Assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy's casket lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Washington DC. Guards around the casket bearing the body of Kennedy resting on the Lincoln catafalque. Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with her daughter Caroline Kennedy and late President Kennedy's brother Attorney General Robert F Kennedy stand on one side. A large crowd gathered in the Rotunda. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson lays a wreath on Kennedy's flag covered casket and pays his respects. Priests, civilians and guards present in the Rotunda. Jacqueline and Caroline Kennedy approach the casket and kneel beside the casket. People walk out in a line.
The state funeral of assassinated United States President John F Kennedy in Washington DC. The Kennedy family including Kennedy's wife Jacqueline, daughter Caroline, brother and Attorney General Robert Kennedy walk out of the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). They come down the stairs. Guards on either side of the staircase. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson and Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson (the First Lady) offer their condolences to Jacqueline Kennedy. She gets into a waiting limousine and leaves. Kennedy's flag draped casket on the Lincoln catafalque inside the Capitol Rotunda. Police escorts on motorbikes accompany Jacqueline Kennedy's car as it makes it's way down watered streets and Pennsylvania Avenue. A large crowd of people gathered on either side of the roads. Cars and pedestrians all along. A national television presenter reports about the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, the main suspect in the Kennedy assassination.
The state funeral of assassinated United States President John F Kennedy in Washington DC. Kennedy's flag draped casket on the Lincoln catafalque in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Visitors view the casket and pay their last respects to Kennedy. Armed guards around the casket. Newly appointed President Lyndon B Johnson returns from the Capitol to the Executive Office building. Cars outside the building. Reporters outside the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States). Members of Senate outside the Capitol Rotunda. Cars, civilians and officials at the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States).
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Local Vietnamese in coolie hats near bicycles on a road. Soldiers on a tank as it moves along on a road. Billowing smoke on ridge from USAF Boeing B-52 Stratofortress air strikes. South Vietnamese soldiers, U.S. M-60 tanks and a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter nearby. South Vietnamese positions around a helipad. Aerial view of the area. Smoke on ridge. Bomb craters and terrain damage in jungle foliage on the ridge. Officers observing bomb damage through open door of the helicopter. An American officer speaking into the radio headset. The pilot at controls in the cockpit.
'The Signal Corps Fights' depicts the role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Montage of military equipment and combat scenes (some staged). Opens with glimpses of: massed formation of U.S. Army soldiers; similar formation of bombs in a munitions factory; row of P-47 fighter planes parked on an airfield; a huge radar antenna; battery of U.S. 120 mm M1 anti-aircraft guns; troops marching toward the camera; Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft dropping bombs, that explode on the ground; formation of German He 111 bombers in flight; U.S. battery of 120mm anti-aircraft guns firing; gun camera views of U.S. fighter strafing German aircraft on the ground, and attacking a German Messerschmitt bf 109 head-on (The tail is blown off and the pilot bails out at the last instant); fire engulfing some soldiers. Next, a soldier is seen at a large signal corps field telephone switchboard, and other communications switchboards are shown with operators. Momentary glimpse of troops, ostensibly engaged in combat. A soldier communicating from under a camouflage netting, and one holding a rifle and talking in a phone as he strings wire from a spool in his backback. A german soldier ostensibly cutting a U.S. communications cable that he discovers in the field. A U.S. soldier crawling along the line to find and repair the damage, followed by a staged "attack" by the German soldier. They engage in a knife fight. Soviet infantry advancing on the Eastern Front. Soviet T-34 tanks advancing. Soviet soldiers engaged in combat. An unusual U.S. tank with two guns, and side protection over track wheels. M3 Stuart light tanks going down hill with infantry in france during World war 2. Hand of signal corps soldier using a key to send morse code message. Soldier in bunker using field telephone. Signal corps soldiers communicating with field switchboards during combat. Momentary glimpse of German Messerschmitt bf 109 and another aircraft speeding past. Bomb exploding. Huge clouds of black smoke billowing, behind camouflaged German military vehicles parked. Twisted frames of German wrecked vehicles and rail cars. Huge number of German soldiers marshaling to retreat from advancing Allies. German officers conferring.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Army Pictorial Service films including screen magazines and GI movies are delivered to war fronts in all Theaters during World War 2. An officer arrives in a jeep with the films. Officers and soldiers around tents at the base. Soldiers in camouflage rain coats and hats seated at a foxhole theater. The soldiers watch the latest Joan McCraken Broadway hit Bloomer Girl. Scenes from the film. US: Pictures shown to workers depict the use of products manufactured by them at the war fronts. A poster reads 'B-52 Super Bombers, Bell Aircraft'. Men working inside the Bell Aircraft Corporation plant in NY. Huge machinery, equipment and aircraft parts being manufactured. Workers near stands piled with equipment and parts. A foreign version of the films made for Chinese allies. A U.S. officer talks to soldiers. The film dubbed in Chineese.
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