U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Allied Investigation Committee members tour Ohrdruf concentration camp in Germany after its liberation near the end of World War 2 in Europe. U.S. military officials enter the gates of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. The officials walk on a path inside the camp. U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower with other officials inside the camp. Inmates demonstrate a torture device. General Eisenhower and officials look on. Dead victims of concentration camp. Bodies piled. Archbishop of Canterbury and other church dignitaries visit the camp and review the horror. The civilians of the Allied Investigation Commission inspect the camp. The officers walk in front of the camp. Bunk area with sign "5 men with operations in each box" is seen. Crematories, furnaces, and dead bodies piled up. A group of officials look on. The officials inside the dungeons with piles of dead bodies of human beings. The remains of burned bodies.
United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to John F Kennedy Platz in West Berlin, Germany. Berlin street sign reads “John-F.-Kennedy-Platz”. A large crowd gathered at the John F Kennedy Platz. The entrance to the Platz, located in front of the West Berlin Rathaus (Am Rathaus 2, 10825 Berlin, Germany). Robert Kennedy, United States Attorney General and one of the younger brothers of President John F Kennedy, enters with several officials. Robert Kennedy receives an ovation from the crowd. Robert Kennedy, with his wife Ethel Skakel and three children, and other officials. The crowd waves to the group. Robert Kennedy with other officials. Robert Kennedy dedicates the plaque commemorating President John F Kennedy's speech on his last visit to Berlin a year before. The Kennedy plaque is unveiled. The crowd waves and cheers. Robert Kennedy speaks to the people. The large crowd gathered listens. People in the crowd wave U.S. flag. A man with a camera in the crowd. Robert Kennedy moves with other officials. The crowd watches the proceedings.
Bombardment of target areas by U.S. Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft in An Xuyen Province during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. A U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft in flight leaving trails in the sky. The aircraft in flight over a water body. Several trees on the side of the river. Clouds visible in the sky. The U.S. Air Force A-1E aircraft, piloted by Captain Geraghty, drops General-purpose bombs on jungle areas 2 miles North West Xom Mui in An Xuyen Province. Aerial view of several huts among the canopy of trees. White smoke rises and spreads from the bombed areas. General-purpose bombs dropped by the U.S. aircraft on target areas in the Province. View from the camera aircraft of another A-1E dropping white phosphorus and napalm bombs. (Note: The A-1E aircraft on this mission are believed to belong to the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base)
U.S. Army liaison mission over Malabang in the Philippines Islands, during World War 2. A jeep is being driven up to the 25th Liaison Squadron Stinson L-5 Sentinel, at Dansalan Airstrip. The aircraft is serial number 42-99146 "Gayle Ann" of the "Guinea Short Lines." The crew of the aircraft lay out an aerial photograph on the tail for briefing. Captain Kellet, with a pen in his hand, huddles over the horizontal stabilizer discussing the mission and photograph, with pilot Tech Sgt. Loyd Herbert Summers Jr. as Staff Sergeant Felter stands next to them. The officers board the aircraft. (As they do so, a man is seen in the background, riding a horse. He stops short of the airplane and dismounts Sgt. Peterson checks the gasoline and secures the cap. Captain Kellet aboard the aircraft, makes a radio call to the local control. The L-5 takes off from the airstrip. The aircraft in flight over Dansalan Airstrip. Aerial views of inhabited areas in the region. Aerial views of Camp Keithley Headquarters, 10th Military District. 42-99146 in flight being filmed by airplane flying in formation.
America wins over Great Britain in the women's singles tennis match in Forest Hills, New York. A tennis match in progress in a court in West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, during the Wight Cup Classic Tournament. A large crowd watches the match. Helen Jacob of California plays against Margaret Scriven of England. Helen Jacob wins the match with a score of 5-7, 6-2, 7-5. Helen Jacob is awarded the trophy in a ceremony, by the officials. Helen Jacob holding the trophy flanked by the officials and Margaret Scriven.
Three U.S. Navy Consolidated P2Y-1 flying boats taxi on a body of water in formation, near San Francisco. The aircraft take off from the water en route to Honolulu. The pilot and the co-pilot in the cockpit of a flying boat. The three flying boats in formation flight.
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