U.S. Army troops training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.Trucks and tanks cross a river at The troops run towards a shore, get on boats and cross the river. An army truck taken across the river on a pontoon boat. The soldiers push a boat to get it from land to water while their shoes fill with mud. Tanks are brought across the river on flat boats. Mud covered soldiers lay pontoons over boats. The tanks cross the pontoon bridge.
British and Indian combat troops recapture Mandalay, Burma after three years of Japanese occupation during World War II. Blast in the city. A series of blasts occur in the city. A Burmese temple in the fore ground. Troop in prone position fire rifle. Troops fire artillery. Military tanks advance in the city, temple in the background. The capture of Fort Dufferin (present day Mandalay Palace) from the Japanese. Army trucks advance in the city. Troops advance in a jeep. Japanese prisoners captured and brought to British camp. Burmese temple with a statue of an elephant and a dragon.
Monaco acclaims the birth of a new born crown prince. A coast line of the city. Guards stand with royal signs. Royal guards places notices on a wall. They fire guns from a fort near the coast. Prince Rainier III stands in a balcony holding his 14 month old daughter Caroline in his arms and waves. He officially announces the birth of the crown prince Albert Alexander Louie Pierre. People standing below the balcony cheer. People cheer around a fire at night.
U.S. paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division participate in joint Army-Air Force "Operation Arctic Night."conducted from 2-13-1956 to 3-14-1956, in Greenland. With ambient temperatures of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit, Paratroopers in Arctic parkas, with their parachutes underneath, are so burdened that they waddle like penguins as they board waiting C-124 aircraft, at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. Sign erected in snow reads: 'North Pole, 802 Miles, Fort Bragg, N.C. Home of 82nd Airborne 3500 Miles'. Troops seated inside C-124 aircraft. A flight of three large Douglas C-124C Globemaster aircraft, in formation, carries the entire group of 700 paratroopers, who make a mass jump from the aircraft to land on the Greenland icecap. Parachutes billowing as troopers land on the ice. They assist one another as they land. The paratroopers dig snow shelters and build shelters with ice blocks on the icecap.
Eva Braun home movie. She and friends on board a German cruise ship in Norway. A man throws a pillow at Eva as she photographs him and others on deck.They sit on the deck chairs, Two women look off side of the deck. A scene on land shows a stream of water gushing downhill and Lush green hills. Nautical signal flags are hoisted aloft. People on deck chairs bundled in blankets. A German sentry stands by 75mm guns at a fort.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States Army soldiers play golf at Amador Gold Club with Panama City and harbor in the background. A number of soldiers enjoy golf at the club at Fort Amador. Soldiers try to score a hole.