A training film in the United States on tactical operations of U.S. Air Force UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. Helicopters in flight over a wooded area in an enemy territory. An aircraft in flight overhead. A Forward Air Controller directs the movements of the airplanes. A ground team is located by the helicopter. They communicate with the helicopter crew on phones. They give signals to the helicopters by lighting smoke flares. The team informs them that the area is clear. The helicopters in flight over tree tops.
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines on Okinawa in June, 1945. U.S. Army Air Forces Stinson L-5B Sentinel ambulance aircraft of the 163rd Liaison Squadron landing in front of camera as signalman waves flags. Identifiable aircraft serial numbers are: 44-17001, 44-17308, 44-17005. An ambulance pulls up on the field in front of a Red Cross tent and men carry a woundedsoldier on a stretcher towards L-5B aircraft. Another Marine on litter being loaded aboard an aircraft. More L-5B's taxi into position and take off. Identifiable tail numbers 44-17320, 44-16938. One aircraft, only identifiable with the number '80' on the tail is a Marine Corps OY-1 (L-5B).
Air evacuation of wounded United States Marines on Okinawa by U.S. Army Air Forces Stinson and Marine Corps L-5B during World War 2. Various shots of wounded Marines on stretchers being unloaded from the aircraft. Medics carrying the wounded to a medical hut. More L-5B's land. A wounded Marine on a stretcher in L-5B talks with men standing outside the aircraft. Marine on a stretcher being released from harness. Stretcher being carried to a medical tent. L-5B aircraft lands and a litter case being loaded aboard Red Cross ambulance. Ambulance pulls away from the area with tents in the background. A shark-mouthed Marine Corps OY-1 (Stinson L-5) with the name "Budie" painted on nose taxis in front of camera. Identifiable aircraft in this clip: 44-16952 and 44-17164, both of the 163rd Liaison Squadron.
German Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile, a surface to air missile being test fired in Germany during World War 2. Wasserfall missile on the launch pad. Missile lifts off as it emits thick smoke trail. Missile in flight as it emits smoke. Wasserfall missile explodes in mid air as a puff of smoke rises. (Note: Location is Greiswalder Oie. The launch rail of an Enzian antiaircraft missile, can be seen just to the right.)
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Eva Braun's family and friends swim in a lake as they try to get onto on an air mattress. Eva Braun swims and gets onto the mattress. Others overturn the mattress and she falls into the water. A woman runs and gets into the water. Eva on the air mattress as her friends overturn the mattress.
U.S. Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. P-51 B aircraft taxi and take off from a field. Aircraft in flight and land. A P-51 turns and taxis. A P-51 with a sign on the fuselage that reads 'Ding Hao'. A Nazi German Swastika and the Japanese flag painted on the side of the nose. Two P-51B aircraft taxi. A P-51aircraft comes in for landing. A P-51 aircraft flies by the airfield. A P-51 makes a touch down landing. A P-51 aircraft takes off from the field. Two sets of four formations of P-51 aircraft in flight. A P-51 aircraft does acrobatics. P-51 aircraft roll in mid air. P-51 aircraft fly to the right.
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