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Casket containing the first American Unknown Soldier is viewed in France and carried through Châlons-en-Champagne and LeHavre.
Ceremonies attending the burial of the unknown and unidentified American soldier after World War I in France. France honors the Unknown U.S. Hero before the body is transported to America for burial at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony marks the selection of the Unknown Soldier to be taken to the United States for burial. French citizens pay final homage to the body of the American lying in state at the Hôtel de Ville in Châlons-en-Champagne (City Hall in Châlons-en-Champagne, France). French men, women, and children wait in line and then file through to pay last respects. A banner on the road honors the American Hero. French soldiers stand by the large crowd of mourners outside the City Hall. People emerge from the Hall and more inside the Hall. View of the coffin with the simple offering of white roses to indicate that this would be the body sent back to the U.S. to represent all of his Unknown Soldier brothers. United States and French soldiers around the coffin. Close-up view of U.S. Army Sergeant Edward F Younger, who fought in all the American offensives and who had the honor of selecting the body from among four identical coffins on October 24, 1921, at the City Hall in Chalons-en-Champagne, France. A car arrives. French and American Generals emerge and greet the waiting officials. General Allen with a French General near the coffin. Allen pays tribute to the Unknown Soldier. The Generals and officers salute as the coffin is taken out of the City Hall and laid in a caisson. Marching troops lead the procession. The casket is brought to Le Havre where French citizens turn out in respectful tribute. Soldiers carry the casket past railway carriages followed by military officers and government officials. A large crowd on the streets watches the procession. The horse drawn caisson moves through people gathered on either side.
1st Allied Airborne Army troops take off from a field in the European Theater during Operation Varsity of World War II.
A film titled 'First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Varsity, 24 March 1945' about the successful airborne crossing of the Rhine river by the 1st Allied Airborne troops during World War II. Aerial views of aircraft and gliders on ground in areas the narrator describes as East Anglia (England, United Kingdom) and in the Paris, France area. U.S. Army Air Forces C-46, C-47 aircraft and CG-4 gliders on a field. British Halifax and Sterling bomber aircraft. A glider with nose art name, "Texarkana Belle." U.S. Army soldiers of the U.S. 17th Airborne Division near the glider aircraft. Soldiers load equipment into gliders and aircraft. Jeeps, vehicles and other equipment loaded onto gliders. Airborne troops waiting near the aircraft, smoking cigarettes and talking as they await takeoff time. Aircraft lined up on a field. Troops put on gear and board the gliders and towing C-47 Skytrain aircraft. Propellers turn as towing aircraft prepare to take off. Men ensure slack lines are taken up properly and engage the gliders being towed. Aircraft tow gliders as they take off. Gliders and aircraft in flight and ground crews waving to the aircraft in the sky.
French General Charles de Gaulle is feted in Chicago during his visit to the United States in 1945
Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).
USO Troupe is ferried by helicopter to the Aircraft Carrier USS Hancock, during the Vietnam War.
Various scenes in unedited mix covering arrival of USO troupe aboard the USS Hancock. View of pilot in the cockpit of H-46 Sea Knight helicopter approaching the aircraft carrier USS Hancock ( CVA-19) as seen through the cockpit window. View from hovering helicopter as sailor crosses deck to assist landing. Sailors securing the chopper. Sailors gathered around USO Troupe members, and H-46 Sea Knight helicopter of HC-3 "Packrats.". Sailors and USO troupe members on flight deck overlooking open hangar deck below. Carrier island in background. Vought F-8 Crusader of Navy Squadron VF-24 on the flight deck. Douglas A-4F Skyahawk aircraft is seen displaying Logo of Squadron VA-212 ("Rampant Raiders"). USO troupe members walk about on deck. H-46 Sea Knight helicopter lands on the USS Hancock.
Flashback scenes to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979; the Refugee situation in Afghanistan in 1985.
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 Afghanis 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 Afghani children at a village school in Afghanistan.
United States 1st Marine Division troops bomb Peleliu Island, Palau.
U.S. 1st Marine Division operations on Peleliu, during World War 2. U.S. F4U Corsair aircraft, flying low and slow, with gear down, drop napalm incendiary bombs on Japanese troops dug in on a ridge. Huge explosions seen. A C-47 transport airplane taxis on airfield. F4U Corsairs are seen parked and tents are pitched nearby.Several C-47s are parked on a ramp. Three F4Us taxi past them headed to the runway. F4Us take off and one is seen bombing Japanese positions on the ridge. Slate notes 1st Marine Division and D+24. Major General William Henry Rupertus,kneels on one knee, in sand, as another officer (shirtless) briefs him. They briefly discuss tactics and then walk away. Marine rifleman firing into burning wreckage of a Japanese position. Marine firing grenade from his rifle. Two Marines stand on beach with LVT (landing vehicle tracked) on the sand, nearby. They point at large ship offshore. Views of the Peleliu beachhead, with numerous ships and landing craft beached, including the second USS Seaward (LST 278) that collided with LST-129 and suffered considerable damage, On October 2, 1944. (LST-129 may be the LST seen next to LST-278.)
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