Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu showing craters from shelling after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War preceding Vietnam War. French Aéronavale (naval air) Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Maritime patrol bomber in flight. A French pilot radioing from the cockpit. Paratroopers with parachutes drop from bombers. A bomber airdrops supplies. A French camp in Vietnam. French cannons and artillery shooting enemy positions. French troops evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. Vietnamese civilians scavenging in Hanoi after the end of the First Indochina War. An elderly woman sat in front of a doorway. A child looks up. French troops leave Vietnam. Communist North Vietnam flag on flagpole in Hanoi. North Vietnamese troops marching. World leaders convene at the 1954 Geneva Conference to decide the fate of Vietnam. Deputy Defence Minister Ta Quang Buu of Vietnam signs the Indochina Conference Armistice Agreement in Geneva on 21 July 1954. Delegates shake hands after the Geneva Conference. Refugees carry their belongings and children as they flee North Vietnam for South Vietnam. Vietnamese refugees crowd in United States Navy boats heading to South Vietnam. Refugee children help United States sailors swab the deck of a ship. The refugees disembark from ship upon arrival in Saigon, South Vietnam. 1954 map of Indochina countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam. Mountains in the border between North and South Vietnam. President of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh meets and plays with children. A happy girl clapping. Children surround Ho Chi Minh. A child plays with Ho Chi Minh’s beard and Ho Chi Minh smiles. Farmers build new huts in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese men and women but ballots into ballot box during voting. A woman wearing sunglasses and Ao Dai dress smiles after voting in the election. Packs and sacks of rice from the United States government in South Vietnam. Civilians distribute sacks of rice. Farmers receive new equipment and plows from the United States. Farmers harvest rice in rice paddies. Vietnamese men rowing in small boats and traditional Junk. Delegates arrive in Manila, Philippines for the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty September 8, 1954. The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed. Delegates clapping after the treaty is signed. Vietnamese civilians gather concrete blocks and build houses. A car with bullet holes in window. A dead South Vietnamese politician in car murdered by North Vietnamese agents. North Vietnamese guerrillas hike in the jungle. Men running in front of a burning house in a village under siege by North Vietnam. Burned houses, rubble, and dead civilians in village after a North Vietnamese guerrilla attack. A portrait of Ho Chi Minh above a North Vietnam flag.
Views of destruction at Pearl Harbor following Japanese attack in World War 2: View across Pearl Harbor, where heavy black smoke is billowing from ships in the distance. An American flag waves closer to the camera. Another similar shot follows, this time with a sailor looking at the camera in the foreground. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) capsized alongside USS Maryland (BB-46). Smoke rising from damaged ships in the harbor is shown, before the camera cuts to looking at black smoke much higher in the sky. A U.S. cruiser is shown leaving the harbor, before more shots of billowing smoke off in the distance. Small boats move from right to left in the harbor. Shot of Pearl Harbor hours or days later, with now black smoke in view. An American flag is once again seen flying in this shot.
A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt aircraft, with bubble canopy, in flight over clouds as seen from another plane flying extremely close. At one point, the two airplanes move a little too close as slipstream of lead plane (unseen) forces the P-47 to adjust. The P-47 has tail number: "226716" and "K" and "E4" are painted on its fuselage which indicates it was one of the P-47D-27s of the 362nd Fighter group, 377th Fighter Squadron (or later, of 86th Fighter Group, 525th Squadron). Slate at start notes the P-47 footage was shot by Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William Clothier, a famous cinematographer.
Amphibious operation by U.S. Marines and Army Troops at Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall islands during World War II. Film taken from onboard the attack transport USS Neville, APA-9. Starboard side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Starboard side view of the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, CA-35, 1943 measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Pennsylvania, BB-38, in measure 21 camouflage. Port side view of the battleship USS Tennessee, BB-43, in measure 32/1d camouflage. Stern view of hospital ship USS Solace, AH-5. Smoke rises from the coast of the atoll from bombardment. Marines of the 22nd Marine Regiment on the deck of USS Neville preparing to board landing craft. LCV being lowered along side the ship into the sea. LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) loaded with troops pulls away. Landing Crafts Personnel underway as they circle. Other attack transport ships in the background. LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) comes up on a beach at Eniwetok Atoll.
Topanga Canyon fire in Santa Monica, California. Forest fire blazes. Soldiers and rangers fight fires using hose lines. Forest fire flames in night. Charred ruins of homes and trees. Red Cross workers feed rangers and soldiers, coffee and sandwiches. Soldiers eat sandwiches and take coffee. (World War II period).
People looking at an early wireless photoradiogram machine, or radio facsimile, invented by Richard Ranger. Observers include George Carrington and Alvis Ward of Western Electric (and subsequently of All Technical Services and then Altec Lansing Corporation). A man, possibly Richard Ranger sets up the machine to run. Another demonstrates the process of transmitting and receiving data through the machine. Examples of typewritten correspondence and handwritten correspondence are shown. 1936.
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