Scenes aboard U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort USS Frament (DE-677) during shakedown cruise, with other new Destroyer Escorts, in World War 2. Sailors occupy off-duty time reading and writing letters. Captain looks through binoculars. Sailors stand beside him. Another Destroyer Escort comes abeam the Frament. View of radar antenna of the ship. Radar operator operates radar instrument. Operation of sonar device aboard the ship. Radio Shack device to maintain contact with other ships. Aerial views of several destroyer escorts underway. Crewmen signal through signal lamp. The Frament practices zigzaging through the water. Destroyer escorts practice coordinated actions, one pursuing would-be subs while the other lays a smoke screen.
An ongoing parade at Pasco De La Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico. Men on horseback and vehicles drive past on the avenue. Vehicles drive past a fountain on a road. The parade heads towards Chapultepec Castle. Flags on the hoods of cars. Cars lined up for refueling at a gas station. Cattle crosses the road under the whips of a native Mexican.
Nationalist rebel forces organizing and training in Sevilla, Spain, early in Spanish Civil War. Troops riding through the city in open transport vehicles. Troops marching with rifles in in front of the equestrian Statue at the Plaza Nueva Sevilla. A group of soldiers trains with field artillery. New recruits are organized. Commanding General of Sevilla, Gonzalo Queipo de Llanol, meets with other rebel leaders.
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) during Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. USS Heyliger (DE-510) approaches alongside for refueling from Valley Forge. Fuel hose lines in place from Valley Forge. The crew from Heyliger pulls a hose from Valley Forge. The refueling in operation.
Native, colonized armed forces in French Indochina performing calesthenics and training exercises. They march in formation with arms. Elephants stand nearby as the troops pass. French General Charles de Gaulle addresses a group of uniformed Indochinese military leaders and various civilians in a packed auditorium. A group of European men and women stand behind him on a staircase as he speaks to the gathering. The group applauds his speech. (World War II period)
United States Army General Dwight David Eisenhower aboard USS Des Moines (CA-134) in the Pacific Theater. Dwight David Eisenhower at the ship's rails. Eisenhower with United States Navy Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney at the rails. Both the men chat with Vice Admiral Matthias B. Gardner on the deck. Dwight David Eisenhower talks with Robert Carney.
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