The role of U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Fighter Bomber Group during Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy in World War II. A damaged aircraft and ships in a harbor after an air raid by the 86th Fighter Bomber Group. Rubble in the harbor. A crane at the harbor. Damaged boats in the harbor. Smoke rises. U.S. soldiers examine damaged equipment. Scrap near a building. An explosion occurs and smoke rises. Damaged equipment in the foreground. Smoke rises from a heap of scrap.
A parade in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. U.S. soldiers march. The Republican Party nominee of the 1940 Presidential elections Wendell Lewis Willkie salutes. People on bicycles and cars in the parade. People dressed in different costumes. They carry hot air balloons shaped as different animals. A hot air balloon shaped in the form of a train. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Bombing of Monastery' about the British attack on a monastery in Cassino, Italy. An animation of the map of Italy depicting the attack on Cassino by the Royal Air Force. A Royal Air Force aircraft Curtiss P-40 aircraft dive in and bomb a monastery. Fire and smoke rise from the monastery. (World War II period).
U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) employs C-5 aircraft in relief missions to Soviet Republic of Armenia,following earthquake that struck city of Spitak. Forklift unloads relief supplies from rear cargo ramp of a C-5 aircraft. View of refugee camp being set up near the airport. Women and chilren near a tent in the camp. C-130 aircraft parked on the ramp. Relief cargo boxes stacked on the ramp. Snow on the ground and in mountains surrounding the area. U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant explains setting up of tent to local men. Armenian woman followed by a girl, carries a kettle towards a tent, as a man looks at the camera. Relief supplies on ramp as a C-130 taxiis in background. A USAF C-5 coming in to land.
U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft in formation flight in the United States. A Wright Brothers aircraft in flight. A flight line area and early model aircraft parked in a long row. A pilot and ground crew stand in front of the aircraft. Hangars in the background. A commanding officer turns around and gives signal for men to board the aircraft. A formation of early aircraft flies low over a field. A formation of nine U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone LB-5A in flight. Two formations of bomber aircraft in flight. The fighter aircraft maneuver. The bombers in formation. Men hidden in a clump of trees. A formation of bombers overhead. Troops fire rifles at the aircraft. A fighter aircraft flies over an open field and lays a smoke screen. Ground soldiers advance across the open field. They are hidden by the smoke screen. Several early model aircraft take off together. The aircraft in flight overhead. Formations of bombers overhead. Fighters flying top cover. A battleship underway at sea. The battleship firing heavy guns. A formation of LB-5A in flight. The fighters are above the bombers. Bombs fall toward a simulated battleship in a desert area. A bomb strikes a battleship in water. Direct hits and misses scored upon the vessel. A formation of early model two engine bombers Curtiss models with twin wings and twin tail in flight overhead. A bomber aircraft shows a bombardier's hand throwing a switch releasing bomb load. The bombs explode on a bridge.
A training film shows how air is purified by the U.S. Army gas mask in the United States. A U.S. soldier holds a U.S. Army gas mask in his hands. The soldier points out his finger on the part of the mask from where the poisonous air comes in. He holds a box. The soldier points out at the tube of the mask. He points at a mouthpiece and puts it in his mouth. The outlet valve of the mask. He shows the nose clip and puts the mouthpiece in his mouth and nose clip on his nose. He then holds the nose clip in his hand, puts it on his nose and then removes it.
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