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Landscape views showing the Jordan River, the Judaean Desert and its mountains in Palestine.
Slide reads “And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.St.Mark.Ch.1.v.8.”. View of the Jordan River in Palestine. Slide reads “Then the Spirit drove him immediately into the desert, ad in the desert he remained for forty days while Satan tempted him. St. Mark Ch.1. vv.12-13.”. View of the Judaean Desert, where Bible says Jesus Christ spent 40 days fasting. View of the Judaean Mountains, also known as the Hebron Mountains. View of the Mount of Temptation in the Judaean Desert.
Allied troops advance and secure territory in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Arnhem: Fleet of Allied planes in flight. The 1st Allied Airborne Corps troops descend and land near Arnhem, Netherlands. Ground forces march ahead. Members of the Allied corps from the American 82nd Airborne Division capture and cross the 2km long bridge over the Waal at Nijmegen. Dead German soldiers on the bridge. Landing of allied paratroopers near the town of Grave, targeting the bridges over the Maas. Scenes of the Glider Pilot Regiment landing in Holland near Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, including point of view shots from glider in flight under rope tow, and of many paratoopers filling sky during drop. Soldier in jeep being unloaded. A wrecked glider. Allied soldiers take German prisoners. Wounded soldiers. Dutch Resistance Movement officers reveal German troop movements to Allies. A member with an 'ORANJE' insignia on his uniform sleeve. View of German Garrison commander Major General Fridriech Kussin, dead, his body half fallen from his Citroen automobile as Allied troops march by. A bungalow used by the resistance as their headquarters. British soldiers attempting to defend their position near the Arnhem road bridge over the Lower Rhine (now the John Frost Bridge, named after the British Commander who led the forces that defended their position there for 9 days, and subject of the 1977 movie "A Bridge Too Far"). Wounded soldiers on stretchers, from fighting against the German 9th SS and 10th SS Panzer divisions. Views of supplies being dropped to the British forces and the soldiers retrieving dropped supplies. Allied Target Indicators go off at dusk. British soldier communicating on radio as they await arrival of British XXX Corps (who never arrive). Remaining British troops withdrawing after 9 days of battle. British Soldiers retire and walk on streets. Soldiers in military jeeps. The Nijmegen bridge over the Waal River protected by the Allied soldiers. In total 10,600 Allied airborne soldiers landed at Arnhem; 1500 were killed and all but 2398 were captured (World War II period).
Official renaming of 4th Infantry Division Dragon Mountain Base Camp to Camp Enari in Vietnam.
The 4th Infantry Division Dragon Mountain Base Camp is renamed Camp Enari in the honor of USA 1st Lieutenant Mark N Enari who was the 1st Fourth Infantry Division soldier to receive the Silver Star posthumously. Soldiers stand at ease on the ground. A few soldiers hold flags. Red Cross girls stand in honor. Dedications address by Lt Gen Stanley R Larsen, CG 1st Field Forces Vietnam and U.S. Army Maj Gen William R Peers, Commander, 4th Infantry Division from a makeshift dais. They move towards the veiled main gate of the camp. Two soldiers stand in attention at either side of the veiled gate. Lt Gen Stanley R Larsen and Maj Gen William R Peers unveil the plaque with the help of the two soldiers. The troops salute. The officers move back to the dais. Senior officers take their places. Soldiers sit on the chairs. Massed troops in formation, color guards. Troops hold webbing and salute. A bespectacled U.S. lieutenant colonel reads citation. (Vietnam War period).
828th Engineer Aviation Battalion rebuilds airfield at Munda Point, New georgia, solomon islands, in World War II
American Army's 828th Engineer Aviation Battalion (African American) reconstructs airfield, at Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, in World War 2. Originally constructed by the Japanese and captured by U.S. Forces, the airfield is unusable and requires rebuilding. African American bugler blows reveille and the Battalion begins a day of work reconstructing the field. Battalion engineers pile into trucks, as their names are called, and head from their bivouac area to the airfield work area. They climb aboard and begin to operate heavy construction equipment, such as graders, tractors, steam shovels, and dump trucks. Surveyers seen using a level in the midst of the field. A machinist steps into a shop contained in a truck, and begins turning a part on a lathe. One engineer steps into a shed containing heavy equipment. Team of men in an excavation pouring concrete. Grading equipment seen smoothing the field surface, and steam rollers packing down the surface. A plane takes off in background. View from above, of Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft all over the field. A C-47 transport plane in foreground. A B-24 Liberator bomber taking off. Engineers climb aboard a truck at end of work shift. Back at their encampment, the men gather around as mail call is in progress. They enter a mess tent, go through a chow line and eat together at tables. Another tent is seen with sign outside reading: "Munda Cotton Club." Inside, the men relax, playing cards, smoking, playing checkers, and writing letters. Change of scene shows Chaplain leading singing during church service. As a day ends, the bugler blows taps. A sentry stands at ease with rifle. (Note: Sound is very poor and undiscernible in much of the clip.)
Introduction to the story of the telescope, including images of an astrolobe and a sundial
The story of the telescope. View of setting sun and stars at night. Animated picture of various objects formed in the constellation of stars. The stars move around the North Star. The 'Path of the Zodiac' in the sky. Calendar shows various months and dates of a year. Clock shows time of a day. In a 15th century Chinese observatory, a man spins a giant globe that serves as a map of the sky. An astrolobe instrument with which astronomers measure the angles of stars and its positions. A sundial used to tell time of day. Picture of Galileo looking through the telescope. Animated picture of planets around the sun.
The end of WWII and U.S. President Harry Truman's role in immediate postwar actions
Opening scene shows some German infantry surrendering with hands raised. Next scene shows people thronging Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, on May 8, 1945, when Germany surrendered to end World War II, in Europe. Image of the first atomic explosion (Trinity) on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico, United States. Scene shifts to deck of the U.S. Battleship, USS Missouri, where Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, is seated and signing the instrument of surrender., on September 2, 1945. Closeup profile of General Douglas MacArthur. Another glimpse of Mamoru Shigemitsu signing. Next, MacArthur is seen signing the document. He turns and presents the pen to Lieutenant General Jonathan M. Wainwright , who is standing behind him alongside British Lieutenant-General Arthur Ernest Percival. Brief glimpse of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center with flag appearing to be at half staff and a long awning extending from its entrance to the sidewalk. View of representatives at the first United Nations meeting there . Views of audience in auditorium shows many notables. Closeups of Soviet Ambassador, Andrey Gromyko and Soviet Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov.. Next, President Harry S. Truman is seen broadcasting a greeting to the delegates, from the Capitol, Washington, DC, on April 25, 1945. The delegates are seen listening to the broadcast and then applauding.
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