United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower smiles as he takes off his cap. Brief shots of Eisenhower in academic gown and then in civilian clothes speaking. View of Eisenhower’s birthplace and home (609 S. Lamar Ave. Denison, TX 75021) in Denison, Texas. General Eisenhower standing at the gate to the home. Sign reads “Eisenhower Birthplace”. Interiors of Eisenhower's boyhood bedroom. Photograph of young Eisenhower his mother, Ida Eisenhower. Edgar and Ike Eisenhower’s High School Senior Year photos. A military parade at West Point. Animated map of Europe and the Mediterranean area. Gunners with anti-aircraft gun on deck. Dwight Eisenhower in uniform on ship deck with a naval officer. Soldiers landing on a beach. A tank explodes in the Sahara Desert. Eisenhower shaking hands with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in North Africa during World War 2. Eisenhower pointing to War operations map of Europe. General Eisenhower inspecting United States soldiers in a forest. Troops wading ashore on D-Day. German Commanding Officer Wilhelm Keitel signing German surrender. General Eisenhower speaks, saying, "the truly heroic figure of this War - he is GI Joe."
German women work in factories to contribute to the Nazi war effort during World War II. A Nazi Bekanntmachung (“Notice” in English) posted on a Morris column. Sign reads “Kartenstelle” (“Card site” in English). Women war production workers receive their Meldung (“Report”) before they begin to work in factories. A woman writes on her Meldung. Door sign reads “Sichtungsstelle” (“Sighting Point”). Women sorting mail. A woman writes on a piece of paper while reading a Meldung. Large crowd of German women head to work in factories. German women work in factories. Men operating lathes on factory floor. Women assembling smaller components. Women operating Flott drill presses. Woman inspecting munition shell casings. Woman puts munition shell casing into a press and then rolls it down conveyor belt.
United States Secretary of State James Byrnes addresses Americans to participate in the war effort during World War II. Byrnes calls for Americans to divert work from non-essential, civilian production to increase war production of necessary supplies to the front. “Our boys are suffering and dying abroad while we are living in safety and comfort at home. If they are willing to die for their country surely we should be willing to work for that country.” Byrnes said.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) in Budapest as Junkers seaplane flies beneath it. A ship sails on the Danube River the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in the background. Junkers F 13 seaplane lands near the Liberty Bridge (then called Franz Joseph Bridge.) Three Junkers F 13 seaplanes docked on the Danube River. View of pre-war Buda Castle (Budapest, Szent György tér 2, 1014 Hungary), the Holy Trinity Statue (Budapest, Szentháromság u., 1014 Hungary) in front of the pre-war Palace of the Ministry of Finance (very damaged in war and changed afterwards.) Turreted lookout of the Fisherman’s Bastion. Junkers F 13 seaplane taxis away from dock at Liberty Bridge and then seen in flight over bridge with other seaplanes in foreground. Aerial view flying over Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) ,Budapest, and Hungarian Parliament Building.
Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on flooded street in the rain in Washington D.C. during the November Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Some pedestrians use walking sticks while walking. A woman holds her pet dog with her back from the camera. American youth and adults gather to protest the Vietnam War, in a march also known as the “Vietnam Moratorium”. Sign reads "Business as usual. Today is murder in Vietnam." A man holding a parody of the United States flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars. Peaceful protesters flashing the “peace sign” gesture while chanting “NOW” repeatedly. A young African American man with Afro hairstyle flashes the “peace sign” and smiles. Thousands of Americans participate in a nighttime candlelight vigil for soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. A man carries his young daughter on his shoulders while walking down Pennsylvania Avenue during the protest.
Students gather to protest the Vietnam War in Kurfürstendamm, West Berlin. The ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church are seen. Anti-war protesters holding anti-Vietnam-War signs in German, such as "Wir fordern: Amis Raus aus Vietnam." (We demand: Americans out of Vietnam). Some students hold a portrait of Che Guevara. Protesters moving along the boulevard. Altercation between protesters and Berlin Police. Berlin Police attempt to control the crowds. Night time protest scenes where police officers physically restrain an unruly demonstrator, taking him away. A police van driving away from Kurfürstendamm. A truck in front of Café Kranzler (The Barn - Café Kranzler, Kurfürstendamm 22, 10719 Berlin, Germany). Policemen spray water cannons in front of the SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) sales office and Café Sarotti.
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