1940-1949WORLD WAR II
AWWII RMY AIR FORCE REPORT. NATIONALISTIC SURVEY OF ARMY AIR FORCE ACTIVITIES SINCE THE DESTRUCTION AT PEARL HARBOR.
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GENERAL H. H. ARNOLD, COMMANDING GENERAL, ARMY AIR FORCES COMMENDING AIR FORCES FOR JOB WELL DONE. ADDRESSING THE CAMERA.
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HS CROWDS WALKING, FEMALE SOLDIERS, AMERICANS SUPERIMPOSED OVER WALKING CROWDS
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FOOTBALL GAME IN PROGRESS. CU FOOTBALL PLAYERS CIRCA LATE 1940s, EARLY 1950s
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SEQUENCE PEOPLE AT WORK & PLAY; RADIO TECHNICIAN FIXING RADIO, HUNTER AIMING SHOTGUN, FEMALE GROUND CREW EMPLOYEE BRINGING IN AIRPLANE
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AMERICAN FACTORY WORKERS ASSEMBLY LINE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
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SEQUENCE OF AMERICANS; FEMALE FACTORY WORKER, MILITARY PERSONNEL, WELDER, TYPIST, SCIENTIST
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SENIOR CITIZENS, OLDER COUPLE AT HOME, PIPE SMOKING HUSBAND READING NEWSPAPER, TEA DRINKING WIFE READING NEWSPAPER
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CU 1940s FRONT END, GRILL
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GENERAL ARNOLD SPEAKING TO CAMERA
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PAN FIELD OF BURNING U. S. FIGHTER PLANES PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7, 1941. DESTROYED UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BASE
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PLANES IN FORMATION FLYING OVERHEAD
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AIR FORCE PLANE ON TARMAC, PROPELLERS SPINNING, TAXIING
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INDUSTRIAL MONTAGE, WAR-TIME FACTORY ASSEMBLY LINE BUILDING AIRPLANES. AIRPLANE FACTORY. WAR PRODUCTION
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CU AIR FORCE PILOT IN FRONT OF FIGHTER PLANE
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GROUP OF AIR FORCE PILOTS PASS CAMERA
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PAN LINE OF RECRUITS SWEARING IN, RIGHT HANDS IN THE AIR.
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ANIMATED CHART SHOWS TWO DIRECTIONS RECRUITS GO, AIR & GROUND & THE SCHOOLS THEY WENT THROUGH IN TRAINING
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SQUADRON OF FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION, PEEL OFF
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CU LINE OF FEMALE PILOTS, WASPS. WOMAN RUNS TO PLANE, "MARGARET". THROWING TARGET SLEEVES FOR GUNNERY PRACTICE
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SEQUENCE OF FEMALES IN THE AIR FORCE, IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, GASSING PLANE UP, AS CO-PILOT
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ANIMATED GRAPH SHOWING FINAL STAGE OF TRAINING, OPERATIONAL UNITS
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PILOTS BOARDING COMBAT PLANES, IN FLIGHT, DROPPING BOMBS, TRAINING FOR COMBAT
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POV IN PLANE LOOKING AT SIMULATED COMBAT CONDITIONS
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AIR FORCE TACTICAL CENTER, FLORIDA. INSTRUCTOR USING POINTER ON BLACKBOARD
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PILOTS TRAINING IN SKIP BOMBING, FLYING LOW TO THE GROUND, HITTING TARGETS. CU PILOT DETONATING BOMB, PUSHING BUTTON. HITTING TANK, BLOWING UP TANK. DROPPING BOMBS ON PRACTICE "ENEMY" SHIP
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ANIMATED PILOTS, SQUADRON. GROUP, WING, AIR DIVISION, BOMBER COMMAND, FIGHTER COMMAND
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ANIMATED AIR SERVICE COMMAND
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MILITARY, AIR FORCE REPAIR SHOP, WAREHOUSE STOCKS PLANE PARTS. PART OF THE SERVICE COMMAND
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PAN SUPPLY YARD, FILLED WITH BARRELS
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DAMAGED PLANE, CU PROPELLER. GUM CHEWING NERVOUS PILOT LANDS PLANE IN A MEADOW. MONTAGE PLANE PARTS
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MOBILE MACHINE SHOP ARRIVES & SET UP TEMPORARY REPAIR DEPOT
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BULL DOZER CLEARING A RUNWAY
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MECHANICS REPAIRING PLANE
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AIR FORCE PILOT IN COCKPIT, TAKES OFF DOWN NEWLY CLEARED RUNWAY
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SPINNING ANIMATED WORLD GLOBE SHOWING NETWORK OF THE AIR TRANSFER COMMAND
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FIGHTER PLANES IN FORMATION
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AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WRITING DATA ON BLACKBOARD
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JEEP DROPPING OFF PILOTS AT AIR TRANSFER COMMAND BASE.
