American troops and war correspondents in Paris around time of liberation of Paris during World War 2. Correspondents take pictures and record the event. U.S. troops march to the front lines. Arc De Triomphe. Soldiers hold the U.S. flag as they march on the Champs Elysees Avenue. Civilians on the streets. Intact bridges, Opera House, Eiffel Tower, and other monuments. A war correspondent and A Frenchman on the Eiffel Tower. View of Paris including River Seine and bridges. People cross banners that read 'France Libre' and 'Monde Libre.' Crowd in a park. Brussels, Belgium: Spectators gathered at a Race Track. Jockeys race their horses. French women in elaborate hats watch the race.
The Tunisian Campaign in North Africa. A man rides a motorcycle. Allied soldiers walk on either side of the road. A terrain and road marker reads 'Bizerte 10'. French civilians on road. A man holds flag of France. Civilians wave. (World War II period).
World Figure Skating Championship in Colorado. The greatest performers in the figure skating world compete for Champions at Colorado Springs. Petra Burka of Canada gives her outstanding performance and awarded with first position. Spectators clap. 16 Year old Ethan Allen of New Jersey takes second place in the men's event. Alain Calmat of France, second in the 1964 Olympics gives flawless performance to wind up King of the Ice.
A national television report on the burial of late U.S. President John F Kennedy in the United States. State Department correspondent Elie Abel reports on President Lyndon Johnson's reception on the occasion of John F Kennedy's burial in Washington DC. Dignitaries gathered in a room. Chancellor of West Germany Ludwig Erhard with French President Charles De Gaulle. Officers and dignitaries stand around them. Erhard and De Gaulle use interpreters to communicate. De Gaulle shakes hands with dignitaries and meets leaders of various countries. Foreign Minister of France Maurice Couve De Murville stands at a distance from De Gaulle. French Ambassador in Washington DC steers President De Gaulle across the room through the crowd.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. French President Charles De Gaulle arrives at a terminal building of Dulles Airport. He greets officials and ministers from former French Colonies in Africa, French officials and officers including a General, Admiral and an Air Force General. The President is followed by U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Minister of France Maurice Couve De Murville. President De Gaulle shakes hands with officials. He receives an applause from by standers at the airport. Photographers click pictures of the dignitaries. Dean Rusk leads the President through the terminal gate to the waiting State Department limousine. The President, his military aide and security guard get into the car and leave for Washington DC. The U.S. Capitol building. Secretary of State Rusk walks towards his car behind the terminal building.
'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.
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