Scenes of the Allied bombardment and invasion of Japanese-held Balikpapan in Borneo, during World War II. Bombers of the U.S. 13th Air Force making numerous strikes against Japanese coastal defenses, oil installations and airfields at Balikpapan, Borneo. Scenes of accompanying naval bombardment by warships of the U.S. 7th fleet supplemented by elements of the Australian and Netherlands Navies. General Douglas MacArthur observing operations from the deck of a ship. The Australian 7th Division, composed of the 18th, 21st and 25th Infantry Brigades, with support troops, making an amphibious landing a few miles north of Balikpapan. Australian troops wading ashore from landing craft. Australian armor and other vehicles on shore. Infantry advance supported by Matilda tanks of the 1st Armored Regiment. Australian troops firing machine guns, 5 pounder howitzers, and wielding flame throwers. A Japanese soldier runs from a bunker, with body and clothes aflame. General Douglas MacArthur and Australian officers inspecting the beachhead. Views of Shell Oil Company facilities destroyed by Allied pre-invasion bombing and shelling.
French fliers take off in Bleriot 110 aircraft from Floyd Bennett Field, New York. French aviators Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos at Floyd Bennett Airfield. In a hangar at the field, men seen around the Bleriot 110, powered by a Hispano Suiza engine. Aviators Rossi and Codos board the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off from Floyd Bennett Field to set new non-stop air record, flying from New York to Rayak, Syria in about 55 hours, and establishing a distance record of 5,657.4 miles.
An aviatrix (female flyer, woman pilot) gets a transport pilot's license in Burbank, California. An aircraft in flight. The aircraft taxis and lands at an airfield. A pilot in the aircraft. The Department of Commerce transport pilot license is issued to Laura Ingalls, an aviatrix. Laura Ingalls, the aviatrix who completed a several-mile solo flight around South America, with another person beside the aircraft. Laura Ingalls looks at the license in her hand.
Repatriation of French war prisoners and civilians in Paris, France after World War II. Repatriated French General Meunier disembarking from an aircraft with other repatriates. The General talks to a few men and a woman. General Meunier reviewing the honor guard. The French honor guard presenting arms. French prisoners of war marching past the honor guard. The prisoners getting off the aircraft at an airfield. The prisoners moving in a line from inside the aircraft and getting off. A few prisoners wait outside the aircraft with their baggages.
Repatriation of French war prisoners in Paris, France after World War II. French war prisoners disembarking from an aircraft at an airfield. Two women and an officer standing near the entrance of the aircraft. The prisoners with their baggage get off from the aircraft. A column of prisoners walking towards the airport building from the aircraft. The prisoners with baggage.
U.S. Army vehicles move across bridge over the Rhine River in Germany during World War II. German civilians wait to cross the bridge. American vehicles cross bridge. An airfield with burning aircraft. German plane burnt. Fuselage and tail assembly of German aircraft. Hangar in the background. Wrecked German aircraft lay on ground. Combat vehicles pass. Wrecked German aircraft hangar. Formations of Allied C-47 aircraft flying overhead. German gas mask and sign on steps as a U.S. Army soldier kicks them away. Jeep driven arrives and stops.
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