The Italian campaign against Austro-Hungarian forces in the Dolomite mountains of the Alps during World War 1. Italian troops standing at railroad station as a train passes, carrying soldiers and war materiel. They wave to the train. Scene shifts to Italian soldiers moving across the platform. Next, troops are seen loading provisions aboard army trucks. Italian soldiers pushing alongside a railroad gun with "F.S. Italia," (for Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) painted on the rail flatcar. Troops pose with a partially-covered towed 149/35 gun, equipped with mud wheels. Italian troops moving up a hill. Hundreds of Italian soldiers pulling a siege mortar up a steep hill.
"The Eisenhower Story": A pre-election pro-Eisenhower propaganda film designed to highlight Eisenhower's qualifications for reelection as President in the 1956 election. Factory whistle blows and men entering a factory. Car chassis factory assembly line. Locomotive engineer blows train whistle and railroad locomotive with cultivators on a flat bed car. Cultivators harvesting grain. Woman carries groceries from shop to a 1950's sedan car parked on street. View of 1950's automobile highway traffic and aerial view of highways being built under his plans for highway construction and road expansion. View of Eisenhower at swearing in ceremony during his inauguration as President in 1952. In his speech, Eisenhower emphasizes that, "we stand ready to engage with any and all others in joint efforts to remove the causes of mutual fear and distrust among nations..." Newspaper headline 'Korean Truce Signed' at time of armistice during Korean War. American troops disembark ship and greet family. Secretary of State Dulles talking with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Secretary John Dulles seen also with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Eisenhower and Churchill at Geneva conference, along with Soviet leader Khrushchev and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower speaks before United Nations about efforts to form an "atom pool." He notes United States "determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma...." Newspaper headlines 'Eisenhower Signs Sea Way Bill'. Construction of Saint Lawrence Seaway. 'Budget' and 'tax cuts' news in newspapers, including headline, "White House ends all wage controls...." Farmer plows field with tractor. Construction of new buildings and highway construction through Eisenhower programs. Views of the newly established Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Workers filing cards in giant room of file drawers and cabinets. Nurse draws vaccine into syringe. Children are vaccinated (likely polio vaccine). President Eisenhower meets leaders from different countries at White House, including England's Queen Mother and King Paul, Queen Frederica of Greece, and Prime Minister St-Laurent of Canada. Eisenhower at press conference discussing disarmament notes importance of the "elimination of opportunity of surprise attack." View of shore towers and listening platforms and missiles rising on platforms to protect America from attacks. First nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571 ) launched on January 21, 1954 by Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in Connecticut. Plane taking off from aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) while underway at sea. Formation of Northrop F-89 Scorpion aircraft in flight.
Guests from across the nation arrive to attend the wedding of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport. Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin Jr., Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Actress Marion Davies, Massachusetts Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers arrives at the wedding. Parents of Senator Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. Bouncers control crowds of well-wishers outside the church. John Kennedy and his wife walk out of the St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church (12 William St, Newport, RI 02840, United States).
USS Chara (AKA-58) comes alongside the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) for a transfer of supplies and ammo. Bridge of Chara. DA Men approach lines. Gear transferred via lines. Gear on lines in cargo nets, lowered to carrier flight deck. F4Us on flight deck with folded wings.
F4Us on flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait, with folded wings. Men stack ammo on the deck. Gear comes aboard carrier via lines.
Slow motion pictures of operations aboard the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) at sea, in the Atlantic ocean, during World War 2. Marines watch landing of U.S. Navy FM-2 Wildcat on the aircraft carrier as its tail wheel breaks off. The aircraft drags its tail as it passes close to the camera position, beside the flight deck. View of clouds in the sky (possibly unintended). U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver approaches for landing and catches wire, bounces and hits the barrier. An F4U Corsair hits the barrier while landing and stands upright on its nose. Deck crews rush to the scene and lower the aircraft to a normal position.