American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) in Bien Hua in Vietnam. Bob Hope at air strip. Bob Hope and his troupe of entertainers in a USO Show. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope doing a stand up comedy with Miss USA Diana Lynn Batts. (Vietnam War period).
View from cockpit of a helicopter, flying low over a forest covered in snow on crest of hill, in Norway, during NATO Exercise, "Arctic Express," in 1970. A deep valley with dwellings is seen below. The entire scene is snow-covered. Profile closeup of pilot wearing flying helmet, as camera pans past him and focuses on homes in a village below. The aircraft climbs upward, from the valley, over forests toward a mountain in the distance. View out left window of the airplane, as it flies over an apparent headquarters building, where several vehicles are seen and flags of 5 participating countries are displayed on flagpoles, including those of The USA, Canada, Italy,Britain, and Norway. Camera continues to record as the helicopter descends and lands in a parking area outside the building.
On 12 December, 1944, at an airport in Naples, Italy, British General Sir Henry Nathan Wilson inspects an honor guard of American Military Policemen in formation. (Narrator states he is en route to replace the late Field Marshal Sir John Dill, in Washington, DC, USA) A contingent of British troops is also present as part of the honor guard, on the wet airport tarmac. (Narrator states that Wilson will head the British Joint Staff Mission and be personal military representative for Prime Minister Winston Churchill.) He approaches a line of U.S. military officers who salute him. Closeup of General Wilson With U.S. Army Air Forces Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker, next to U.S. Vice Admiral Kent Hewitt. Also with them (back to camera) is British Admiral Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief for the Mediterranean Fleet. Next, General Wilson and his party are seen boarding a British Avro York four-engine Heavy Transport aircraft. View from the ground, of the aircraft cockpit and the engines running as it taxis out for takeoff. Change of scene shows troops gathered in open air battlefield environment. General Mark Clark, now Commander-in-Chief of the Allied 15th Army Group, decorates some members of the 5th Army, as General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (new 5th Army Commander) stands by his side. General Clark says farewell to members of the 5th Army and shakes hands with many of them. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Points of interest in Berlin, Germany. Airman starts magnetic tape drives. The drives in operation. C-131B aircraft taxis right as seen through window of the EDP room. Tempelhof airport as USA tanks move.
Soon after World War 1, a tugboat leads two ships through narrow open water channel in frozen Russian bay. Buildings and trees in the far background. View of area covered with snow. Children wearing warm clothes stand in front of ship on which is written: 'Margus Newark USA'. An American flag flutters on the flag pole of the ship. The children pose for photograph. A cinematographer hand cranks his movie camera on a city street. Other men stand with him. Buildings along the sides of snow covered street.
U.S. officers General George C Marshall, HH Arnold, Brehon Somervell and Lesley J McNair seated around table and discussing map in Washington DC, USA, during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill at a meeting in Casablanca, French Morocco.
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