Burial of U.S. fliers in Burma during World War II. Kachin guerrillas and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) personnel gather in a village. They carry crosses to a wrecked airplane. Graves in a field. Parts of the wrecked aircraft. Names of dead written on the graves. Soldiers walk with crosses. They bury the fliers. The soldiers fire rifles to pay respect to the dead soldiers. The wrecked aircraft.
In a training film for American airmen in the early 1950s, actor Larry Hagman plays role of a U.S. Airman being entertained as guest in a British home, where differences in daily life are discussed. British family seated in living room and having tea with the American military airman, and tending a fireplace. Examples of notable British manufacturing. A British Canberra jet bomber taking off. A class A4 streamlined 4-6-2 British steam locomotive, bearing British Railways number 60027 (Named Kingfisher and built at Doncaster Works). Pistons moving on large British marine engine. Fabric printing and manufacture.
A U.S. Navy P-3C Orion aircraft in Atsugi, Japan during a long range navigational test. A flight crew is briefed in a weather briefing room. Navigator Lieutenant R.T. Myers and pilot Lieutenant Commander F.H. Stoodley figure out fuel consumption for the flight. Flight Meteorologist Commander J.E. Koeher speaks to aircraft commander Commander D.H. Lilienthal, flight engineer K.D. Frontz, pilot Captain R.H. Ross and flight engineer H. A. Statti. Commander Koher and Commander Lilienthal discuss weather conditions. A navigational chart depicts the flight path from Japan to Pax River in Maryland, Unite States. Commander Lilienthal stands next to a bulletin board as he points out at the chart.
The Japanese Navy and U.S. Navy in combat in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Midway in World War II. On June 3rd 1942 : U.S. amphibious aircraft take off from a catapult. A sailor observes through binoculars from a ship deck. A convoy of Japanese ships in the Pacific ocean. A pilot in the cockpit of the U.S. Navy aircraft in flight. A man beside the control panel. The Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz on a ship. The United States sailors work on the ship deck. The sailors inside a cabin on the ship. Men walk out of the cabin to the deck. The men load a bomb in bomb bay of an aircraft. The ammunition on the deck. The aircraft takes off from the carrier deck. U.S. Navy ships attacked by Japanese aircraft. Smoke rising from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific ocean. U.S. ships fire at Japanese planes. A Japanese plane crashes into the ocean. A parked U.S. plane bounces to side of aircraft carrier after explosions and turbulence and nearly falls off edge. Dramatic close view of a Japanese aircraft hit while closing in on a U.S. Navy carrier. A wing tears off and the Japanese plane crashes into the ocean right beside the U.S. Navy carrier. Gun camera footage of U.S. Navy aircraft attacking the Japanese naval fleet. Japanese ships burning and smoking. Views of disabled Japanese ships off the Midway atoll. U.S. soldiers on deck of ship after the battle.
The film about guerrilla war for independence fought between Commonwealth armed forces and Malayan Communist Party in Malaysia. A ship at dock. People stand on dock in the foreground. Troops from Hong Kong disembark from the ship. A truck carrying Australian troops being driven. Troops walk in columns. Troops on a Landing craft. Helicopters take off. Aerial view of the jungle. Troops advance through jungles. Troops cross a stream of water. Troops pull a vehicle stuck in dense bamboo growth. Troops study a map. Troops load guns. A troop takes out a knife from cover.
Conclusions of the Battle of Leyte Gulf of World War II in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Japanese ships being attacked by a U.S. Task Force. Naval guns being fired from the battleships. A U.S. aircraft takes off from a carrier. The aircraft in flight. Ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Sailors on the decks of ships look skywards. A sailor looks through binoculars. Animation depicts Japanese plan of attack, division of Japanese and U.S. forces and American plan of attack. Aircraft in flight. Sailors stand by naval guns, ready to fire ,including an African American U.S. Navy sailor. A sailor observes through binoculars. Battleships underway in ocean. Officers study maps and communicate with each other. The battleships underway during the battle.
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