B-25 of the U.S. Army Air Forces 321st Bombardment Group parked at Grottaglie Airfield in Italy, during World War 2. It displays nose art showing two cartoon characters and lettering reading: "Sylvester the Snarp." Two characters are shown. The smallest shoulders a bomb. Missions flown by the plane are recorded with bombs painted on its fuselage. Momentary glimpse of another B-25 parked in the distance. Scene shifts to aerial view of bends in the Volturno River near Capua, Italy. At lower right of image, smoke can be seen rising from explosions as bombs strike a bridge over the river and nearby roadways. View from overflying aircraft is obscured momentarily by cloud cover. Then network of roads is clearly seen. Scene shifts to B-25 bombers flying in formation.
U.S. Army Air Force 340th bomb group bombs over road near Catanzaro, Italy. Close-up aerial view of American B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft with nose art name "Rum Dum". Bomber group hits bombs over target area. Aerial view of bomb explosions over road near Catanzaro. Smoke rises over target (World War II period).
View from high building in the early morning, and then again at evening, of attractions in Las Vegas: Views of Dunes, Holiday Casino, Flamingo, Aladdin (theater for performing arts, with Bing Crosby featured), MGM Grand Hotel, Tropicana (Folies Bergere 76), Paradise Hotel and Casino. Neon signs of various hotels and casinos in the mid 1970s.
Animated physical map of Japan showing major cities of the country. Streetcar moving in front of the Asahi Shimbun building in Tokyo, Japan. Art deco buildings in Tokyo. St. Luke's International University (10-1 Akashicho, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0044, Japan) in Chuo, Tokyo. People shopping at a department store in Ginza district. People stand outside a kabuki theater. Pedestrians and neon lights at Ginza. A train leaves a subway. View of a subway tunnel. A policeman directing traffic. Pedestrians crowd a street. Women wearing kimono cross a bridge and walk towards a lake with Torii gate.
United Nations meets to organize military action for protection of South Korea from Communist North Korea. United States troops in Tokyo, Japan prepare to advance to Korea. U.S. Army forces are seen passing in review before General MacArthur and General Omar Bradley in Tokyo, Japan. Back in the United States, a B-29 bomber, "moth balled" by being entirely encased in "cocoon" plastic since after World War 2, is rolled onto an airfield. Air force personnel remove the heavy plastic from the body and tires of the B-29, revealing its World War 2 nose art name "Lucky 13" (which had been among B-29 aircraft of the 25th Air Service Group in World War II). Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft with folding wings are unloaded from giant containers in aircraft hangars. A group of the F4U aircraft lined up at an airfield. Military equipment being loaded onto waiting ships, and carried by soldiers at a warehouse area. Units of the 1st U.S. Marines answer the call, are seen piloting amphibious vehicles in the ocean and onto the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD-5) . Canadian sailors are seen boarding ships and Candian Navy destroyers leave British Columbia for Korea. Women and children wave form dock. Destroyers underway in sea. White, African American, and Hispanic young men in the United States are seen standing in lines at a United States Army enlistment office, answering the call to serve as new recruits in the Army. A group of new recruits raise their right hands and take an oath of service. U.S. President Harry S Truman speaks to a meeting of the Reserve Officers Association meeting, indicating that the only reason for this action is to hopefully arrive at the peace in the world that was hoped for when the United Nations was created. He leaves and shakes hands with officers. At Security Council meeting of the United Nations in Lake Success, New York, the President of Council, Arne Sunde, of Norway, invites Korean Ambassador to join table. Ambassador Chang comes and sits. The United Kingdom representative presents resolution which the body votes on (United Nations Security Council Resolution 84). It is passed by 7 to 0 in favor. The U.S. is asked to designate a military commander for the United Nations forces. The Korean ambassador, Chang Myon, expresses gratitude to the UN Security Council.
U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Aerial view of water filled rice paddies. Formation of helicopters in flight. Pilots in helicopter. Aerial view of base camp. Buildings and sheds at the base. Trucks parked. Nose art on helicopter reads "162nd Assault Helicopter Company, Vultures."
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