Development of the region near the Helmand River in Afghanistan with the help of the Afghan Government and the U.S. Water flows in the river. A hydroelectric power station generates electricity. A generator provides power. Workers work in cotton industry due to electricity. A fork lift carries supplies of cotton. A stack of cotton supplies. Workers work on construction of houses. They pass buckets to each other. Children receive education in schools. Women with infants receive infant care in a medical care center. Development of health facilities to assist and provide help to people of the village.
French soldiers patrol grain fields in the Meskiana Commune, Algeria. A group of farmers operate combine harvesting machines, to cut and bag the grain, under the protection of the French military. French tank, armored vehicle and observation aircraft seen. A French soldier operates controls on a combine harvester, watched by the farmer and several other soldiers riding on it. View of farmer in cab of the combine harvester. A soldier releases a sack of harvested grain marked: "S.A.P. Region de la Meskiana 1958."
Forest fire in California, United States. Houses burn. A building on fire near a swimming pool. Trees catch fire. A mountainous road in the foreground. An electric pole burns. Trees burn on a mountainous region.
American strike at Japanese forces in the Pacific Ocean during the Battle of Cape Engano of World War II (during Battle of Leyte Gulf) in October 1944. Animation depicts U.S. Task Force 38 in three groups and contact with enemy forces. Animation depicts Task Force 38.3 and Task Force 38.4 concentrating on Task Force 38.2. Task Force 38.1 diverted for battle and Japan's attack on Task Force 38.3. Japanese aircraft in flight. Naval guns fired from U.S. battleships. Japanese aircraft which are shot down plunge in water. USS Princeton (CVL-23 ) catches fire. U.S. soldiers spray water on the ship. USS Birmingham (CL-62) and USS Irwin (DD-794) attempt to extinguish the fire. The ship explodes. Animation depicts Task Force 38.3, Task Force 38.2 and a search airplane locating enemy carrier force. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral William Halsey, Jr. who is the Commander of U.S. Third Fleet studies a map with others and makes an estimate of Japanese forces. Animation depicts the strength of Japanese forces. Animation depicts the strength of the Japanese Navy in the central region. Animation depicts U.S. plan of attack on Japanese forces.
A regional communications center in the United States. A bank of recorder/reproducer signal data machines (RD-304). A soldier loads a tape into a RD-304 machine and starts it. The soldier at a maintenance console. He pushes light flash buttons. Tape reel turning.
A U.S. Army 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldier operates an autodin ASC-2 simulator. He monitors the circuit for distortion. He presses some buttons of the simulator. A dial on the machine. Wires plugged in into different switches. A screen.