A French Salmson reconnaissance biplane parked at a French airfield,in World War 1. Pilot is in the cockpit. One crewman begins to pull the propeller through to clear hydraulic lock before starting. Another airman stands at the airplane's left wing tip. A French flier shows twin Lewis machine guns installed in the rear cockpit of a Salmson airplane. He demonstrates their flexiblity and horizontal and vertical range of movement.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A large number of British Airco DH-4 biplane light bombers stationary at an airfield. Hangar buildings in the background. Ground crew around the aircraft. The hangars in the foreground with different numbers written on them. A DH-4 aircraft parked in front of a hangar. An unidentified aircraft in flight. A guard tower on the top of a hangar.
U.S. 2nd Division Marines process about 10 Japanese soldiers taken prisoner on Betio, Tarawa atoll, during the battle there in World War 2. They cut away the prisoners' clothing to assure they don't carry weapons or explosives. (Narrator states they were later given replacement clothing from captured supplies.) Marines tend to a wounded Japanese prisoner. Japanese prisoners carrying their own wounded to a pier for evacuation. Marines cleaning up using water from captured Japanese steel barrels. Marines stand on fortifcations containing British Vickers BL 15 inch Mark I coastal defense guns captured by the Japanese in Singapore. These were knocked out by U.S. naval gunfire during the pre-assault bombardment. Closeup of one breech of a gun. A knocked out Japanese light tank at the South side of Japanese Rear Admiral Shibasaki's headquarters on Betio. (Shibasaki, commander of the Japanese forces there, was reportedly killed by U.S. Naval gunfire early in the assault.) Panning view of the remains of the reinforced concrete Japanese headquarters structure. U.S. Seabees using power shovel, dump trucks, graders, and heavy rollers, to restore the airfield for U.S. operations.
Royal Air Force 33 Squadron in Tunisia, North Africa during World War II. A Royal Air Force heavy bomber Consolidated B-24 Liberator in flight. Aerial view of Tunis city. Royal Air Force medium bomber B-25 Mitchell stationary at an airfield. Crew members move towards the bomber.
British designed Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in Holland. The British designed Gloster Meteor jets at a factory in Netherlands. A Gloster jet pulled out of a hangar. The jets parked in a line on an airfield. Men refueling the jets with a tanker truck. Men put a hose in the fuel section. The truck moves after refueling.
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.
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