The USS Tennessee, a battleship commissioned at navy yard in New York. Men and officers stand in front of the ship.
The inauguration of the first church services in Saint Honorine Des Pertes, France. Soldiers in Jeep pass on the street. Houses, buildings, and shops beside the street. Civilians on the street. Children watch from the window of a house. They wave the French flag. Women enter The Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes Church (Rue de l'Église, 14520 Aure sur Mer, France). Statue of Jesus Christ in front of the church. American soldiers near the church. People come out of the church. (World War II period).
Map of Italy showing major cities. During a battlefield lull,in World War 2, in Italy, a German soldier reads a newpaper called the "Southern Front." View of Monte Cassino,Italy, with German troops taking cover amongst war debris. Fencing and signs identify minefields. German soldiers with their weapons, hidden in foliage. German soldier looks through binoculars as American forces bombard the town of Monte Cassino. German soldier, seeking cover, jumps over a stone wall. Smoke rises from the U.S. bombardment. German officers consult in a dugout. German soldiers move stealthily across a stream and through battle scarred landscape. Some take up positions and fire machine guns, rifles, and rifle grenades toward American lines. They advance from their trenches and come across fallen American soldiers on the field. They encounter one crawling, and several others from the U.S. 34th Division, whom they take prisoner. They remove their equipment and weapons, and smoke the American cigarettes. Behind the lines, a man in civilian clothes questions the captured American soldiers. A German soldier uses periscopic binoculars to spot targets for German artillerymen firing heavy weapons. Explosions seen in valley below as shells burst.
Nihonbashi Firehouse in Kabutocho-Town, Nihonbashi-ward (current-day Chuo-ward), City of Tokyo, Japan. Fire trucks leave the firehouse. Fire trucks pass a busy intersection near Nihonbashi-Bridge on the Ginza Street in the Nihonbashi district. Traffic policeman on the street controls the traffic. He maneuvers the fire truck through the traffic. Buildings along the street. People gather on the street in front of the building.
Japanese fire fighters connect the hose to the fire hydrant in Tokyo, Japan. They open the steel cover over the hydrant. They remove portable hose reel from a truck and cart it to the fire hydrant. They drag hose to hook and ladder. People stand in front of buildings in the background. Firemen on truck arrive near the fire hydrant. They dismount and rush hose from truck to hydrant.
Funeral services for Astronauts Lt Col Virgil I Grissom and Lt Roger B Chaffee at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. President Johnson arrives at the cemetery. He shakes Mr Chaffee's hand. Officers holding flag over the casket during eulogy. Mrs Chaffee siting with her children, Sheryl and Stephen. Mr and mrs Donald Chaffee siting with President. Mrs Chaffee mourning. President and other people bow in front of the casket.
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