A press conference at the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk in the President's Office at the White House. He addresses reporters about the Little Rock Crisis. He states the duties of the local authorities. He speaks about the functions of the Supreme Court and federal courts and individuals rights and duties. He lays stress on the need to maintain peace and order in the nation.
Montage of scenes illustrating development of mechanized warfare beginning with American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) engaged in World War I. U.S. Army infantry soldiers moving out of trenches going "over the top" into "no man's land" and advancing on battlefield. U.S. troops firing Browning M1917 machine gun,1903 Springfield rifles, and Stokes mortar from trench positions. Soldiers firing mortar are wearing gas masks. AEF trucks and other vehicles ostensibly an improvement over horses, but seen having difficulty in mud. A truck pulling a large artillery gun. A German 80cm K (E) rail gun (developed in 1934) shown at the Rugenwalde Test Range in Germany. It moves along curving rails and is elevated to its maximum elevation (65 degrees). Two World War 1 rail guns firing. An American World War I Naval 14-inch rail gun firing. Allied heavy howitzers firing in World War 1 (one with gun crew in gas masks). American gunners with a French 75 field piece and caisson. French soldier advancing in no-mans-land. The Wright brothers brought warfare into the air with their Wright Flyer airplane, seen being maneuvered on the ground by U.S. Army personnel at Fort Myer, Virginia in July 1909. A De Havilland DH-4 airplane taking off in World War I. A German Fokker D.VIII aircraft in flight. Three U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss P-1B Hawk pursuit aircraft in flight, circa 1926. Aerial dogfight scene including view from behind a pilot in open cockpit biplane (from feature film, circa 1927). Brief view of Renault FT tank maneuvering in World War I. Narrative and clips shift to historical perspective of warfare, showing use of horse and chariot, starting in ancient Assyria and use of elephants in later years by Hannibal. Pictures of mounted soldiers, in the middle ages, waging war in armor, and being transported in a wagon. Shift to World War I showing British Mark IV tanks maneuvering in a field.
United States soldiers and new recruits at a camp in the U.S. before outbreak of World War II. New recruits and U.S. Army soldiers in training run obstacle course. Soldiers in their uniforms march through the camp area. Tents in the background. Newly drafted U.S Army soldiers learn to fire weapons on firing range using artificial wooden rifles. U.S. soldiers seen training with wooden replica machine guns and using empty Adelphi beer cans as substitute artillery ammunition for training purposes. Teams of soldiers compete in moving a giant ball. They compete in blindfolded boxing on their knees. Lacking adequate war materiel for training, they make do by pretending that trucks are tanks and labeling them with such signs. They pretend with wooden guns and throw flour sacks instead of grenades. Scenes of the Pearl Harbor raid by the Empire of Japan on December 7, 1941. Views of the USS Arizona being hit and various ships on fire soon after the attack. United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen addressing Congress, where he asks for a declaration of war against Japan.
A crowd at Tri-City Airport in Saginaw, Michigan awaiting the arrival of U.S. President Richard Nixon. A sign on a building at Tri-City Airport reads 'Welcome President'. The U.S. flag flies in the foreground. Placards held by the crowd. Signs held by the crowd read 'IMPEACH NIXON HE'S EARNED IT', 'GOD LOVES NIXON', 'IMPEACH THE CROOK', 'WE'D STREAK FOR YOU' and 'GAYS FOR NIXON'. A band plays. A sign reads 'Welcome TRI-CITY AIRPORT'.
A splashdown point for Apollo 11 Command/Service Module (CSM) in the Pacific Ocean. Aerial views of a base with trailers and people gathered. The President's aircraft can be seen parked. USS Arlington (AGMR-2) underway. It is bristling with countless antennas and posts erected on the flight deck, and is providing communications support for the Apollo 11 recovery. Navy officers on the deck of USS Arlington. Sailors are lined up in a square formation surrounding center of deck. Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded the Apollo 8 mission, is seen on deck. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter hovering over USS Arlington. Aboard prime recovery ship USS Hornet (CVS-12), U.S. President Richard Nixon awaits the arrival of astronauts. The President stands in front of a Mobile Quarantine Unit, where NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Programs, George Mueller, explains the Biological Isolation Garment being modeled. Nixon feels the texture of the suit.
Nazi atrocities at Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. U.S. Army Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, George S. Patton and Walton H. Walker inspect the camp. The Generals inspect the scaffold and talk to prisoners. A woodshed is filled with dead bodies stacked in piles. The Generals view lime-covered corpses. Inmates demonstrate how they were tortured. Dead bodies are strewn on the ground. U.S. Congressmen also view the camp. A crude cemetery with charred remains.
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