United States General Lewis Brereton speaking with crews of bombers of U.S. Ninth Air Force during World War 2. Soldiers plan and prepare for the destruction of the Ploiești oil refineries (or Ploesti) located in Romania. A map shows the plan of "Operation Tidal Wave." The B-24 Liberator aircraft based in Libya are readied and seen taking off and in formation on the way to the daylight attack of the Axis oil fields in Romania. Aerial views of U.S. Army Air Force B-24 aircraft in flight. View of Ploesti Oil Fields as bombers approach target. The refineries and the storage tanks are destroyed by U.S. bombing. Aerial view from bomber looking out over machine gun position during attack. Explosions on ground below. Aerial view of other B-24 aircraft in the sky during the attack, and on their way returning home.
Effects of Japanese air attack on Dutch Harbor early in World War 2. Oil supply burning in Aleutians. Large Mountain covered with snow. Foreground shows buildings like air base. Buildings seen burning. Men fighting fires in area. A boat seen burning in harbor. Destruction caused by fire in the area. Burned ship seen in harbor.
United States Military Academy air indoctrination at Eglin Air Force base in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. Officer delivers speech to a group in hangar. Pictures and charts mounted at the back of instructor. Cadet looks into cockpit of a jet aircraft in hangar. Group attends lecture inside hangar. Men look into cockpit and other areas of various jet aircraft. Cadets look at an exhibition of snakes in pit. A toy balloon in the pit area. Sergeant milks venom from rattle snake into glass tumbler. Sergeant holds head and tail of rattle snake.
Rescue activities of United States 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron in Thailand. A United States Air Force HH-53C helicopter taxis along at the Nakhon Phnom Air Base as a beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. A pilot flips switches on the instrument panel of the HH-53C helicopter. He moves the floor controls of the helicopter. A beacon lights up under the fuselage of the helicopter. Intake louvers of the helicopter open and close. The main rotor pitch actuators move. A pitch gauge between a hub and a rotor blade during control check out.
Dramatized documentary released during World War II depicting Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Aerial view of Island of Oahu, Hawaii. A goods train moves on a railway track. Military trucks enter Hickam Air Force Base. Aircraft parked on an air field. A native fishes on the riverside. A naval officer speaks to a group of United States sailors. A clock on the Alho Tower. A fleet of Japanese aircraft advance towards the island. Japanese aircraft bombard the island and attack United States ships. Explosions on buildings and Wheeler Field. Japanese fighter planes bomb Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS Arizona goes up in flames on being hit by a Japanese bomb. United States crew members prepare to fight. U.S. sailors fire at Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft leave wreckage and destruction.
United States President Ronald Reagan in Berlin, Germany. President Reagan addresses members of the Berlin Garrison at Berlin Tempelhof Airport. In his speech, he questions why the Berlin wall exists, and jokes that he will put that question into a bottle and "throw it over the wall." Later, he visits Checkpoint Charlie and then speaks to a crowd of civilians in German at the Schloss Charlottenburg. Officials and the crowd applaud as he proclaims, 'Berlin is still Berlin.' Air Force One lands at Andrews Air Force Base. President Reagan and his wife Nancy disembark from the aircraft. He shakes hands with Vice President George H. W. Bush.
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