The House of The Vettii in Pompeii, Italy. Ruins of Roman buildings on both sides of an ancient cobblestone road. Remains of a destroyed statue. Various structures with Doric columns. Outdoor exteriors at the House of The Vettii. A fresco depicting the heads of a beheaded couple with their mouths agape. Ornate bas-relief stone sculpture. A bronze statue stands in the middle of a fountain. Roman ruins with columns behind the fountain. Bronze statuette of a boy holding a duck and a bunch of grapes decorating the peristyle of the House of The Vettii.
United States soldiers visit Italy. Soldiers pass and read a poster that says 'Take advantage of your Leave', 'See Vesuvius and Pompei', 'American Red Cross Tour Service'. View of Mount Vesuvius. American soldiers board a train identified as 'GI Special to Pompei.' View of soldiers inside the train. View of soldiers by the train holding up the sign reading 'GI Special to Pompei.' (Note: Pompeii is misspelled in the signs.) (World War II period).
Mount Vesuvius erupts. United States Army Air Force B-25 bomber planes covered with lava dust at Pompeii airfield, where aircraft of the 340th Bombardment Group and 321st Bombardment Group were stationed in World War II. Damaged wings of bombers from hot volcanic ash and brimstone. Two bombers buried in ash. Scraper clears airfield. Bomber in the foreground of still-smoking Mount Vesuvius.
Views of destroyed buildings in Salerno, Italy during World War II. Soldiers and civilians walking through the ruins. Debris of buildings scattered all over the streets. Text 'Scavi di Pompeii' carved on a wrecked building.
Caravan of armored vehicles and British infantry soldiers maneuver through the streets of Naples, Italy, during World War II. In separate scene, several U.S. soldiers are seen exploring the ruins and damaged ancient structures in the city of Pompeii. Views of other ruined buildings, wrecked bridge, soldiers walking through debris, and a bulldozer removing debris.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini standing together in an open car during a motorcade in Munich, in 1938. Civilian spectators render Nazi salutes as they pass. Next, British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, arriving for the Munich treaty conference, steps from a British Airways Lockheed Model 14 passenger plane. An honor guard of helmeted and white-gloved German soldiers stands at attention during his welcome. Adolf Hitler climbs stairs of Berghof together with Chamberlain and Hitler's interpretor, Paul Otto Schmidt, on September 15, 1938 for their conference. Crowds of Germans give Nazi salute and cheer as Hitler and Mussolini appear on a balcony. Prime Minister Chamberlain back from the conference, speaks to the crowd at Heston Aerodrome on 30 September 1938, saying, among other thing, "We regard the agreement signed last night, and the Anglo-German naval agreement as symbolic of the desires of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again." Damaged buildings and ruins of city. Mussolini giving an impassioned speech. Italian cavalry carrying out a charge in Ethiopia. Italian troops employing machine guns in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War circa 1936. Italian infantry charging across sand dunes. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie at the League of Nations podium. Nazi Swastika eagle statue. A formation of German troops, during the Anschluss (German annexation of Austria,in 1938). Hitler at a podium. People rendering Nazi salute in annexed city. At this point, the film transitions to 1950 as North Korean troops cross the 39th parallel and start the Korean War. A nighttime artillery barrage. North Korean troops firing a Browning M1917 machine gun and rifles. The feet of American soldiers are jumping out of foxholes as U.S.M26 Pershing tanks fire their guns from tilted positions below hills. A Pershing tank crosses a bridge back into South Korea, where a sign reads:"You are now crossing the 38th parallel, Co.B 728 MP." Scene shifts again, to President Lyndon B. Johnson delivers speech about Vietnam at a news conference on July 28, 1965, in which he states,among other things, "Three times in my lifetime...Americans have gone to far lands to fight for freedom..." as he explains U.S. involvement in Vietnam and the Vietnam War.
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