101st Detachment of Karen troops in Chaungtha, Burma during World War II. U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain in flight. The aircraft drops rations for Karen soldiers in a jungle. Several view of aircraft in flight dropping food supplies. Burmese workers being supervised by soldiers carry supplies from drop zones. The coolies carry food supplies using a wooden stick. A laborer tying supplies on a stick. They carry food supplies on the stick. The laborers collecting supplies at a particular place in the jungle.
U.S. Marine demonstrate their new twin engine cargo helicopter in Virginia, United States. The helicopter hovers in air. The helicopter lands and marines on mechanized vehicles disembark the cargo helicopter. The marines in a jeep drive as they disembark the helicopter. The helicopter takes off.
Mock up of a USAAF (United States Army Air Forces ) B-29 Stratofortress aircraft developed as the Boeing Stratocruiser, a future aircraft, in Seattle, Washington. The Stratocruiser plane in a hangar. Passengers board the Stratocruiser and are seated inside. A man plates food in the galley. A stewardess serves food to the passengers. Passengers descend down spiral staircase to the lounge area. A flight attendant serves drinks and cocktails to the passengers seated in the lounge. A woman enters a washroom in the Stratocruiser. She looks into a mirror as she combs her hair and grooms herself.
A documentary 'The Years of Decision' reviews the beginning of the Marshall Plan in response to post war needs of the European people. People walk on a street. Vehicles driving past on a road in the background. A man buy things from a stall. Women and a man seated in an open air restaurant. Products displayed at a roadside. A woman stands in front of her shop. People walk in the market. A woman buys fruits. Women buy textile and clothing from a shop. Men ride bicycles on a road. A man works in a factory. A building. Coal miners sitting in a train headed towards a mine. A steel mechanic at a factory in Italy makes cars with steel from abroad. Cattle on a farm. A farmer grows food with the help of a tractor.
P-51s bought with war bonds in the European Theater during World War II. Three United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-51 Mustang fighter airplanes bought with war bonds parked at an airfield. An MP (Military Police) guard works on the nose of a P-51. Another MP walks up to a P-51. 'Pride Of The Yanks' and 'Maisie R' written on P-51s. The MP puts his hand on the nose of the aircraft. The MP standing on a wing of the aircraft shakes hands with a pilot. He gets down the wing. A MP guard stands beside the wing of a P-51 and salutes. A pilot walks up to him and shakes hands with him.
A training film shows half-tracks traveling on roads and over rough terrain. It also shows the assignment that half-tracks can perform well, such as guarding bivouac areas and bridges in the United States during World War II. The U.S. soldiers run and get into the half-track stationary on the field. A convoy of half-track rolls down on a dirt road. The convoy moves on a high way. The troops aboard the half truck rolls down the rough terrain. Insignia of the U.S. on the half-tracks. The half-tracks advance on the rough terrain. They move through mud and slush. The half-tracks drive on a road. They cross a bridge. A half-track stops. The troops look at the sky. Other moving in the background. The half-tracks advance. Another half-track stops and soldier fires anti aircraft (AA) gun mounted on half-track in air. The half-track advance. The half-tracks lined up and troops firing AA guns in the sky. The troops fire the guns. Several views explosions on the ground due to firing. An aircraft in flight. A gunners aims at the target. White circle shows the target. The troops fire AA gun mounted on M15 and M16 half-tracks. A view of the soldiers firing gun in the sky.
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