King George II of Greece arrives at the White House in Washington D.C. A marine guard of honor stands in formation to greet the King. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrive to greet him with other officials. Cameramen record the arrival of dignitaries. Dignitaries seated in chairs as they discuss amongst themselves.
Operations of the United States 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A wounded Vietcong prisoner being led to an ambulance. Dead American soldiers being taken from the UH-1D medical helicopter, placed on litters and carried to the ambulance.
The flight tests on United States Air Force(USAF) aircraft X-1A and X-10 at the Edwards Air Force base in California, United States. The U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre, F-84 Thunderjet, F-86D Sabre, F-89 Scorpion, F-102 Delta Dagger lined up on the ramp. Another aircraft at a distance. The B-29 Superfortress with X-1A installed in bomb bay. X-1A in a cutaway bomb bay of B-29. The crew members of the B-29 and X-1A include U.S. Air Force Major General Charles Elwood Yeager (Chuck Yeager) as he picks up a helmet and a parachute. The crew members walk towards the aircraft. B-29 with X-1A takes off. B-29 with X-1A climbs for altitude. B-29 in flight with X-1A attached to bomb bay and fuselage. The X-1A drops away from B-29. The rocket engine of the X-1A started and it continues flying. The F-86 Sabre behind the X-1A. The contrail of X-1A . The contrails of B-29. The F-86 diving and turning. Ground in the background. X-1A lands on desert. A group of personnel around the X-1A. Chuck Yeager in the cockpit of the X-1A. He climbs out and jumps on the ground.
Military remnants on Utah beach in France during the 30th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Houses on the Utah beach. A German fortification. Artillery remnants on the beach. A barrel of an artillery. Debris on the beach.
A ceremony at a military cemetery near the site of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France(6th June 1944) to mark the 30th anniversary of the D-Day. A band of the United States Air Forces in Europe(USAFE) marches. Girls bring wreaths. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley and other Allied officers lay wreaths at a memorial. The officers salute.
Smoke rising from bombs exploding almost obscures bombs dropping from B-29s on a large Japanese city, on a river, during World War 2. B-29s seen passing through the smoke, as viewed from the camera plane flying above them. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a P-51D Mustang fighter plane is landing, while another is taxing the opposite way, along the other side of the runway. Other U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes seen in the background include: B-29s and B-24s. The P-51 lands, while watched by a group of airmen standing by with crash equipment and fuel trucks, parked next to a large tent. It pulls off the active towards the group of airmen. Another P-51 lands as two take off from midfield. Several airmen watch the operations, atop a hill where they are silhouetted against the sky.
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