The last flying days of 58 year old Master Sergeant George Holmes at Brookley Air Force Base in Alabama, United States. A U.S. Air Force C-47D Skytrain aircraft in flight. The airplane is piloted by Holmes. The airplane lands and taxis on a runway. Crew chief waves it into parking area. Master Sergeant Holmes and the co pilot in the cockpit of the airplane.
King Hussein of Jordan arrives at the White House for a 5-day visit in Washington DC, United States. King Hussein steps off from limousine upon arrival at the White House. Photographers take pictures of the young king. King Hussein is greeted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the Oval Office.
Views of Times Square, a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd Street to West 47th Streets. Sign on the post 'W 42nd Street, Time Square, Broadway'. 42nd Street and Broadway can be seen. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic at 42nd Street and 7th Avenue.
V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) celebrations in Paris, France at the end of World War II. Crowd of Parisians as they parade on streets on V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day). People with French flag along the street.
Protestors in Washington DC on May 5, 1970, following several days of "MayDay" anti-war protests, against the Vietnam War, organized in part by the National Peace Action Coalition. Wide shot of Washington Monument with helicopters flying near it. Protestors walking into streets in small groups and attempting to block traffic and disrupt traffic and operations in the city as part of a multi day May Day protest. View of police officers blowing whistles and attempting to clear protestors from streets, as cars drive around protestors. Protestors drag a trash can into a street as an obstruction. Police on motorcycles drive by, one passing a Volkswagen bus van. Police directing traffic. A group of hippies and protestors gathered in a median between roads. One protestor is smoking. Another shows a peace sign with his hand. A police officer stands by guarding the seated group. Police in riot gear stand in front of the Justice Department awaiting a noon rally of antiwar protestors. Several thousand protestors show up, exceeding the numbers expected by police. The protestors sing, dance, chant, and clap hands as they fill the road in front of the Justice Department. Police use bull horns warning crowd to disperse or be arrested. Many protestors remain and are shown being arrested and carried away, some without resistance, and others resisting arrest.A hippie protestor being arrested holds up both hands showing peace signs.
U.S. Army paratroopers of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, bivouacked at British RAF Greenham Common, England, prior to the Operation Market Garden invasion of Holland. Two paratroopers of 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (hearts on their helmets), 101st Airborne Division, clown for the camera with foreign currency. A Lieutenant performs a good-natured inspection of his platoon, for the camera. Paratroopers prepare boxes of demolition charges for air drop. Another Lieutenant of the 502nd PIR inspects members of his Platoon. Soldierss clown around and have fun giving and receiving haircuts. Troopers seated under a tent, sharpening their personal knives and testing the edge by shaving hair on their arms. Group of U.S. Army paratroopers being briefed outside tents and reviewing orientation techniques while one holds a magnetic compass.
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