Prime Minister (PM) of India, Indira Gandhi visits United States for better understanding and friendship between the two countries in Washington D.C.. Exteriors of the John F. Kennedy Center for performing Arts. PM Indira Gandhi attends a meeting with Washington Indian Community at the Kennedy center. Indira Gandhi delivers a speech about human progress. Photographers take photos.PM Gandhi leaves Washington: Motorcade of PM arrives. Guns fire salute in honor of PM Gandhi. PM Gandhi board a U.S. helicopter. Helicopter takes off. White House in the background.
A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
Activities of Allied troops during the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. A swastika sign on an animated map shows German occupied area in France and as a target for Allied troops to invade. American, Canadian and British troops prepare for the invasion. French soldiers of democracy board boats and leave the shore of England. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and South African Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts wish luck to Allied troops boarding a landing craft. A map shows Allied landing on Normandy coast. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers the news about the victory of Allies over Normandy which is broadcast to the French people. A radio operator and towers shown. French people listen to Eisenhower's speech. A man gives the news of Normandy invasion by Allied troops on a microphone. People applaud. Streets in London. People of London read newspapers stating 'Allied invaded in France'. Aircraft on the ground. Airborne paratroops board the aircraft. A general talks to the troops during the airborne operation. The aircraft in flight. Ships underway at sea. The navy and the air force blast Normandy shore positions.
U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and others en route visit a beachhead in France during World War II. General Eisenhower, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest King and U.S. Army General Henry H. Arnold on a U.S. warship in the Atlantic Ocean en route to the beachhead. The captain of the ship watches towards the sea through binoculars.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers carry dead U.S. soldiers on litters to U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters. They place them into the helicopters. UH-1Ds take off.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Gunner at door of airborne helicopter. Pilot and copilot at controls of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook of U.S. Army. CH-47 as it picks up a downed U.S. Army helicopter UN-1D and carries it over the jungle to a grassy field.
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