The Pacific fleet lies in Manila Bay, Philippines. U.S. Navy Battleships and warships in maneuvers in the Philippines, between World War 1 and World War 2. Smoke arises from ship smokestacks. View of boats and harbor area looking up Pasig River towards the business section of Manila from the walls of Fort Santiago. Governor On February 14, 1929, General Stimson and General MacArthur review a military parade in Manila on the Luneta (Rizal Park Ermita, Manila, 1000 Metro Manila) in which troops of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and United States Marine Corps and cadets of local schools and colleges participate. Soldiers and sailors parade with guns and flags. The Rizal Monument seen in the background. Soldiers ride horses on the parade grounds. The 23rd Wagon Company (Philippine scout) load mules into railroad boxcars. Wagons are loaded on the train flat cars. Army officers talk amongst themselves at the Paco station. A child stands near the officers. A railroad train loaded with troops and military equipment passes by on the railway track.
Sergeant James Mansfield hosts the program 'The Big Picture', the series depicting the combat infantrymen in United States. History of the United States Infantry is discussed.Scenes include: large formation of U.S. infantry on parade field; statue of minuteman; Concord Bridge; memorials at Wide shots of revolutionary War sites such as Valley Forge, Bunker Hill, Fort Ticonderoga,Trenton, Monmouth, and Yorktown. View of Manhattan Island and tall skyscrapers of New York City seen. View of Lake Champlain.
Vice Admiral Henry B Wilson, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in France, and about 20 members of his staff, visit a coastal fortress. American sailors walk along a an area overlooking the site's high walls. Camera pans to the left toward a group of Naval Officers climbing a tall berm that runs below the higher wall. The head of the group is Vice Admiral Wilson. A Navy Captain, in lighter color uniform, is acting as a tour guide. He pauses as the remainder of the visiting party catch up. The group poses. The fort wall and tops of buildings appear in the background. Admiral Wilson is flanked by the Captain tour guide and a Captain from his staff, in blues. All members of the party seem amused at being photographed by a cinematographer.
Italian troops in the Tyrolean Italian Alps, during World War I. Extensive labrinth of sandbagged paths and shelters in the mountains. Stones on top of canvas covers to keep them from blowing. Cables of the Teleferica cableway are seen stretched along the side of the mountain. A picture and description of the cableway. Italian Bersaglieri troops cleaning their weapons and making preparations. Valley seen far below them in background. A small shrine in side of rocks. Troops marching down a path from a fort. A military canine with utility pack on its back entering a bunker. Soldiers behind sandbagged fortifications high in the mountains. They carry a machine gun and ammunition boxes up steps and set up a firing position.
The funeral procession of USN (United States Navy) Rear Admiral Richard Byrd at Fort Meyer Chapel in Virginia. Several gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. Marine and Navy Honor Guards march up a roadway in Arlington National Cemetery. Six horses draw the caisson with the casket of Rear Admiral Richard Byrd along a roadway in the cemetery. Navy officials and civilian crowd at the cemetery. The casket at the grave site. Several people in the background. Several wreaths and floral display on the ground next to the grave.
A camp set up in a Burmese jungle by Allied soldiers during World War II. A sign reads 'Fort Stinker Main Gate'. A soldier drinks coffee. Mortar crew cleans its weapon. Various Allied soldiers and native men on a field.