The invasion of the Philippines by Japanese troops during World War II. Maps of Manila Bay, the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor and Caballo islands. Mountains in the foreground. A wrecked U.S. ambulance in Corregidor Island. A U.S. medical aid station. Medics treat wounded soldiers inside a tent. U.S. prisoners of war in Corregidor take salt tablets and eat at a field kitchen. A prisoner of war sweeps the ground. A wounded Filipino soldier walking with crutches. Prisoners of war are served with plates of rice. A heap of medical supplies. A man reads The Tribune newspaper. Headlines of the newspaper reads: 'Homma is head of Japan forces'. Soldiers seated inside a tent look at a map.
Celebration of VJ Day (victory over Japan day) in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II. Czech girls in native dresses dance in front of a reviewing stand. American, Russian and Czech troops parade through the streets. A Liaison plane drops pamphlets. U.S. Army Major General Ernest Nason Harmon speaks from the reviewing stand. American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Laurence A. Steinhardt, Russian Colonel General Zhadou and other dignitaries in the background.
A stylist grooms a woman, wearing fashionable go-go boots and polka-dotted micro mini dress. An British women's rights and feminist organization, marching on the street holding signs and placards with messages like “Equal Pay NOW!” and “Free Contraception” during the first women's liberation march. The crowned Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles. Women wrestlers. A female wrestler throws her opponent, a black woman, on the wrestling ring floor. A mass wedding inside a stadium in Japan. Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles with Miss World 1966 runner-up contestants (Miss Brazil- Marlucci Rocha, Miss Greece- Efi Fontini Plumbi, Miss Yugoslavia- Nikica Marinovic, Miss Italy-Gigliola Carbonara). Two policewomen, patrolling the street together, salute at the camera. Opening sequence of “Echo Newsreel” featuring a scene of various topics, such as the Big Ben Tower.
United States Marines of the 1st Marine Division in battle of Sugar Loaf Hill in Okinawa, Japan during World War 2. Tanks move up Sugar Loaf Hill. United States Marines advance on Sugar Loaf Hill. A United States Marine throws a grenade. Grenade explodes at a distance after being thrown by Marine. A line of Marines advances on Sugar Loaf Hill. View of Sugar Loaf Hill and smoke during battle.
Walter Cronkite narrates news in front of map showing North and South Korea. View of the USS Pueblo being docked in Wonsan as shown by North Korean propaganda film. View of USS Pueblo front deck. USS Pueblo crew members raise their hands upon capture by North Korea. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher and other crew members being led away by North Korean forces. Military equipment from USS Pueblo found by North Korean People’s Army. Gun turret in USS Pueblo. Rifles and ammunition from USS Pueblo. View of USS Pueblo. Map showing path of USS Pueblo from Yokohama to Sasebo in Japan. Image of a Japanese town, likely Sasebo, with United States navy men. Map of Korean coast. USS Pueblo Lieutenant Commander Lloyd Bucher (USS Pueblo Skipper) reads from a public “confession”. Bucher notes, "I organized watch sessions under the officer of the deck to record everything encountered...."
United States soldiers enter the village of Saint-Marcouf, in the Manche department in Normandy, France during World War 2. Soldiers pass by sign “Saint-Marcouf”. United States troops carry rifles. French villagers walking. Soldiers talk to an old French man and woman. Soldiers sitting on the street side of what is now known as the “Route du 5 Juin 1944”. Soldier smoking a cigarette during a break. Groups of soldiers crowd outside a damaged house. Soldiers talking to a French man. A soldier talks to children. A little girl points upwards. A statue of the Virgin Mary stands among the rubble. A statue of Jesus Christ on the Cross leaning sideways inside a church wrecked. Words by George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army says “No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines of Germany and Japan”. A “V” is superimposed over marching soldiers and a ringing Liberty Bell.