U.S. and Philippine dignitaries at Corregidor Island, Philippines. Official cars drive past a ruined building at Corregidor Island. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay and others walk down a pier. A sign reads 'Philippine Naval Station Port Facilities'. Sailors on the deck of a ship tied up at a dock. U.S. Vice President's wife Patricia Nixon and Philippines first lady Luz Magsaysay, and others board the ship. A motor boat goes away from the ship.
Quaker-sponsored American pacifists sail from Misaki, Japan to bring medical supplies to North Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. Yacht "Phoenix of Hiroshima" at a dock in a Japanese harbor, before starting the first of its three trips bringing aid to both North and South Vietnam. Seven American pacifists from "A Quaker Action Group" (AQAG) set sail in the "Phoenix of Hiroshima" bound for the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong, on the group's first of three voyages. A flag flies from the yacht. Views of some of the participants on the boat including Phil Drath, Betty Boardman, Dr. and Mrs. Earle Reynolds, and Bob Eaton. People on the dock wave as the yacht leaves the harbor heading to Vietnam.
Piles of war materiel are seen at the port as the X-Corps and refugees evacuate Hamhung, North Korea, in December, 1950. Wounded and disabled being loaded into boats. Large numbers of Korean refugees being evacuated. Troops climbling aboard the troop transport ship, USS Okanogan (APA-220) from landing craft. Abandoned supplies and equipment being destroyed by explosives set off by U.S. Army engineers. A U.S. Navy warship with number 127 on it's bow sits close to the shore. Scenes of operations around the USS Okanogan, as she loads troops aboard.
October 29, 1954, General Maxwell B. Taylor, Commander of the U.S. 8th Army, in Korea, escorts a South Korean diplomat up the stairs to a reviewing stand. A color guard is seen and then a view of the Korean representative, General Taylor, and Major General Charles D.W. Canham, Commander of the Third U.S. Infantry Division, saluting as soldiers of the 3rd Division begin marching in review. Camera focuses on the seated Army band, playing for the marchers. Soldiers of the 3rd Division are seen passing behind the band, carrying their Duffel bags and other belongings on their way to board the U.S. Navy transport ship USS General M. B. Stewart (AP-140) which would take them home to the USA. The next scene shows 3rd Division soldiers leaving the the USS M.B. Stewart at New Orleans, Louisiana. A huge banner hangs on a port building welcoming the Division. American troops with massed flags stand with Audie Murphy, on a bunting covered porch to welcome the returning 3rd Division troops. An Army marching band plays as they parade across the dock. Several motorcycle policemen lead a parade or the returning troops along the streets of New Orleans. Scene shifts to Master Sergeant Queen at the filming location for the Army production, "The Big Picture." Audie Murphy is with him, and praises the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, noting that he had served as one of its soldiers.
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium. An aerial view of the port of Antwerp and the vicinity. Ships are loaded in harbor areas. Barges move across a canal. (World War II period).
German occupation of Denmark and Norway (Operation Weserubung) in the second World War (WW2). A German naval task force underway at sea. Crew assembled on deck of the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, are ordered to their duty stations. As first step in the operation, German forces invade Denmark. A line of German troop ships tied up at port in Copenhagen, Denmark. German troops disembark and proceed into the city.
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