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PLANES IN FORMATION, IN CLOUDS
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PLANE LANDING IN CLEARED FIELD, NATIVE WORKERS CLEARING LAND
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SOLDIERS DRIVING JEEPS ONTO AIR FORCE PLANE, LOADING SUPPLIES
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AIR FORCE PLANE LANDING IN ALASKA, SNOW COVERED RUNWAY
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INTERIOR OPERATING ROOM, HOSPITAL, DR. OPERATING
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AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND PLANES FLYING SUPPLIES INTO GUADALCANAL, UNLOADING SUPPLIES
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GUADALCANAL BATTLE FOOTAGE, 1942
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ANIMATED WORLD GLOBE SHOWING AIR FORCE BASES ZOOMS IN ON FOUR BASES IN AMERICAN, ON EAST &
WEST COASTS |
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BOMBER PLANES IN FORMATION
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING JAPANESE DRIVE ON THE PHILIPPINES
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BOMBER PLANES IN FORMATION
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING JAPANESE EXPANSION OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
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ANIMATED MAP OF AUSTRALIA WITH AIR FORCE STAR SHOWING 5TH AIR FORCE BASE
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AMERICAN AIR FORCE BASE IN AUSTRALIA CIRCA 1942
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AIR & NAVAL BATTLE IN THE CORAL SEA. PACIFIC WAR THEATER. BURNING JAPANESE SHIP
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SOLDIERS GETTING ON PLANES, TROOP CARRIER COMMAND FLYING SOLDIERS TO NEW GUINEA ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY MOUNTAIN RANGE
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AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND PLANES LANDING, UNLOADING SUPPLIES IN NEW GUINEA. TAKING WOUNDED SOLDIERS EVACUATING THE WOUNDED.
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ENGINEERS BROUGHT IN, BUILDING AIR STRIPS IN THE JUNGLE ALLOWING PLANES TO GO IN CLOSER TO THE JAPANESE PERIMETER. ADVANCE AIR STRIPS
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BATTLE FOOTAGE, NEW GUINEA
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING GROWTH OF AMERICAN AIR BASES, NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, NEW CALEDONIA, ZOOMS TO HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 7TH AIR FORCE BASE
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WICKHAM FIELD, HAWAII. INTERIOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER
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EXT/NIGHT: BOMBERS TAKING OFF FROM WICKHAM FIELD
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING PLANE'S ROUTE; TO MIDWAY, WAKE ISLANDS. SOUTH TO ELUICE ISLAND. GILBERT ISLAND
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ARMY TRUCKS, VEHICLES PASSING "O'HARE FIELD"
SIGN POSTED ON PALM TREES |
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MECHANICS WORKING ON B-25G PLANE CU 75 MM. CANNON
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B-25G TAKING OFF. GROUP IN FLIGHT
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING PLANE'S ROUTE, GILBERT TO MARSHALL ISLAND
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CU 75MM CANNON FIRING
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BATTLE FOOTAGE, PACIFIC WAR THEATER
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING STRONGHOLDS TAKEN BY U.S.
ARMED FORCES MOVING CLOSER TO JAPAN |
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ANIMATED MAP ZOOM IN ON ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. ATTU & KISKA. 11TH AIR FORCE. MOVING INTO JAPAN
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ANIMATED MAP, 6TH AIR FORCE, PANAMA
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""" EUROPE. ENGLAND 8TH AIR FORCE
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INTERIOR / EXTERIOR GERMAN INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES GERMAN WAR PRODUCTION ASSEMBLY LINES
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AMERICAN BOMBER, CU PILOT WEARING GAS MASK. POV BOMB DROPPING, HITTING TARGET, EXPLODING.
STRATEGIC BOMBING |
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NIGHT ATTACK ON GERMAN INDUSTRIAL AREA
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POST-BOMBING BERLIN, GERMAN ARMY CLEANING UP DEBRIS, TAKING CHARGE OF FRIGHTENED CITIZENS, FOOD LINE, FEEDING BERLINERS, REPAIRING RAIL ROADS
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POV IN PLANE WATCHING BOMBS DROP
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MONTAGE STRATEGIC BOMBING LOCATIONS, CALENDAR PAGES SUPERIMPOSED OVER PLACES BOMBED
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MILITARY PERSONNEL MEETING BREAKING UP
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AMERICAN PILOTS ARRIVING BY JEEP TO PLANES,
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AMERICAN BOMBS ASSEMBLED, MOVED TO THE STARTING LINES. SQUADRON LEFT BEHIND WAVING TO PILOT BOMBERS TAKING OFF ONE AFTER THE OTHER
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THUNDERBOLTS ON GROUND AT THE FIGHTER FIELD CIRCLING
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CU GROUND CREW SHOOTING "STARTING" GUN INTO THE AIR
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THUNDERBOLTS TAKING OFF FOLLOWED BY TWIN ENGINE LIGHTNINGS
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TWO GROUPS MAKE RENDEZVOUS OVER THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. AIR ARMADA MOVING INTO ENEMY TERRITORY.
