C-119 (Flying Boxcar) Aircraft takes off. Formation of C-119s in flight. Rear door of plane opens and pallet of supplies is dropped. Paratroopers jump from the planes. Paratroopers land. An army 2 1/2 ton truck moves at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. A 100 ton tank is shown next to a normal size tank and it is shown operating in water.
Aviation ordnance men wheel bombs across flight deck on Escort Carrier USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) of Task Group 52.2, during operations against Japanese-held Iwo Jima, during World War 2. Views of flight deck operations as they launch several Grumman TBF torpedo bomber aircraft. View of the bridge, with victory record of 21 small Japanese flags, one Japanese destroyer, and two other Japanese flags, painted below it. Two officers talking on the bridge.
Slow motion pictures of activities on the flight deck of the USS Guadalcanal (CV-60) in World War 2. An F4U Corsair airplane approaches to the port side of the USS Guadalcanal underway in the Atlantic, during World War 2. It snags the first arresting cable, but heads off the port side, until the arresting cable pulls it back onto the flight deck, narrowly missing the photographer. Spray from firefighters is seen. The pilot exits the cockpit, toward the camera. flames break out beneath the airplane, and smoke rises from the scene. Suddenly large quantities of liquid are seen spraying the scene as firefighters come closer, extinguishing the fire.
Navy Lieutenant exchanges salutes and receives reports from junior officers aboard the USS Harnett County (LST-821) anchored 2 miles from the mouth of the Co Chien River in the Mekong Delta of South Vietnam. Crew members don helmets and board riverine patrol boats. View from a patrol boat as it is underway. (LST 821 and another patrol boat are in background.) Closeup of gunner setting up his twin M2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns. Two patrol boats speeding across the water. Closeup of several crewmen in one of the boats. The second boat pulling up close to port, astern of the first boat. View from land as both boats enter a narrow river. closeup of the U.S. flag flying in the breeze. The patrol boats pass a Vietnamese family of 9 persons, in a wooden boat. Views of other local Vietnamese and their boats and dwellings along the river banks. A local ferryboat carrying many Vietnamese people. Patrol boat members watching activity with binoculars. One has his M16 rifle at the ready. The crew signals to a wooden Vietnamese boat flying the South Vietnam flag, which approaches and presents a document. The crew searches the boat and occupants for Viet Cong persons or supplies. Views of the patrol boat stopping and searching a number of small open wood boats and occupants. The Americans give small gifts to some of them, especially to any children. Closeup of a mother with several children in their boat. Closeups of individual Patrol Boat crew members, in relaxed moments, smoking, eating, and simply sitting as the boat cruises along the river. The U.S. flag fluttering. Dramatic view of clouds, gray sky, and wake of the boat in the water.
View from a U.S. Riverine patrol boat underway with another in view. Armed crew members on the lookout. A gunner in position with single single M2HB 50 caliber machine gun in the stern. Another gunner at a double M2HB forward machine guns. American flag flying in the breeze. Rounds being fired making splashes in the water nearby. An explosion in the water. The patrol boat carrying the camera makes a 180-degree turn as does the companion boat. Gunners on the patrol boats commence firing toward the shore. Crewman on patrol boat reports to their operations center (aboard the USS Harnett County) informing them of enemy fire. View of sailors there receiving the message. Alarm sounds aboard the ship and members of Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) scramble in response, racing to their Navy Seawolf UH-1B gunships parked on the ship's deck. They don combat gear and prepare for takeoff. Closeups of crew members at their stations in a helicopter and preparing their weapons. The helicopters take off. The patrol boats speed and maneuver as they continue to return fire at the scene of engagement. The helicopters in formation, proceed toward the area and then swoop low over delta terrain. View from helicopter as it passes a patrol boat below, and then as it attacks the shore area identified by the boats. Smoke rising from the target area. Helicopter firing rockets at the target. Pilots discuss location and armament of the Viet Cong elements on the ground. View from inside a chopper as it makes final run on the target. Sailor on patrol boat waves to helicopter as it passes low nearby. Two helicopters in formation as they head to a new target identified by South Vietnamese command center. Helicopter firing rocket at enemy position. Views from inside a helicopter during several strafing and rocket attacks. Bullets striking and rockets exploding. Strafing attack against a wooden boat that explodes when hit. A wrecked Seawolf UH-1B gunship sitting in waist-deep water after being hit by a sniper in a Vietnamese boat. Sailors removing weapons and other items from it. Wounded on litters being taken aboard the LST. One being helped across the deck. Tracer bullets fired during nighttime. Views of sunset.
Yugoslav refugees disembark at Italian port in 1944 during World War 2, fleeing German forces in World War 2. An animated map shows the positions of Yugoslavia and Italy. Refugee families with luggage get into trucks. Tents are erected at refugee camp. The refugees get food aid. Women and children in line at outdoor soup kitchen receiving bread and hot soup. Yugoslavian children are seen eating.
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