Railing and sign at Kilauea National Park, Hawaii, reads: "Kilauea Iki, 770 feet deep, Active in 1868." Camera pans down into the crater and across the rim. Scene shifts to U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis, and Hawaii Territorial Governor, Wallace R. Farrington, standing with two military officers, at the edge of the crater.
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team follows up practice parachute drop with ground activities during Korean War.. United States soldiers cross a small stream on their way to assembly point after airdrop. Soldiers wait in Aid Station for medical treatment. Medic bandages soldier's hand. Injured soldiers lie on litter outside the Aid tent. Soldiers march on road through a Korean village.
Paratroopers of the U.S. Army 187th Regimental Combat Team proceed through a Korean village as part of their post airdrop activities during training exercise in the Korean War. They turn to look back at the camera as they pass local villagers. Next, they are seen cossing a bridge over a river. Camera records them from position between columns of troops. Many look back as they pass the camera. In another scene, the troops march past a Korean man hauling crops in a wagon pulled by two oxen. Setting sun highlights the troops moving along a dirt road in hilly terrain.
Troops of the U.S. Army 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team proceed into a fenced bivouac area as part of their post airdrop activities during training exercise in the Korean War. Two local Korean men walk past them. Supply sergeants stand by boxes of rations, and soldiers are seen eating as they relax in the bivouac field. Troops line up at an American Red Cross Canteen Trailer, where a woman Red Cross worker is handing out refreshments. She turns and shows the Red Cross patch on her uniform sleeve. A smiling lieutenant walks away from the canteen trailer with a donut in his hand. Other soldiers gather around the trailer, including an African American soldier.
Paratroopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team are dropped by C-119 and C-46 aircraft of the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing onto a field near K-2 (Taegu), during the Korean War. The sky is filled with descending parachutes. Views from the ground as troopers land, gather their gear, and walk away. A second wave of troopers dropping from C-46 aircraft. Closeup of one trooper removing his flotation vest and helmet as he organizes his personal gear after landing.
American 3rd Division, 30th Infantry Regiment forces in Aix-en-Provence France, while pushing northward through Southern France in World War II. Group of French civilians with flags in hand, including a French flag with FFI symbol, walk near Town Square. Two cars drive past among huge crowd. Men and women collaborationist prisoners held at gun point by FFI forces and forcibly marched in public in area of Place de l'Hotel de Ville near the Aix-en-Provence City Hall (Pl. de l'Hôtel de ville, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) as crowd jeers them. U.S. Army forces stand on a balcony of the City Hall as French citizens below cheer and wave. View of Belfry bell tower in background of shot, at Place de l'Hotel de Ville. Civilians with flags in hand. Men with various handguns in hand hold an accused collaborationist and forcibly move his head. Men, women, and children gather near the Fontaine de la Rotonde fountain (Place du Général de Gaulle, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France) at the bottom of the Cours Mirabeau. They wave and cheer happily at American Army tanks, trucks, and forces passing through Aix-en-Provence.
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