B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at Isley Field in Saipan. Airfield personnel watch keenly as a plane makes landing on the runway. The plane takes a left turn and follows a guide jeep.
Flags of Allied nations hoisted by soldiers at a ceremony at Tempelhof airfield in Berlin. Military Generals of England and the United States descend from a plane. Lord Tedder and United States Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz shake hands and talk with Russian officers including Marshal Sokolovsky. German Field Marshal Keitel and others in his delegation arrive at the airport. Military band plays and Russian honor guard marches as British, American, and Soviet officials observe, while Keitel and his staff consult over paperwork in a car. Motorcade drives through ruined city of Berlin. Many views of various damaged and destroyed buildings and bridges filmed from a moving vehicle in the motorcade. Rubble all over the city roads and citizens moving about the streets, some observing the motorcade. Views of the building in Karlshorst, in a suburb of Berlin, where signing of the Nazi surrender takes place. Views of the Meeting hall (converted from a mess hall) before the signing . Views of the various military officials in the building before the signing of the surrender. Excerpt from Japanese newsreel. (World War II period).
United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor leaves 23rd Infantry Division headquarters. Ambassador Taylor gets down from an American Army plane as he arrives at Nha Trang airfield. The U.S. ambassador is introduced to American and Vietnamese officers. A board reads, '8th field hospital, Nha Trang' with a map of the hospital. (Vietnam War period).
American prisoners of war, captured by Japanese troops during World War II, being served food by Red Cross at Nichols Airfield near Manila, Philippines. An American soldier writes in a notebook. Two other soldiers stand near a dish antenna as one of them speaks over a phone.
Views of diesel powered bulldozer leveling off sandy field and pierced steel planking (PSP) laid down by U.S. Army workers to quickly build landing strip at Marston Strip, North Carolina, supporting Camp Hoffman airfield (later renamed Camp Mackall in 1943). A C-47D aircraft landing on the new landing strip. This was the first use of the perforated steel planking, nicknamed "Marston Mats" (or sometimes misspelled "Marsden Mats"), which were widely employed by the U.S. Army in World War 2.
Aircrafts YB-49 (Northrop heavy bomber prototype) and P-80 perform aerial maneuvers. YB-49 lands and officials are seen in foreground. YB-49 towed on airfield. Officials look at YB-49. Ground crew refuels YB-49.
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