Maneuvers of naval cadets in Virginia. United States and Canadian cadets demonstrate joint maneuvers. Helicopters in flight over a sea. Marines aboard a landing craft. They wade ashore. Airplanes in flight over a beach. Paratroopers jump out of the airplanes and descend towards the land. The helicopters in flight overhead.
Dedication ceremony of the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlingon, Virginia, United States. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at the Memorial. President Eisenhower with Secretaries of War and Navy walks past a Color Guard. The President reviews a Marine Honor Guard. President Eisenhower, Vice President Richard Nixon, other officials and officers seated. People gathered around the war memorial. Views in the distance of apartment buildings ("River Place"?) and other high rise buildings under construction in Rosslyn.
Dedication ceremony of the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington Virginia, United States. Civilians and officers walk down a road towards the statue of flag raising on Iwo Jima. A sign on a bus reads 'Parents of Marines from Pittsburgh. Men and women get off the Greyhound bus. Marines marching and at attention. Rosslyn apartment buildings, possibly "River Place" under construction in the distance. Personnel from all services with their service flags. Four Marines raise a flag on the pole of the statue. A Marine band plays at the ceremony.
Dedication ceremony of the Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial)in Virginia, United States. Inscription at the base of the statue. American flag being raised on the statue. Officials at attention as flag is raised. A woman Marine salutes. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks past the statue. He shakes hands with officials and get into a car. Vice President Richard Nixon at the podium as he delivers a speech. A man at the base of the statue as he blows the bugle. Marines salute in the foreground.
An aircraft flies over Naval air station in Norfolk,Virginia. United States Navy ships like USS Randolph, USS Valley Forge, USS Des Moines, USS Missouri and USS Macon seen docked. Warehouses and Chesapeake Bay in background. Several ships at the anchor. Virginia coal piers and supply buildings.
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.
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