Activities of men aboard USS Olympus (AGC-8) in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation High Jump. Men make cargo nets from 2" manila rope. The men as they are working with the rope.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The Ercoupe airplane taxis with 2 jet units firing. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The pilot steps from the airplane. Crew works near the airplane for static tests. (World War II period).
First scenes of clip show United States Military Police (MP) processing German prisoners of war (POW) during World War 2. German prisoners load into a U.S. Army truck under supervision of several MP, in cold winter weather conditions with snow on the ground. Next scene shows German prisoners of war enter a holding area in a large field under MP supervision. Scene changes to Korean War and activities of U.S. 8th Army Military Police. U.S. Army Military Police (MPs) and Korean or Chinese prisoners of war (POW) standing. The POWs board a truck. They are led by MPs. The POWs enter a camp area in a line. An MP frisks a prisoner. Prisoner of War documents being completed by an MP. Prisoner being fingerprinted. Elevated views of mass of prisoners running quickly into large column formation with Military Police watching at the head of the column. Prisoners standing on a road in groups. The MPs stand beside them. They check the identities of the prisoners. The prisoners are being searched by the MPs. Korean civilian refugee families fleeing an area. A young Korean child on a bicycle that is also laden with many belongings as a family evacuates. Families pulling open carts with Korean children laying on the carts bundled in blankets.
Siege of Stalingrad, from 1942 through 1943. Germans and Soviets battle for Stalingrad in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) during World War II. German Stuka dive bombers in a line for a take off. A formation of German Stukas JU-87s. Soviet troops march across a field. German Pz.III tanks go across dry land. German heavy artillery lay down a barrage on the city of Stalingrad. Explosions in the city. German troops advance across a scrubby terrain throwing hand grenades. German troops use flame throwers against Soviet troop positions. Shell bursts in the city. Smoke rises. Buildings in Stalingrad on fire. German soldiers advance into outskirts of Stalingrad which shows completely demolished buildings. Smoke rises in the city. Winter scenes show Soviet artillery firing at German troop positions following successful Soviet encirclement of German forces in Operation Uranus. A Soviet officer with his beard covered with frost. Soviet troops counterattack across snow covered fields. Aerial views of Soviet aircraft including Tupolev Tu-2. Dead German soldiers lying in a field. Soviet troops advance. Street to street fighting. Soviet machine guns fired.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock return to port in the United States after World War 2. A girl waves towards ships (USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock (CV-19)). Crowds of friends and family standing at pier in the background to welcome the troops. Large crowds of U.S. Navy personnel and sailors. Troops carry their luggage and disembark the USS Shangri La (CV-38). They load their luggage on to truck. Crowds standing at pier.
Carrier Task Force demonstration in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy F9F-7s Cougar on the deck of the USS Shangri-La (Aircraft Carrier) as one of the aircraft is catapulted. U.S. Navy North American AJ Savage being catapulted from the port side. F9F-7 (Cougar) makes an arrested landing. Cougars flies overhead. F9F-7 lands aboard the ship. President of the Philippines, Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay and others of his party, on the bridge as they look at the demonstration. Formation of U.S. Navy Douglas ADs (Skyraider) in flight. U.S. Navy F2H-3 (Banshee) being refueled by an AJ-1 as they fly overhead. Pilots man F9F-7s (Cougar) on the deck of the carrier.
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