United States Army Air Corps Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in flight at Seattle, Washington. A B-17A aircraft in flight. Several B-17A aircraft fly in formation. Pilot in cockpit of B-17A aircraft. The B-17A gunner at 50 caliber machine gun.
Spanish Civil War in Catalonia, Spain. Aerial view of the region in Spain. Wing of aircraft seen while in flight. Troops on battlefield in battle between Republican and Nationalist forces. Troops walk in columns on road. The injured being carried into an ambulance. Injured men being carried on litters. Bombed out buildings. Ruins of the bombed out buildings. A wounded woman being treated by medics. Two guards in what appears to be a church guarding art works, paintings, sculpture and antiquities. Narrator mentions "Gaudi" (famous architect of the region). Refugees carry belongings and walk on a mountainous road. Car of Francisco Franco on road in a city being escorted by Moroccan Regulares cavalry soldiers (also called "Army of Africa") on horses. The troops wear traditional white cloaks and turbans. People cheer. Head of State of Spain Francisco Franco disembarks from a car. He waves towards people from balcony of a building.
Bombing of Bastogne in Belgium. Damaged half trucks,jeeps and other U.S. vehicles. 101st Airborne, 10th Armored Division soldiers inspect the damaged vehicles. Wreckage in the city. Bombed buildings. Damaged U.S. Army vehicles in ruins. Blanket covered bodies of U.S. soldiers in bombed ruins of city. Rubble on ground. (World War II period).
U.S. Military Police check point in Haversin, Belgium. Military Police of the 83rd Infantry Division, Fifth United States Army at entrance to small village. Military Policemen check identification of U.S. soldiers and vehicle drivers. Belgium civilian presents identification papers to the Military Policemen. (World War II period).
Ceremony aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63) as the Japanese surrender is signed in Tokyo Bay. Sailors stand in attention. U.S. Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr. greets U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz. Sailors sit and watch the ceremony. General of the U.S. Army Douglas MacArthur leads his party aboard and to their place. Uniform representatives of the Allied powers stand in attention. Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mamoru Shigemitsu leads his party aboard and to their place. Douglas MacArthur opens the ceremony with a speech. Documents of surrender on table. General MacArthur,Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey leave. (World War II period).
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army CV-2 Caribou aircraft on a field. A parachute paratrooper team prepares jump equipment. The jump equipment. The ramp of the aircraft is lowered. Parachute gear. Equipment labeled for Sgt. Gene Thacker. Sky divers float to the earth and land near a target.
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