U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Wiesbaden, Germany. A C-131 Samaritan taxis at an air base. Representative L. Mendal Rivers alights from the aircraft and is greeted by Colonel Stubbs. Representative Rivers is followed by his wife and daughter. The party enters a staff car and leaves.
John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America, at an official function. Mr. Lewis listens as he is being introduced by an unseen person.
Three news correspondents: Mr. John J. Nevin - International News, Mr. Robert Bender - United Press, and Mr. L. O. Pobert - Associated Press, United States, seen talking amongst themselves. The three men board the USS George Washington leaving for Europe to cover the Paris Peace Conference. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Field Marshall Bernard L Montgomery arrives near Harde in Belgium. He visits Major General Matthew B Ridgway at 18th Airborne Corps. House in the background. Other soldiers walk along with the Field Marshall and the Major General. A car arrives. Men talk amongst themselves. The car comes out of the house. Jeeps parked outside a building. (World War II period).
The Columbia River in Bonneville, Oregon opens for navigation. People line the banks of the Columbia River as freighter SS Charles L. Wheeler, Jr. passes the sea locks at the Bonneville Dam.
DesRon 2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) "hunter killer" exercises of the USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) and USS Charles P Cecil, (DD-835) underway in Guantanamo Bay. SH-3A helicopters in flight above water. Helicopter dips sonar in water. An S-2E Med Evac is seen in flight, flying toward signal flare in the water with its mad boom extended.
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