Refine Your Search

Guatemala 1955 stock footage and images

- Showing 37 to 42 of 661 results
U.S. Army Tactical nuclear weapons and preparations for Atomic Exercise Desert Rock VI at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Proving Grounds in 1955

United States Army cameraman seen recording Nike missile launch. Atomic cannon fires shell creating atomic explosion and classic mushroom cloud in the distance. Army troops carried to a field by Sikorsky YH-19 helicopters. U.S. infantry climb a hill firing their rifles. U.S. Army Master Sergeant Stuart Queen narrates the film. He speaks about the role of the soldier in the United States Army. Scientists inside a control room during a rocket launch. A rocket launch in the United States. Rocket tracker and telescope move to the rocket’s direction. Cameramen taking footage of rocket launch. Jet propulsion with rocket. A V2 rocket launch. A jet explodes after launching. A nuclear bomb explosion. A missile takes off. Devices and people track missile takeoff. A rocket launches from a ship. Midair explosion after a rocket hits a target aircraft.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061659
Future President of Guatemala, Carlos Armas arrives at airport. Crowd greets him. Aircraft perform flyby.

Carlos Castillo Armas arrives in a plane, three days before he is inaugurated as President of Guatemala. . He is greeted. Armed military personnel are seen all around. Armas directs two ladies to a car and he is seen sitting in one. Press and media wait. A U.S. Air Force Colonel is seen talking with two civilians. Several U.S. Air Force personnel in uniform are seen on a sidewalk talking together. Three PT-26 vintage aircraft fly by. A contingent of Guatemalan soldiers march by. On the airport tarmac, a number of officials greet one another with hugs and smiles. View out the window of an American aircraft in flight. The U.S. Air Force insignia plainly visible on the wing. Aerial view of airport and adjoining race track. Local people gather on ground at the airport. A formation consisting of 2 DC-3s, one AT-6 and a Twin Beach, flies by. Large crowd at the airport watches. Armas stands on top step of Liberation Army DC-3 (C-47) aircraft ladder. Well-wisher throws confetti. Military photographers on wing and top of aircraft. A formal honor guard in traditional military uniforms stands in formation. Some heavily armed men make their way through the dense crowd. Contingent of Guatemalan troops marches by the crowd.

Date: 1954, July 5
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024177
Carlos Castillo Armas with 3 men sit in front of press and media during a press conference in Guatemala.

Carlos Castillo Armas with 3 men sit on sofa in front of press and media during a press conference in Guatemala. A large mirror hangs behind them. Photographers take pictures. Armas and others smile. They talk with officers in lobby of building. Shops and businesses being opened. Armas and associates in press briefing.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024178
C C Armas and other important people in a meeting and ceased rifles and machine guns are displayed in Guatemala.

A large crowd in a street of Guatemala. Carlos Castillo Armas and other important people standing in windows look at the crowd. Carlos Castillo Armas waves at the crowd. Armas meets with government and military officials. Carlos Castillo Armas addresses the meeting. Another person addresses and others smile. A military officer examines mortar artillery and small arms. Machine guns piled on ground are displayed. The officer demonstrates operations of a gun. Rifles and machine guns are displayed. troops surround the guns.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024188
Carlos Castillo Armas addresses a large crowd from balcony of a building in Guatemala.

A large crowd in front of the Presidential Palace in Guatemala, following coup d' etat. Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas and other important people stand on balcony along with press photographers and journalists. An armed guard on the balcony. Carlos Castillo Armas addresses the crowd. Many in crowd hold banners praising Colonel Armas and denouncing communists. A flag flies on top of the building. Crowd cheers and raise hands. View of Seal on gate of the Mexican Embassy. The crowd in the square wave arms and hats.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024191
Carlos Castillo Armas and soldiers in Guatemala.

Aerial view of a town in Guatemala. Supplies air dropped by parachute from a C-47 (DC-3) aircraft. Armed rebel soldiers retrieve the supplies and stand holding the parachutes, in front of a small Piper airplane.Guatemalan town (Esquipulas) with church at head of road. Armed rebel soldiers outside a building. Rebel soldiers with Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas. Local woman near a flag. Armed rebels climb down from a high truck bed and fire weapons in garrison compound.

Date: 1954
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024233