U.S. 5th and 6th Marine Regiment in Chateau-Thierry,France during World War I. U.S. troops stand at attention. Flags of United States and France. The troops stand in a squad. U.S. General John Joseph Pershing decorates the soldiers. General Pershing is escorted by U.S. officers. The General shakes hands with the soldiers. The troops march with guns on their shoulders. They are reviewed by General James Harbord, McAndrew and Bundy at Chateau-le-trousse.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) engaged in Artillery tractor training (possibly at the Tractor School for Field Artillery at Le Blanc, France) during World War 1. Several model 75 Holt tractors, with covers and tiller wheels, are seen moving in single file across a training field in France during World War I. Each carries two soldiers plus a driver. An officer stands observing as they move past. Each driver stands at the controls. Next, a tractor, with only a driver on board, maneuvers as it tows a 155mm gun and caisson. Another one also towing a gun, is seen behind it. Scene shifts to a tractor climbing up a steep incline. At the top, its tiller wheel is high off the ground and it balances there until more forward movement allows it to fall to the ground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Bell X-1A in United States. B-29 Superfortress is lifted into air on large hydraulic jacks. Bell X-1A is pushed by the men and is underneath the aircraft. X-1A is loaded onto the B29. Insignia of United States.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war. Army Pictorial Service films including screen magazines and GI movies are delivered to war fronts in all Theaters during World War 2. An officer arrives in a jeep with the films. Officers and soldiers around tents at the base. Soldiers in camouflage rain coats and hats seated at a foxhole theater. The soldiers watch the latest Joan McCraken Broadway hit Bloomer Girl. Scenes from the film. US: Pictures shown to workers depict the use of products manufactured by them at the war fronts. A poster reads 'B-52 Super Bombers, Bell Aircraft'. Men working inside the Bell Aircraft Corporation plant in NY. Huge machinery, equipment and aircraft parts being manufactured. Workers near stands piled with equipment and parts. A foreign version of the films made for Chinese allies. A U.S. officer talks to soldiers. The film dubbed in Chineese.
2nd Battalion (Airborne), 503 Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Sep) prepares for a mission. Soldiers use camouflage stick on each other's faces. They wait next to helicopters. Bell UH-1D and Bell UH-1B "Huey" helicopters take off from Bien Hoa Air Force Base, South Vietnam. Ground view of a line of UH-1B helicopters in flight. Point of view shot inside helicopter from just behind the cockpit of a "Huey" shows a number of other helicopters flying ahead. Helicopters fly above green fields. (Vietnam War period).
Statue of Kannon, the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with mercy. Zōjōji temple (4 Chome-7-35 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan) and its vegetable garden show extensive damage from air raid bombings during World War 2. Rubble is scattered all over the temple grounds. A bell in Zōjōji temple. Building housing the bell shows damage. The Shiba Tōshō-gū (4 Chome-8-10 Shibakoen, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan), enshrining the first Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, located beside the Zōjōji temple shows similar damage.
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