat parachute drop to reinforce American troops engaging Japanese forces at Tagayatay Ridge, on Luzon, the Philippines, in World War 2. View from inside a C-47 transport aircraft, looking through its open rear door, at another C-47 taxiing on an airfield ramp. It displays "X44" stenciled below its cockpit. Brief aerial view of the airfield from an airplane overhead. Several C-47s seen flying in formation. Closeups of some C-47s. Next, paratroopers of the U.S. 11th Airborne Division are seen jumping from C-47s. Their chutes open rapidly after leaving the aircraft. Some of the chutes of troopers, jumping from aircraft forward of the camera plane, pass very near as they descend. Aerial view looking upward at parachutes descending with clouds behind them. Glimpse from cockpit of camera plane shows numerous parachutes deployed from C-47s some distance ahead. Closer view from below and left of three C-47s shows paratroopers exiting open aircraft doors. More parachutes seen from above, as they descend. View from C-47 cockpit of five others in formation, at the same altitude,ahead. Below them, dozens of parachutes are seen descending toward the ground. Inside a C-47, several troopers stand at the open rear door and one helps another jump from the plane. Several paratroopers passing the right wing of the camera plane as they descend.
U.S. Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue Allied prisoners from Japanese prison camp in Philippines during World War II.
On January 30, 1945, 121 members of the 6th Ranger Battalion and 286 Filipino guerrillas are seen setting out on a 30 mile trek behind Japanese lines, to free Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan City, in the Philippines, during World War 2. They stretch out in a long, informal column as they traverse low flat lands and ford a wide shallow river. The men carry weapons and supplies (some on their heads) as they move along, almost like a Safari. Scene shifts to rescued prisoner, Major Emil P. Reed, U.s. Army Medical Corps,26th Cavalry. He was the senior officer among prisoners at the Cabanatuan prison camp number 1. He recounts being told by the Japanese Commandant that commencing January 7th, they were free at their own risk, but also assured them they would not be molested by the Japanese if they stayed within their regular camp area. Sergeant Samuel E. Goldy, Signal Corps, also speaks a few words about that period when Japanese were departing. Next the camera records the Rangers and Filipino guerillas returning with the approximately 500 freed POWs. Some Filipino women and children watch them return. At one point, the cadre climb aboard army trucks and continue their journey in a convoy. The POWs climb down from their trucks at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital, in Guimba, Luzon. Some take pleasure is simply lying down on the grass at the site. Many gather around hospital staff handing out packages of treats, including cigarettes, candy and the like. A couple of them express pleasure as they smoke cigarettes. Two frail and injured are seen hobbling with canes. Some appear seriously malnourished. A group are seen trying on new clothes. A British prisoner, Sergeant Robert Bell, Manchester Regiment, British Army, speaks of his experience. He was taken prisoner in Singapore and sent to Thailand where he worked to build a railway for the Japanese. Many prisoners died there from disease and malnutrition. He was one of a small number who survived after being on a Japanese ship with other prisoners when it was sunk by American dive bombers. Sergeant Walter Ring, of San Roque, Luzon, is seated, relaxed on a chair, as he recounts his experiences. Two young Filipino boys sit on the grass at his feet. He reaches to one, whom he says is his son Louis and to the other, his son Sam. His captivity began on Bataan in 1942. Finally, after rest and rehabilitation, the former POWs are seen heading away from the battle fronts to be transported back to the U.S.A.
Navy airplanes take off from the carrier Kitty Hawk in Pacific Ocean
Sailors work on catapult control panel on board United States super carrier Kitty Hawk in Pacific Ocean. Another sailor cleans the canopy of F-14A aircraft. Anti sub marine helicopter SH-3D lands and US-3A aircraft takes off on board the carrier. A pilot in the cockpit of United states Navy F-14A gets ready for a flight. A-6B aircraft moves to catapult, unfolds wings and takes off. F-14 Tomcat, A-7E and E-2C aircraft take off, one by one.
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