NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operations. Mobile assault bridge vehicles move into position to form bridge over Main River in Germany. Wooded area in the background. Vehicles cross bridge. Men loaded on the vehicles. The vehicles move towards enemy held hill. Men stand in the foreground.
United States President Richard Nixon departs from West Berlin, Germany, during his official visit to Europe. People wave at President Nixon from apartment windows. President Nixon's motorcade drives on crowded roads in West Berlin and reaches the Charlottenburg Palace (Spandauer Damm 10-22, 14059 Berlin, Germany). Gate of the Charlottenburg palace. Equestrian statue of Frederick Wilhelm, Elector of Brandenburg, on the grounds of the Charlottenburg Palace. Civilians gathered greet him and raise banner to welcome President Nixon. Sign read as “Richard Nixon Ein wirklich Berliner” (“Richard Nixon a real Berliner” in English). View of the Siemens factory in West Berlin.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra make strafing run at target. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra lay smoke screen. Formation of UH-1D Huey helicopters toward hill. AH-1G Cobra helicopters provide protective cover. UH-1D helicopters land. The troops get off and run to attack machine gun position. German MG (Machine Gun) nest. Gunners fire at advancing men of 16th Infantry Division. Soldiers aid wounded soldiers walk to safety. APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) cross field.
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) REFORGER II (Return of Forces to Germany) Operation. U.S. fighter aircraft F4 Phantom II dive at a hill. Simulated bombs explode as jets dive at target. U.S. helicopter AH-1G Cobra lay smoke screen. Formation of UH-1D Huey helicopters fly toward hill. Troops run to attack machine gun position. German Gunners fire at advancing men of 16th Infantry Division.
Scenes from May 1, 1970 Mayday anti-war rally in Washington DC, by civil disobedience groups organized against the Vietnam War, including the National Peace Action Coalition. Ground level view of U.S. Capitol building as seen from National Mall. Views among 3000 protestors gathered on the steps and grounds of the U.S. Capitol, described as radicals by the narrator. Crowd cheering and yelling and displaying signs. A hippie man in top hat displays a rude finger gesture to the camera and yells. He appears to be holding a hand rolled joint or cigarette. Protestors, some shirtless, dance, sway, and yell in scenes of general chaos. A protestor with a vulgar word painted on his forehead. View of police in riot gear helmets with shields as they watch the crowd. Close-up views of faces of demonstrators on U.S. Capitol steps. Police begin to forcibly pick up and drag away protestors who have been ordered to disperse. Protestors stay limp and heavy making it difficult and slow for police to remove them and arrest them. View of a peace demonstrator carrying a young child with a painted forehead. Police load arrested protestors into a bus. Police officer crushes small white disks into powder on ground outside bus. Scenes after the protest of routine traffic of cars, taxi cabs, and pedestrians on streets of Washington DC in National Mall area, including Pennsylvania Avenue, and near various federal buildings. Citizens in 1970s fashions crossing the street. 1960s and 1970s cars on the roads. View of office workers and pedestrians on sidewalk in Washington DC going to or from work. A small protest gathering in the distance behind the workers. View of protestors gathered and assembling. Assorted views of police officers near a crowd of demonstrators. Police drag a protestor down the steps of a federal building. The protestor nods her head and shows peace signs with both hands as she is hauled away.
Front entrance to Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico. A car entering the base as the guard salutes. F-4D Phantom Flight crew from the USAF 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing check in at the operations desk. They display the Black Sheep logo patch of the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron on their flight suits. After signing in, they enter a briefing room where others are assembled. The Squadron Commander, a Lieutenant Colonel, briefs them on the planned "Crested Cap II" deployment route, to their NATO dual base, at Ramstein, Germany. He points out the flight path across the U.S. and across the Atlantic to Europe, on a map that also depicts places where refueling aircraft will be orbiting over the ocean. Views of the air crews putting on anti-exposure suits and equipment.
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