The D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Ships head for a beach. An AK (cargo ship) underway. A small boat in the foreground. The sun breaks through the clouds. Two columns of LCIs (Landing Crafts Infantry) underway.
The Spirit of St Louis with engine running at Le Bourget aerodrome (Paris-Le Bourget Airport, Rue de Prague, Zone Aviateurs, Le Bourget, F-93350) in Paris as American aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to fly to Brussels. Aircraft takes off as people look on. Lindbergh lands at Evere Airfield or Haren Airport in Brussels and is greeted by 25,000 people. He drives away in a car with a huge bunch of flowers. Lindbergh at a reception ceremony after the first nonstop trans-Atlantic flight. Many people gathered outside the building.
The Green Plan (Le Plan Vert) building in Beirut, Lebanon. Outer scene of the building showing the sign "Le Plan Vert." Vehicles parked outside the building. A man works in a garden outside the building. A tractor parked on the road. An old man walks on the road. Woman with children walk along the road.
Canadian officials gathering and holding discussions outside an official building, at night, in Canada. Exterior of building, housing the headquarters and publishing operations of Quebec's anti-nationalist newspaper,Le Jour. . 'Le Jour' written on the top of the building. Several pedestrians on the sidewalk outside the building, reading copies of the newspaper displayed in a window. Views of officials outdoors at night.
A United States Marine Corp (USMC) Marine uses a field telephone. A Marine smoking a cigarette seen from behind. Marines fighting in a jungle. Louis W. Walt, 3rd Marine Amphibious Force Commanding General in 1966, speaks about the Marines in various wars. A Marine with a cigar in his mouth. An impoverished woman with child. A young African girl holding a basket of bread. A United States Marine Corp Sikorsky H-34 helicopter in flight. Marine helicopter squadron 365 moving in from the aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) to Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Inez such as Dominican Republic and Haiti. Sikorsky H-34 helicopter takes off from USS Boxer. Aerial view of a town damaged by Hurricane Inez. The Sikorsky H-34 helicopter lands in Haiti. Haitian civilians, including a Roman Catholic nun, talk to United States Marines. Haitian newspaper front page features news about President Duvalier “Le Président Duvalier agit contre les effets du Cyclone” in French. An English translation “President Duvalier acts against the effects of Hurricane Inez” replaces the headline. A Marine medic treats a patient while a Haitian man covers his face from the sun. An injured woman with her child with their heads covered by gauze. United States Marine checks head injuries of hurricane victims and put bandages on patients. Haitian civilians carry an injured man on a makeshift stretcher. Injured Haitian children and a girl with an arm cast. Civilians carry supplies. Children walk in a village destroyed by Hurricane Inez. A Marine carries corrugated aluminum sheet for roofing. Marines help Haitian civilians rebuild houses in the village.
Tethered tests of the U.S. Army Air Corps XR-1 helicopter at the Platt-LePage company factory in Eddystone Pennsylvania. The helicopter parked in front of hangar. Pilot Lou Leavitt in the cockpit and starts the engine. Several men watch and take pictures of the action. A group of men including Platt,Leavitt ,Le Page and Grover Loening talk to each other. XR-1 hovers as cars and trucks remain parked in the background. Several scenes in which the the helicopter lightly touches down and then takes off again.
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