Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers rush through elephant grass towards a downed U.S. Army UH-1D helicopter. U.S. soldiers tie down rotor blades as other soldiers secure equipment inside the helicopter. The soldiers take defensive positions around the UH-1D. Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter flies in and hovers over the downed UH-1D. A hoist is secured and the CH-47 lifts the UH-1D and flies off. The CH-47 carrying the damaged UH-1D, flies. The CH-47 parked on Camp Holloway Airfield. The CH-47 lowers the UH-1D to the ground on the airfield.
After the battle of Saipan, during World War 2, P-47s of the 318th fighter Group 19th Fighter Squadron are seen flying in from the Carrier, USS Natoma Bay and those of the 73rd Fighter Squadron, flying in from the USS Manila Bay. View from a P-47 approaching Coastline of Saipan Island . Control tower operator on lookout for aircraft. Signal from the tower giving the planes directions for landing. Four P-47s peeling off for landing. P-47s approach and land on Aslito airfield, island of Saipan. Fliers standing around their aircraft watching other planes come in for landing. 19th Fighter Squadron P-47s taxiing into parking area. Pilot talking to the crew chief of his plane. View across airfield showing the demolished hangar building with P-47s in 19th Fighter Squadron's dispersal area. Fuel Trucks and ground crew personnel attend to the arriving aircraft. One of the P-47s carries the name: "Jackie Eilen" and another, the name "Angel." (Note: Although written introduction to this film refers to 11 June, the events depicted occurred after 20 June, 1944. The invasion of Saipan did not begin until 15 June, 1944. Aslito Field was captured on 19 June, 1944. The first P 47 aircraft (a few) arrived on 20 June, 1944 while the Seabees were working to make the field operational.)
A-26 Invader bombers on airfield in Germany. A-26 being towed along strip and backed onto hardstand. Ground crewmen loading bomb cases with sand then putting them onto trailer. A-26s taking off from airfield. (World War II period).
The British Overseas Airways Company (BOAC) receives their first delivery of the de Havilland Comet, the world’s first commercial jetliner. Employees working at de Havilland gather to witness the departure of the aircraft from the company’s Hatfield airfield aerodrome (Hatfield, Hertfordshire; 3NM NE of St Albans). The de Havilland chief test pilot, John "Cats Eyes" Cunningham, climbs the airstair to board the aircraft. The BOAC de Havilland Comet airplane, registered G-ALYP ("Yoke Peter"), taxis for takeoff. The de Havilland Comet airplane takes off from the airfield. The Comet jet airplane in flight.
A United States Army Air Corps Martin B-26 Marauder Bomber takes off from an airfield. Views of the B-26 taking off and in flight, banking right over the airfield. Seven alternating light and dark horizontal stripes painted on tail.
Aircraft B-26 taxies on airfield. Tent in the background. Ambulance at airfield and B-26 takes off in the background.
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