American strike over Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano (part of Battle of Leyte Gulf) in World War II. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. who is the Commander of U.S. Third Fleet writes a message for Commander of 7th Fleet Admiral Thomas Cassin Kinkaid. An officer studies a map. Animation depicts the course taken by Task Force 38. Animation depicts night radar search made by American forces and detection of an enemy ship. A ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animation depicts the movement of Task Force 38 and Task Force 34. A U.S. night search airplane lands due to engine problems. An aircraft in flight. Bombs being carried on tow dollies. Bombs being loaded in aircraft. The aircraft take off from an carrier. A man gives a signal. U.S. aircraft in flight. Admiral William Halsey, Jr with others stands on the ship deck. Animation depicts contact of the Commander of the 3rd Fleet with the Commander of the 7th Fleet and the change in course of enemy movement. Japanese ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. aircraft launch an attack on the Japanese ships. Aircraft drop bombs on the ships. An aircraft catches fire and plunges in water. A strike coordinator in an aircraft. Animation depicts Japanese ships being bombed and damaged. Japanese aircraft carriers Zuiho and Zuikaku are attacked by American forces. U.S. aircraft drop torpedoes on Japanese ships. Japanese fighter aircraft shot down. Animation depicts American air attack on Japanese ships.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in the cockpit of a French Nieuport fighter aircraft. A pilot in a 1917 uniform gets out of the cockpit of the aircraft and walks away. A captain in a1917 pilot's uniform gets into the cockpit of a Nieuport aircraft.
Earthquake in Peru, June, 1970. View from aircraft flying low over a beach. A U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command C-141 aircraft taxiing to park at an airfield, after landing. UH-1 helicopters being offloaded from the aircraft. A column of porters, carrying blue bags of relief supplies on their heads, proceed toward a helicopter. Helicopter taking off and dropping the supplies to people below. View of helicopter with its shadow below where a man is seen walking through a flooded field. Scene shifts to injured person being carried from helicopter on a stretcher. Scenes of destruction. Houses flattened and rubble in streets of Peruvian village.
U.S. Army officer General John J. Pershing on a western tour in the United States. General Pershing with other officials exits Ferry Terminal on arrival in San Francisco on January 25, 1920. A close up of General Pershing talking to officials including Mayor James Rolph Jr. and Raphael Weill, a well known San Francisco business and civic leader. U.S. Army troops parade on the streets and hold the flag of the United States in San Francisco, California. General Pershing at a podium and about to speak at open air rally. Crowd on the field. General Pershing in a car and receiving applause of crowd during Los Angeles parade on January 26, 1920. People stand on either side of the street in downtown Los Angeles.
Sergeant R. L. Bose demonstrates reliability of Air Service parachutes and disproves a theory that a man falling 500 feet or more loses consciousness. Civilians and military spectators watch the demonstration. Views from the airplane as Sergeant Bose free-falls from 3000 feet, delaying his chute opening until 1500 feet. Some of his free fall in slow motion. He makes a routine parachute landing. Spectators and an ambulance come as a precaution to his landing point.
Early post-World War 2 views of damage to the German Air Ministry building (Detlev-Rohwedder Haus), Located on Wilhelmstrasse at the intersection with Leipziger Strasse, in Berlin, Germany. Opening scene shows large statue of eagle surmounting an enwreathed swastika. Scene shifts to Wilhelmstrasse, near gate to courtyard at center of the building. Gate is flanked by two eagle statues on pillars. There are pedestrians on the street and some cyclists, but no motor vehicles. Rubble lines the street, and one gaping hole is shown in the side of the building. All the windows have been blown out, and one wing is missing from an eagle statue. Closer view of the courtyard and eagle-flanked gate. Another heavily damaged area of the building showing section of exterior walls collaped revealing structural damage inside. Building entrance with "Heil Hitler" in an embossed relief stone decoration over the door.
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