Arrival of Lord Mountbatten at Naval Air Station (NAS) at Anacostia, Washington D.C. A color bearer; Navy honor guard and color guard in the background prior to arrival of the Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff of Great Britain. Lord Mountbatten walks down the ramp and passes through the side boys. He is followed by Royal Navy Naval Assistant Captain L. D. Empson. U.S. Navy Admiral Arleigh A. Burke greets Lord Mountbatten. Lord Mountbatten stands next to an aircraft. He salutes during a 17 gun salute. Admiral Burke; Admiral Sir Michael Denny, United Kingdom Representative to NATO, Military Committee in Permanent Session, Member NATO Standing Group; Vice Admiral Jeffrey Thistleton Smith, RN, Admiral British Joint Services Mission; and Commodore D. G. Goodwin, RN Naval Attache, stand in ranks at attention. Lord Mountbatten inspects Marine honor guard. He and Rear Admiral H. D. Baker, USN, Commandant, PRNC, walk back to receiving line. Admiral Burke and Lord Mountbatten converse. Long line of flag bearers stand behind Marine honor guard. Color guard marches past aircraft.
USAF F-4D fighter bombers mounted with bombs, laser designator pod, ECM pod prepares to take off from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Thailand during the Vietnam War. USAF F-4D fighter bomber Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) sighting through laser device mounted on canopy. WSO removes his helmet and puts it on again. The F-4D pilot drawing reference lines on canopy with a grease pencil. Two USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II fighter bombers armed with Mark 84 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs) and AIM-7E Sparrow missiles. The second aircraft has an ECM (Electronic countermeasures) pod system.
Aerial tramway for transportation in Kachil-Bong, Punchbowl during Korean War. U.S. medic and soldier examine a wounded soldiers alongside a jeep. Medic throws a smoke bomb to attract attention of U.S. Air Force H-13D Siox helicopter. H-13D approaches and lands. Casualty is loaded aboard H-13D. H-13D takes off and flies towards mountains in the background. Sign reads 'Mobile Army Surgical Hospital'.
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss walk together, behind them are other members of a delegationduring World War 1. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker is wearing a bowler hat, glasses, necktie and thick black coat. General Tasker H. Bliss is wearing a thick army coat and hat. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss pose together for picture. Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and General Tasker H. Bliss shake hands with each other before they depart. Major Fiorello La Guardia, future mayor of New York City, seen in uniform in July 1918.
A 1966 Ford Galaxie police car driving on U-Street in Washington, D.C. Police officer in passenger seat waves and honks to African American police officer as he passes Ben's Chili Bowl (1213 U St NW, Washington, D.C. 20009). Metropolitan police car turns onto street after passing Chin's Hand Laundry in the U and H Street area of Washington, D.C. African American teenagers sitting on stoop of building watch as police car pulls up in front of them. Close up of African American teenager as he thinks, "he better not start calling me boy." White police officer passes African American teenagers, saying “hi” to them, they say hello back. White police officer making a call from a call box outside Chin's Hand Laundry in the U Street area of Washington, D.C. as African American teenagers look on. Police officer directing a motorist. Police officer on phone. A policeman driving a motorcycle through the urban streets of Washington DC.
UH-1D helicopter of the U.S. Army brings supplies for the soldiers of 25th Infantry Division on the slopes of Nui Ba Den Mountains in Vietnam. Smoke rises from bombing strike and signal grenade. A soldier signals with a red cloth. UH-1D helicopter drops supplies on the ground. Soldiers scramble to collect the supplies. More soldiers come. Soldiers carry water containers up the mountain. A soldier fills his bottle from the container and drinks. UH-1D helicopter drops more supplies and flies off. Soldiers open the box and take out packets of rations. A soldier heats something in a blackened utensil and adds to the packet of food. A bespectacled soldier eats from the packet. A bare chested soldier drinks from a can. Another soldier with his pants torn at his knees eats from his packet. (Vietnam War period).
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