U.S. Army 31st Regiment Tank Company during attack on Hill 1062, or Papasan Hill, in Korea during the Korean War "Battle of Old Baldy". Commanding Officer of the company briefing the soldiers (white and some African American soldiers) about mission on Hill 1062 (Papasan Hill). Tanks parked in the background. Soldiers on tanks. They load the tanks with shells. Soldiers put on bullet proof vests. The tank convoy advances. Close-up view on moving tank from must behind should of soldier in lead tank, with his head out of the lead tank hatch. Tanks moving on valley floor toward Hill 1062. Smoke from explosions and bombardment on Hill 1062 ahead. 7th Division artillery provides protective fire as the tanks get into position. Enemy fire incoming including machine gun and artillery fire. Soldiers in U.S. Army tanks fire at enemy positions on hills. U.S. aircraft in the air dropping bombs. Smoke due to bombardment. A smoke screen laid out by chemical engineers on the roads. Chemical engineer soldiers carry materials for laying down smoke screen to provide cover as tank convoy retreat from forward positions. Tank convoy moves back to the camp.
Ground Procedures during pre-flight inspection of a U.S. Navy T2J-1 Buckeye trainer aircraft. A pre-start cockpit check before a solo flight. Two airmen and the pilot near the aircraft. The pilot makes the cockpit check. Rear cockpit: Inspection of the red seat cover, 3 safety pins, canopy release pin, emergency disconnect switch and oxygen valve. The pilot climbs aboard into the cockpit front seat. He is strapped in by an airman. Puts on his helmet and oxygen mask. Turns on oxygen mask valve and checks aneroid gauge. The plane captain removes the 3 safety pins and the canopy release handle. The pilot inspects and adjusts the following on the left console: fuel shut off valve, oxygen shut off valve, radio equipment, tip tank fuel dump handle, tip tank fuel transfer switch, speed brake dump handle, air start ignition switch, power control friction lever, power control lever, speed break switch, engine master switch, hydraulic boost switch, circuit breakers and landing gear handle. Right console: arresting hook control handle, DC power control switch and the instrument AC power switch. The pilot then adjusts the electrical control transfer light, rudder peddle and seat. He inspects the voltmeter, fuel quantity indicator and liquid oxygen quantity indicator.
Demolition of the Reichstag building dome in Tiergarten, Berlin, still in it's bombed out state following World War 2. Incendiaries start to burn and dome falls to ground. Writing on main entrance to the Reichstag. People look at the rubble of the tower laying on the crumbled floor of the Reichstag. The sky through the hole in the ceiling. People stand along sides of streets, some seated on their bicycles. Brandenburg Gate in the background. German policemen look at the Reichstag dome through binoculars. A U.S. Air Force airman standing with them. View of the dome from between the head of the airman and German officer. American airman looks through binoculars. The incendiaries start to burn. Flames as the dome catches fire during demolition process.
Allied ships near Bournemouth, England, during World War 2. Soldiers on Landing Ships at sea. Cliffs off the coast in the water. Soldiers seated near a U.S. flag on a ship. Battleships advance during the day and at dusk. Footage then changes to monochrome and different content: German 'buzz bombs' (V-1) fired by the Germans come flying from the sky. Artillery and machine gun fire by the British troops. British Mosquito fighter aircraft destroy buzz bombs in mid air. A buzz bomb get through and explosion is seen as it impacts. Views of rubble and wounded civilian on stretcher in England, in aftermath of a German buzz bomb attack.
Footage of nuclear explosion in the U.S. Trinity test of the first successful nuclear explosive device, in Alamogordo, New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project. A mushroom cloud on the horizon. The smoke rises up into the air. Flames and black smoke from the atomic bomb explosion. Sun rays filter through the clouds. Explosion seen from a few different camera angles. (World War II period).
Allied troops establish a beachhead at Normandy. Soldier on the beach waves a white flag in the air. A Landing Craft tank (LCT) beached in the background. LCT pulled up to beach, soldiers begin to offload. Two soldiers standing on the beach, LCT in the background. A bulldozer pulls a DUKW (amphibious craft) out of the water. LCT loaded with soldiers. DUKW comes up on the beach, LCI underway in the background. Landing Crafts Mechanized (LCM) and barrage balloon in the background. LCT up on the beach, off loads troops. A column of troops advances up over the beach, some carrying bazookas with packs on their backs. Troops off load from the LCT. They wade through the surf towards the beach. (World War II period).
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