U.S. troops in England during World War 2. American soldier refuels a military truck from a jerry can. . Soldiers loaded in truck. American soldiers loaded in United States Army trucks traveling in a convoy. Soldiers proceed on foot as they move past buildings in Falmouth moor. Two school children watch them. One GI has a small dog on a rope leash. Soldiers lined up with British shops in the background. One shows sign "OXO" in window (OXO stock cubes are popular English food product.) Red Cross volunteers serve doughnuts and candy bars to soldiers.
Famous Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe dies August 5, 1962 in United States. Marilyn Monroe dies at 36. Marilyn Monroe blows a kiss. Flashback shows Marilyn Monroe greeting Queen Elizabeth II of England. Monroe extends her hand to the British Queen. Marilyn Monroe in Korea on stage entertaining American soldiers during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Marilyn Monroe arrives for a USO show in a jeep. Monroe performs on the stage as Korean War soldiers look on. Marilyn Monroe kisses her second husband, baseball star Joe DiMaggio. Marilyn Monroe with her third husband writer Arthur Miller. Wide shot of Times Square, New York City a night in the late 1950s or early 1960s, with neon lights and traffic. Marylin Monroe being cheered by crowds as she attends a premiere at Times Square. People hold pictures of Marylin Monroe. Marilyn Monroe on a balcony as she waves and smiles.
A film on the development of air power in the United States. Scenes depicting travel by ocean going ships, preceding air travel. Animation of a small ship moving away from the east coast of the U.S. Actual footage of a large sailing vessel of the early clipper ship variety sailing in the ocean. Animation of a small ship sailing to the Great Britain. Real footage of a four-stack ocean liner, which appears to be the RMS Aquitania, sailing in the Atlantic Ocean. Animated map of the Atlantic Ocean and the coasts of the U.S. and England. An R-34 dirigible airship in flight. The R-34 moored to the ground with a large craft around the gondola. A British Bristol fighter aircraft in flight. Animation of the maps of the U.S. and the Great Britain coming closer together, figuratively, through the speed of air travel.
Airship Hindenburg mooring at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, upon arrival on its first flight from Germany to the United States. The Hindenburg being fastened to the mooring tower. Ground crew lined up by the mooring tower. Distant view of LZ-126 U.S. Navy dirigible, USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) moored at the field. Tail fin of airship with Nazi swastika emblem on it. Ground crew under tail maneuver the Hindenburg. Crowd and passengers gathered by entrance to cabin of the Hindenburg. Airship Hindenburg and the U.S. Navy USS Los Angeles both moored at lakehurst Naval Air Station, in New Jersey.
Hearings of Senate Watergate Committee on the Watergate scandal in Washington DC. Richard A. Moore, Special White House Counsel, testifies before the committee chaired by Senator Sam Ervin. The Assistant Chief Counsel Terry Lenzner questions Moore. Subjects discussed include White House meetings as Linzner attempts to show that Moore knew more than he claimed to know. Moore stuck to his story that Nixon knew nothing about the Watergate cover-up until John Dean told him about it. The chairman Sam Ervin thanks counsel Moore and declares a recess. News anchor Douglas Kiker reports about the committee hearings.
Demonstration of portable mooring mast for use with the Goodyear blimp. The Goodyear blimp is attached to a mooring mast that is mounted on a Buick bus. Closeup of man attaching blimp to portable mooring mast. Once connected, the Buick bus moves the Goodyear blimp and mooring mast down the field. The word 'PURITAN' is seen on the blimp, along with the U.S. flag.
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