USS Wasp flight operations in the Pacific Theater. Men waving signal boards towards the landing aircrafts. Planes landing on the flight deck. Superstructure in the background.
XSM-64 stands vertically on the launch-stand. The missile uses two chambered liquid fuel engine. As the missile is test-fired thrust of the missile shakes the stand. The missile moves in parabolic path. A trail of fire at tail end of the missile is seen as the missile is fired. Engine ejects as missile approaches downwards.
Views of destroyed German town. German soldiers view destruction and bodies of civilian casualties and interior of home looted by Soviet troops during World War II. German officers interview survivors about event. An official announcement about woman named Erna Hitseforn winning the Iron Cross. She poses with several German officers who hold the announcement. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels arrives from Berlin to visit troops in defensive positions on the Oder River. He is briefed by German Infantry General and observes troops firing machine guns and artillery. A German supply train carrying troops and war materiel is seen. On board are German StuG III Assault Guns and armored half tracks of the Waffen-SS. German infantry get down from trucks in a town and take up defensive positions. Soviet tanks are seen approaching and German tanks and grenadiers respond quickly. Destroyed Russian tanks and artillery in the field. German StuG III's and Panther tanks firing. Smoke arises from the burning Russian tanks.
A World War II U.S. army war training film on Identification of a Japanese Scout 95 seaplane and United States Curtis SOC seaplane in Japan. Japanese Navy scouting 95 seaplanes in flight. Other planes flew nearby. High altitude view of the city. Animation shows the structure and the working of the plane. The prominent features of the plane are shown. Silhouette of plane from all angles. The wings and tail of the plane are described through the animation. Information about the pontoon of the plane. The plane consists of two cockpits. The comparison between United States Curtis SOC and the Japanese Navy Scout 95 is made. The wings compared which are almost the same. The difference lies in the open cockpit of the Japanese plane and the covered cockpit of the United States plane. The difference in the tail pattern is shown. The Japanese plane consists of a smaller tail.
Shows activities aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean as damaged planes return from a mission in World War II. United States soldiers looking towards the sky. They watch towards the sky through binoculars. Airplanes flying in the sky. A man waving signal boards towards the airplanes. A plane lands with one wheel. Another skids off the landing deck and hangs on the side of the ship. The third plane slides off the deck into the ocean, killing the pilot. Soldiers taking the pilot on stretcher. Cost of the plane and the pilot's training. Shows that a human life cannot be measured in dollars. Indicates that the mission of the civilians at home is to purchase war bonds.
Sand table animation shows plan of attack on Liege. Point of application for initial thrusts is Fort Eben Emael on border of Belgium and Netherlands. Map illustrates bombardment fron the air by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). River Meuse and the Albert canal in the city. Bridge on the river. First line-the Ijssel position, second line-the Grebbe position, third line-the the Meuse position, fourth line- the Peel position. Fifth line-the Willem canal fortification and sixth line-the Albert canal fortification. Soldiers move in trucks on the street. German assault and shock troops use rubber boats with ladders to cross river Meuse under fire. Mechanized German infantry and bicycle contingents cross river Meuse over bridges not destroyed. Houses and buildings alongside the street. Soldiers fire guns in field. Smoke arises due to the firing. Soldiers at a boat in the waterway. Destruction of Werk 4 bunker fortification at Fort Eben-Emael. Wreckage from bombardment. Heavy smoke arises from firing and bombardment. Captured Dutch and Belgian Prisoner of War soldiers walk on the street under guard of German soldiers during German occupation. (World War II period).
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