John Charles Daly stands in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Behind him is a display containing names of the American military recipients of the Medal of Honor. He points to a section of a display listing 131 names added during the Korean War. He then moves to the latest section of the display, covering the period 1964 and subsequent, in the Vietnam War. At this point, the film begins to depict scenes from the Vietnam conflict. An American soldier holding a rifle is silhouetted against a light sky background. U.S. soldiers firing M-16 rifles. shadow cast by a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying overhead. Soldier firing machine gun from M113 armored personnel carrier (APC). U.S. gun crews firing 105mm howitzer; 175mm self-propelled gun; M107 Howitzer; and battery of howitzers in the field. Army troops inside a helicopter. View from below of CH-47 helicopter (Jolly Green Giant) landing and troops leaving its rear door. A patrol of American soldiers firing their weapons as they move forward. Soldiers dealing with difficult terrain. One stepping through deep mud. Infantry patrol moving and taking cover. A soldier using field radio. A UH-1 flying over palm trees. Infantry moving through jungle accompanied by M113 APC. Explosions and fire. Soldiers boarding a Huey helicopter, as the ship's gunner delivers covering fire by machine gun. Soldiers having a smoke while airborne in the helicopter.
The Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. A young man sits at a stand holding a large bell and causes it to sound. A man, standing at a table, researching in a large book, looks back with annoyance. Interior of the library, showing a stain glass window. researcher removes a volume from a book shelf. Several researchers at work in a cubicle. Trees seen,outside the window. A researcher, or student, sitting at a table next to shelves of books. Another building visible through the window. A man and a woman working at a table next to book shelves, with many volumes in front of them. A decorative window glass.A woman, looks at, what appears to be, an ancient volume of hand lettered text, with elaborate decorations and illustrations, on its pages.
Victory in Europe Day being celebrated in London, England with the end of World War II. War Office Building at Whitehall (now Old War Office) as seen from Parliament Square. Crowd at Parliament Square. Three men sit atop pedestal beneath statue of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby. Traffic passes by crowd. Crowd waiting and watching and celebrating. Ambient sound of bells pealing from Westminster Cathedral and joyful crowd. Police attempting vainly to mange jubilant and happy crowd. Whitehall, with house of Commons railings on right side. A band procession passes through crowd in Parliament Square. Jeep with American soldiers passes through crowd.
Newsmen of different nations prepare news in Lisbon about Allied occupation of Africa during World War II. Sign on door reads 'Associated Press Lisbon Bureau'. Correspondent for Associate Press Mr. Luiz Lupi reads latest dispatch. Lupi puts down paper and starts to prepare his wire. Mr. Lupi rings the bell to summon telegraph operator to whom he gives the cable. Daily Herald correspondent Miss Shereliff in her villa at Casoaix. She prepares a meal and leaves stove to answer telephone. She prepares her cable, 'V' sign on wall. Sign reads 'Anglo American Press Conference'. Correspondent of Allied Nations in Lisbon. Correspondents at Royal British Club listen to release of military information by press attache of British Embassy. Press attache in the center, and two collaborators seated. Journalists listen to press attache. Office of U.S. Minister in Lisbon shows U.S. representative to the Vatican, Myron Taylor receive the press in the office of the U.S. Minister. Myron Taylor speaks to American and English correspondents. U.S. Minister at Lisbon, Mr. Bert Fish with Mr. Taylor.
Historical buildings and monuments in Moscow, Soviet Union. The Vodovzvodnaya Tower and Kremlin overlooking the Moskva River, surrounded by scaffolding. A clock tower at Red Square. The Grand Kremlin Palace of Moscow. The Water Supplying (Vodovzvodnaya) Tower, the Grand Kremlin Palace, the Ivan the Great Bell tower complex. Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Spasskaya Tower in Red Square. Pedestrians in the square. A traffic policeman directs traffic. A statue commemorating Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and the butcher Kuzma Minin. Various buildings.
A film based on a Pueblo village in the Southwestern United States. A man climbs cliffs with caves on sides. The man enters a cave. A mesa with a Pueblo village on its top. Houses in the village. A man walks along a trail. A Spanish mission church in the village. Bells and a cross in the church.
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