Detroit Race Riot in Detroit, Michigan in June 1943, during World War 2, and early in Civil Rights movement. Police disperse crowd from the street. Army patrol walks down the street in section of city. Two soldiers in front of the "HH Bowles Radio Service" store, with paint marked sign "colored" written on the store window, consistent with Jim Crow segregation practices, to identify it as an African American run business and discourage whites from patronizing it. Five U.S. soldiers holding light machine guns patrol on the street. Soldiers cross street. White youths exit from patrol wagon or paddy wagon and appear to be joking around. The youths pose in front of the patrol wagon. Police bus being driven. Views of U.S. Army tent camp in a field in Detroit. Firemen spray water on a burning automobile set on fire during the racially motivated riot. Smoke all around the burned vehicle. People stand on street and watch.
Civil War in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. U.S. Marine Forces patrol the perimeter of the international zone in Santo Domingo. A helicopter of the U.S. Marine Corps brings in supplies. A team of the Organization of American States. Marines in the streets. A Marine takes aim and fire. A wounded on a stretcher. Men near the open boot of a car. Civilians in the streets.
General Mannerheim's daughter thanks the world for help in Paris, France. Miss Mannerheim, daughter of Finnish Army Chief Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, thanks other nations for helping Finland which is fighting for the whole civilized world. (World War II period).
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M Valenti, Commander of the 618th Military Airlift Support Squadron, is asked about U.S. Air Force Airlift operations. He is seated in an easy chair, with a photograph of a C-5 aircraft on the wall behind him. The Colonel speaks about the C-5 as part of the Air Force strategic airlift fleet comprising C-5s, C-141s and the CRAF (Civil Reserve Airlift Fleet). Asked about the impact of the C-5, he mentions the variety of military equipment it is capable of carrying worldwide. He mentions how C-5s and C-141 aircraft were able to move a complete U.S. Air Force Tactical Fighter Wing to Thailand in 9 days.He contrasts that to more than a month required for a similar move during the Korean war.
A crewman of U.S. Navy FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) Nuclear Submarine serving food. Eating food with other members of the crew in the submarine galley. A sailor talking to other crew members. Crew members have coffee. U.S. Navy sailor holds a guitar and plays it. Close up view of man playing guitar. The guitar has a civil war rebel flag on it. Submarine crew members play cards and watch a cartoon on television. A crewman dials phone. A crewman knocks and comes inside the room. Captain congratulates him. A man sleeps. Crewmen of nuclear submarine play a game. Crewmen talking and having coffee. A crewman reading.
Older men and women dance at a garden in Oakland, California. The dancers from the "class of '61" (1861 - Civil War era) square dance in pairs. They dance to the tune of "Johnny in the low ground" and "Turkey in the Straw".
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