A film depicts ruins in Libya. Ruins from the Roman Empire. A statue of Caesar. Remains of Turkish architecture from the Turkish Empire. Fascist memorials are seen from the Italian fascist period. People go past a memorial. A ship in a harbor near the memorial. 'Duce' written on a wall, referring to Italian dictator Mussonlini from the World War 2 period.
The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, during World War 2. A railroad train pulls into a train station. Delegates of the member nations at the station. A van brings the delegates to the venue. Representatives from China. The representatives from the U.S. are headed by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. He opens the conference. The conference in progress. All the delegates pose together after the conference. (Led to establishment of International Monetary Fund. Bretton Woods System was precursor to World Bank.)
United States President John F. Kennedy visits West Germany. Men rolling out the red carpet in Cologne Bonn Airport (Kennedystraße, 51147 Köln, Germany). President Kennedy disembarks from the Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000, Boeing 707-353B). German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer welcomes President Kennedy. Kennedy and Adenauer review the honor guard. Vice Chancellor Ludwig Erhard greets Kennedy. They board in a car. People on the sides of streets in Cologne as the President's motorcade passes. A large crowd cheers and waves U.S. flags. President Kennedy attends a Catholic mass at Cologne Cathedral (Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln, Germany). Police try to control the people. German men and women running to meet President Kennedy. A banner read ' Welcome President Kennedy'. Another one reads 'common struggle for peace and freedom'. President Kennedy addresses people in front of Bonn City Hall (Markt 2, 53111 Bonn, Germany). People wave small United States flags.
U.S. Army anti aircraft gun of the 55th Brigade AAA during training exercise at Hammond Bombing and Gunnery Range near the Army Air Field in Hammond Louisiana during World War 2. Main anti aircraft batteries. A 90 mm canon. The muzzle of the 90 mm gun turns around. Camouflaged nets cover the gun. A jeep moves on a dirt road. A soldier with Antiaircraft Command (AA in a circle) shoulder patch steps from the jeep and walks toward a gun position.
A World War 2 training film in the United States about the means and importance of camouflage in a war. An observer studies an aerial photograph. Markings on a photograph. A drawing depicts the means of detecting an enemy installation as trucks leave marks on the road leading to the installation. It depicts how the traffic must be rooted past the installation. Soldiers at a map as they discuss and take down notes. A soldier puts up a sign on a tree that reads 'Keep on taped path', 'no smoking after sundown'. A soldier covers a truck with dry branches of a tree.
In opening scene, during World War 2, a sign identifies a Military Training Base. Mount Fuji, with snow-covered peak is seen in the near background. Japanese soldiers are seen standing in formation in front of their barracks. And some smaller, High School boys, also in military uniforms, stand in formation nearby. Mt. Fuji is prominent in the near background. Closeup of a soldier, wearing white gloves, rendering a right hand salute. Next, in view from behind, a group of shirtless Japanese soldiers, wearing their uniform caps, is seen performing calisthenics. In front of them, following their lead, a large group of similarly dressed high school youths imitate the soldiers. Closeup of some of the soldiers. Closeup of Mount Fuji. Next, a group of trainees, in black uniforms, stand in formation as their personal gear is inspected by two soldiers. Closeup of the personal gear including tank crewman helmet and goggles. The trainees don their gear. Closeup of a soldier helping a boy trainee don his gear. Several of the boys in their tank crew outfits. Soldiers watch as one boy adjusts his own helmet. The boy trainees assembled in formation with several flags identifying their groups. Closeup of several boys. Closeup of boys climbing aboard a tank numbered 122. Next, a group of Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tanks is seen raising dust as they proceed past the base of Mount Fuji. Closeups of tank crew in some of the tanks. Throughout these views Mount Fuji dominates the background.
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