Aerial demonstration in Cuba during USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr. goodwill tour. The flight tower, written on tower: Aeropuerto Batista. F-84 flying low then climbing. View of C-47, (Cuban). An USAF F-86 flies very low to ground, then does a fly-by in the background. USAF F-84 Thunderbirds flying in line. Two Douglas C-47s Skytrain (Cuban) stationary on ramp. Diamond-shaped formation of Thunderbirds as they climb and fly. The Thunderbirds fly in single file, climb. A Thunderbird as it taxis on ramp.
C-124 in Cuba during USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr.'s goodwill tour. USAF Douglas C-124 Globemaster II flying very low to ground. The C-124 climbing. The C-124 flying very low to ground. C-124 coming in for landing.
Scenes of Cuban Air Force Base and headquarters, at Campo Columbia near Havana, Cuba, and aircraft acquired from the United States Air Force. Film opens with U.S. Air Force sergeant photographer holding a slate marked roll #1, LETO. He is dressed in starched khaki uniform. Other U.S. Airmen stand behind him. Scene shifts to a North American T-6 trainer airplane, Number 119, with skin removed from forward fuselage. A maintenance stand and tools are positioned in front of the aircraft. Hangar number 3 sits behind the T-6. The camera pans right showing two bubble-top P-47Ds parked on the ramp. The first displays number 458 (One of twenty-nine P-47s purchased from the USAF in the period, May, 1952 through June 1953). Work is being performed on the engine of the other. Camera panning right shows another T-6. Also seen is a Lockheed C-56 Lodestar (Lockheed Model 18) that was purchased in 1950 and numbered CU-EDU 2. It is parked in front of a low building with parapets and a flag flying atop it. A large multistory Headquarters building, topped with a control tower is seen in background. Closeup of another P-47 parked on edge of ramp, with its tail in the grass. Camera is moved back showing P-47s and T-6s on ramp in front of the headquarters building. Next, several U.S. Airmen are seen walking across the ramp towards the operations office on ground floor of the Headquarters building. More views of P-47s and T-6s plus a Consolidated PBY 0A-10 Catalina amphibious aircraft parked on the airfield. Several C-47 (DC-3) transport aircraft are seen at the end of the film.
General scenes of shops and streets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Civilians walk along street. Shops along streets. Civilians in market place.
Vietnam War demonstrations in front of the United States Embassy in London, England. General view of Pro-American group, carrying American, British, and South Vietnamese flags and plaques. Pro-American Group carries a South Korean flag. Some of the banners read “Southampton University Monday Club” and “Stop Vietcong Terror”. Plaques being carried by the group as they march. Mounted Police and Foot Patrolman standing by along the street. The large mob of Anti-American Demonstrators, peace activists, and anti-war demonstrators with the North Vietnamese flag and a poster of Che Guevara. Crowd being dispersed by the police. Various banners are being carried by the demonstrators. Demonstrators are being pushed by the police. Grosvenor Square showing the square filled with demonstrators milling around. Foot Patrol on the sidewalk. Large mob of demonstrators in the square. The bare tree branches in Grosvenor Square show demonstrators.
Demonstrations at United States Embassy (24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 1AE, United Kingdom) in Mayfair, London, England, protesting American involvement in the Vietnam War. The police are moving in on the crowd. Bare tree in the foreground, the crowd of anti-war and peace activist demonstrators in Grosvenor Square. Police carry off demonstrators to the buses to be taken away. Large banners are being carried by the demonstrators in Grosvenor Square. A bus pulling out with demonstrators to the Police Station. The police and photographers, police have the demonstrators in tow. The buses and police wagons. The police pushing in on the crowded demonstrators along with the Mounted Police. A large mob jammed in the square. Police are lining the sidewalk. A demonstrator being carried off by the police. Police along the sidewalk with officials. Street is littered with newspapers after the mob dispersed. Police are seen walking through the park. Police running with a stretcher. Police carry a man on the stretcher toward the ambulance at the curb. Man being carried around to the back of the ambulance, being put into ambulance and taken to the hospital.
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