Sammy Davis Jr. on tour with a USO Troupe, entertaining American troops in Long Binh, Vietnam. Large audience of American Army soldiers is seated outdoors to watch Sammy Davis Jr. who is performing as part of a USO tour entertaing troops during the Vietnam War. View of drummer playing onstage. Audience including man and woman in bright costumes contrasting with olive drab of soldiers. Soldiers reacting enthusiastically to woman performer as Davis sings (neither seen). View from rear of assembled troops, with stage in distance. Long shot of the dancer onstage. Closer view of Davis and musicians onstage. Closeup of a pet monkey seated with a soldier in the audience. Davis introduces the dancer (Diane Day) to applause, and dances with her. Davis singing onstage with several woman dancers. More views of the audience. Film continues as audio only beyond TC: 02:50 recording Sammy Davis Jr. singing.
Correspondent and host Harry Ellis in Washington DC broadcasts a bulletin about the refugee situation in Afghanistan. Report opens with flashback scenes from December 1979 as Soviet aircraft bomb Afghanistan territory. Soviet helicopter MI-24 flies overhead. Situation in Afghanistan over the years since the invasion forces its people to leave their country. Current day scenes of Afghan refugees camped on land in Pakistan. Doctor checks the Afghan patients. Epitaphs of Afghans who could not survive. Afghan Refugees work in Pakistan. Afghan laborer breaks stones and another laborer fills grain into containers and then into sacks. Afghan Aid Medical Clinic where volunteer doctors give free treatment to Afghan Refugees. Doctor and nurses attend to the patients. Afghan Refugees camped in Afghanistan. Man watches over a grazing herd of sheep. Young Afghan children at a village school in Afghanistan.
Americans celebrate United States 200th Anniversary with a parade in Washington DC. Church bells ringing with United States Capitol building in the background. Women with painted faces and 76 written on foreheads celebrate traditional day of independence. Girls in white dresses dance.The U.S. Army's "Old Guard" band, in Revolutionary War uniforms, plays. Americans clap and cheer during the parade. Troops with American flag march followed by a dragon dance. Men ride Penny Farthing bicycles.
Americans celebrate United States 200th Anniversary in New York City, United States. International gathering of tall ships (sailing vessels).View of USCGC Eagle (WIX-37) and other tall ships under full sail. View of tall buildings and skyscrapers of Manhattan, including World Trade Center Twin Towers. Tall ships enter New York harbor with Statue of Liberty in the background. Sailors aboard the ships. Fleet of ships from different countries pass by. Huge crowd gathered in lower Manhattan to watch the celebration. An African American child piggybacks on his father’s back. “When the ships come out soon, it’s going to be a beautiful thing to see” the boy says to his father. Men sing songs and people eat fruit and snacks. A woman eating watermelon watches the performance. Men and women in traditional costumes perform European folk dances. A Turkish dancer twirls in her red, white, and blue dress. Americans give their opinions about this auspicious day.
View of Service Club building at 25th Infantry Division Base Camp in Vietnam. Sign board reads 'Ilikai East Service Club'. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) soldiers enter the club. Board reads '25th Infantry Division Replacement Detachment'. United States soldier seated next to a sign board that reads Day Room- 'Tropic Lighting Association Gift Shop'. Soldiers seated on ground, waiting for assignment to unit. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Destroyer Escort USS Brennan, DE-13,underway. U.S. navy crew aboard the ship. View at shipbuilding area of Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, Massachusetts. Keel is laid and shipbuilders busy on day 60 of construction of DE-677, the USS Frament. Scenes of construction. Welding steel plate. DE-677 is christened USS Frament and launched on June 28, 1943. Destroyer Escorts at pier, being fitted out. New ship's crew assembled on pier and boards for shakedown cruise. Supplies and munitions loaded on board the ship, including ammunition, depth charges, and torpedoes ("tin fish").
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