Farmers harvesting grain and corn with machinery on American farms with a narrow tractor harvester. Steel mills and heavy industry and cargo railroads in the United States. Industrial views with smokestacks releasing much smoke and smog (also pollution scenes). Scenes of New York City with busy streets filled with cars, buses, and truck traffic, together with pedestrians. Many varied 1940s and 1950s cars on the roads. Elevated and also aerial views of U.S. highway networks busy with 1940s and 1950s cars. Views of Jones Beach, on Long Island, New York. Scenes of destruction in Japan from the atomic bomb, with sweeping views of destroyed city in Hiroshima or Nagasaki circa 1945 or 1946. U.S. Army infantrymen engaged in house-to-house fighting in Europe during World War II, firing rifles and moving between points of cover in a city filled with rubble.
Scenes of destroyed Lines of Communication (LOCs) during World War II. Lines of supply trucks burning on a highway. Destroyed rail lines, trains, and locomotives. Destroyed seaports and channels. U.S. paratroopers board a C-119 transport aircraft. Helicopters transporting U.S. Army infantry. Many helicopters in flight. Paratroops dropping and landing in large numbers. Troops running from landing helicopters. Helicopters carrying artillery pieces and supplies.
Camera pans across U.S. soldiers engaged in live fire maneuvers to maintain readiness for ground combat. Scene shifts to weary American soldiers taking a break in World War II. One smokes a cigarette. Another smokes a cigar. Scene shifts again to U.S. soldiers on maneuvers, walking along a wooded trail. Others are seen marching in a desert environment.
United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers place Claymore mines in Vietnam. Three soldiers examine the Claymore mine and place it in position. One of the soldier points out in front direction. The Mine is positioned. Wire leading from mine is strung out. Soldier lies down on ground and examines the Claymore mine. ( Note: These scenes are from a U.S. Army training film called Perimeter Defense.) (Vietnam War period).
United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers place Claymore mines in Vietnam. One of the soldiers pulls wire from Claymore mine. 1st Infantry Division soldiers position mines and move backwards. Mine placed on ground. Soldier places another mine on the ground. Claymore mine placed on tree bark and camouflaged with dry leaves. (Note: These scenes are from a U.S. Army training film called Perimeter Defense.) (Vietnam War period).
View of a crewman parachuting from a stricken aircraft over the Pacific, during World War II. The color images are seen from an American warship, nearby.
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