An airborne life boat experiment in the United States. Airmen wheeling a life boat to the under side of a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on an airfield. Fumes rising from a boat at sea during an experiment. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, with the life boat underside the fuselage, in flight over the sea. The bomber releases the life boat after spotting the boat in trouble. The life boat equipped with medicines and other emergency supplies is lowered by means of three parachutes attached to it. The life boat reaches the men waiting for rescue.
A contrast between East Berlin and West Berlin in Germany. The "Berlin wall" which separates East and West Germany with a wire fence on its top built by the Soviets. Workers in East Berlin constructing the wall. The streets of West Berlin and several dilapidated buildings in East Berlin, still not repaired following bombing during World War II, showing the contrast. Bernd Luenser who was shot down as he reached West Berlin after swimming across a canal from East Berlin. His body is hauled out by the West German guards. Wreaths laid in memoriam for Germans killed trying to escape to West Berlin. U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft taking off from an airfield, connecting East and West Berlin. Bricked windows sealed over completely on buildings along the Berlin Wall. Khrushchev speaking at the UN, standing and waving his finger emphatically as he speaks.
U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sling load of ammunition is picked up by a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter from an airfield. The helicopter in flight over a water body. A wooded region on one side of the water body. Aerial view of several buildings and fields. The helicopter in flight over fields. A 1st Aviation Brigade soldier in a field. The ammunition load is lowered and is unhooked on the field. The helicopter in flight above the clouds over the fields. The path of a water body as seen through the window of the helicopter. The helicopter lowers on the ground. A few soldiers and the hooked sling of ammunition load on the helicopter in view.
Nutritious packaged food is formulated and packaged for U.S. Army soldiers during World War 2, in the United States. Workers at soybean processing plants. View of Dr. Percy Lavon Julian, a chemist and soy expert, working in a laboratory (Dr. Julian was one of the first African Americans to receive a doctorate in chemistry). Two workers carry soy flour in sacks and put the flour into processors. Wheat flour and eggs are added. Dough is kneaded in the processor. Soybean biscuits coming out of the processor in strips. Women workers at a chewing gum factory, modified for making K ration packets, stand on the assembly line and pack the K-rations. An army officer beside the workers. The workers, at an assembly line, put a tin of meat, soy biscuits, a concentrated chocolate or a fruit bar, lemon powder, cigarettes and chewing gum in individual containers. The containers are made water and air tight, and a scientist tests some of the kits for quality of packaging. U.S. Army soldiers move in a column on an airfield and get into an aircraft. Views of U.S. Army soldiers in different settings, preparing and eating food: A group of soldiers under a tarp in the jungle preparing food. Two soldiers seated inside a snow igloo eating food. A group of soldiers seated on a tank in the desert, eating food. Group of soldiers having food seated at tables in a dining hall or mess area.
Allied air raid on Hamburg, Germany during World War II. United States 8th Air Force aircraft take off from an airfield in England. The aircraft in a formation flight. Bombs are released and impact the ground. Smoke rises as the bombs detonate. Aerial photographs depict industrial plants, docks being destroyed by the aerial bombings. Aerial gunners fire at enemy fighter airplanes as they return to home base after the mission. Damaged aircraft return after the mission A wounded being placed on a litter. Royal Air Force aircraft take off for aerial bombing at night. The aircraft in flight as they drop bombs over Hamburg at night.
U.S. Army Air Forces aircraft bombard Japanese positions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. A map of the area. U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight over islands in the Pacific. The aircraft fly in formation. A Japanese cruiser underway at sea. The cruiser being bombed. A gun sight aiming point view of the cruiser being strafed. Explosions occur at sea. Enemy barges being attacked by the aircraft. Smoke rises at sea. U.S. aircraft bomb Munda Airfield. Smoke rises from the shoreline of the Munda island. Bombs being released over Bismarck Islands and the Solomon Islands. Bombs impact and columns of smoke rise.
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