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GERMAN COMMUNICATIONS CENTER, SPREADING NEWS OF APPROACHING AIR ARMADA. SWITCHBOARD OPERATORS RECEIVING CODED MESSAGE, HANDING OUT PAPERS AT GERMAN MILITARY MEETING. GERMAN WARNING SYSTEM
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GERMAN COASTAL ANTI AIR CRAFT BATTERIES SHOOTING DOWN BOMBERS
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CU ALARM SIREN, PILOTS RUNNING FOR PLANES, HAND PROPPING PLANES, TAKING OFF
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AIR BATTLE FOOTAGE WWII WORLD WAR TWO
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COOL SHOT OF LINE OF PLANES WITH LONG VAPOR TRAIL CONTRAIL STREAKING ACROSS THE SKY
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WWII WORLD WAR TWO
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ANIMATED MAP EUROPE, 8TH AIR FORCE. MOVES TO AFRICA, 12TH AIR FORCE
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AFRICAN INVASION BATTLE FOOTAGE
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING 9TH AIR FORCE ROUTE JOINING 12TH AIR FORCE, INVASION OF SICILY & ITALY
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AMPHIBIOUS LANDING CRAFTS TAKING FOOT SOLDIERS TO SHORE, SOLDIERS RUNNING DOWN LANDING RAMP WITH AIR COVER. ESTABLISHING BEACH HEAD
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WWII WORLD WAR TWO BATTLE FOOTAGE
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIGGING TRENCHES, BRINGING IN LAND HEAVY EQUIPMENT, TAKING POSITIONS
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WWII FOOTAGE WITH ANIMATED MAPS SHOWING STRATEGIC BOMBING ROUTES
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING AMERICAN AIR FORCE IN CHINA & INDIA
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JAPANESE SOLDIERS MARCHING, JAPANESE AIR FORCE PLANES, JAPANESE FLIERS
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JAPANESE FIGHTER PLANES BOMBING CHINA CIRCA 1928
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1941, FLYING TIGERS IN CHINA. MASTER TACTICIAN CLAIRE CHENNAULT WITH PLANS DRAPED OVER JEEP
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JAPANESE BOMBING MISSION HEADING TOWARDS TARGET
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CU SENIOR CITIZENS, AGED COUPLE LOOKING UP
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FLYING TIGERS RUNNING TO PLANES, COUNTER ATTACKING JAPANESE BOMBERS
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CU PILOT R. T.. SMITH IN COCKPIT. CU JAPANESE FLAGS PAINTED ON THE SIDE REPRESENTING ENEMY PLANES HE SHOT DOWN
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ZOOM OUT ANIMATED MAP WITH ROUTES THROUGH BURMA TO CHINA, CHUNGKING, & JAPANESE ROUTES. 14TH AIR FORCE IN KUNMING
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FLEET, ARMADA, SUPPLIES EN ROUTE TO CHINA
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UNLOADING CARGO IN CALCUTTA, WORKERS PUSHING HUGE CRATES TO RIVER DOCKS. LOADING ONTO BARGES, SHIPPED UP RIVER TO ASSAM
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PRIMITIVE RAILROAD TRAIN ENTERING ASSAM STATION
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WORKERS UNLOADING SUPPLIES FROM ONE TRAIN &
RELOADING SUPPLIES ONTO ANOTHER TRAIN. NARROW GAUGE |
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BLURRY POV PASSING OVERTURNED TRUCK
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INDIAN WORKERS LOADING HEAVY EQUIPMENT BY HAND ONTO TRUCK, TRUCKS MOVING DOWN DUSTY ROAD
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ABOVE ROUTE INTO ASSAM, 10TH AIR FORCE & 14TH AIR FORCE, KUNMING
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PILOTS "GOING OVER THE HUMP" INTO KUNMING 1700 FOOT MOUNTAIN PASSES, BURMA
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FIGHTING TIGERS & OTHERS LANDING IN KUNMING
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OFFICERS HUDDLED OVER MAPS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING ROOM
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LAST LEG INTO ENEMY TERRITORY. POV OVER HONG KONG IN PLANE DROPPING BOMBS ON HONG KONG
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AMERICAN TRAINED CHINESE PILOTS MARCHING, GETTING INTO PLANES
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MS CHINESE MECHANIC WORKING ON PLANE ENGINE
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HUGE GROUP OF MEN MOVING HEAVY MACHINERY
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ANIMATED MAP SHOWING ROUTES FROM CHINA TO JAPAN
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MS TIRED, HAGGARD PILOT STUMBLING OUT OF PLANE
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CU GUNNER PATTING HIS GUN
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POV IN PLANE WITH STATISTICS SUPER IMPOSED OVER
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CU HITLER SPEAKING MOS
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CU EMPEROR HIROHITO
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HEADS OF THE NAZI PARTY IN MEETING
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MONTAGE AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION PLANT
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SILHOUETTED SOLDIERS ON HILLSIDE AIMING & SHOOTING GUNS IN THE AIR WITH TAPS BEING PLAYED. 21 GUN SALUTE
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PAN DOWNED BURNING PLANES, DEAD SOLDIERS, WAR CASUALTIES, WAR DEAD. NEWSPAPER HEADLINES SUPER IMPOSED
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SKIES, CLOUDS, FIGHTER PLANES, BOMBS DROPPING SUPER IMPOSED
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POV IN PLANE NEARING BOMBED OUT LANDSCAPE BELOW
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TAPE ENDS
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