President John F. Kennedy emerges from a gate at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. 'Moon Base' written on top of the gate. Presidential convoy travels along the AFB at night. Moving along the convoy is a minuteman missile transporter. A minuteman missile in the background.
Covers events relating to Operation Greenhouse. Atomic cloud generated by the atomic test conducted at the Enewetak Atoll (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) in the Marshall Islands. Atomic investigators perform analysis, tests and research of the radioactive samples collected from the atomic test site, in their laboratories.
Shows American parachute troops accompanied with armed Arab guides in a desert near Tebourba in Tunisia. Troops take shelter from sun under a large rock. Troops rest on sand in open. Allied convoy comprising of U.S. M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls near Tebourba in Tunisia. The convoy crosses a bridge guarded by French soldiers. U.S. P-38s circle the skies above the convoy. (World War II period).
American convoy of U.S. Army M3 Grant tanks, half-tracks and jeeps rolls through Algeria near the Tunisian border. Protective distance is maintained between the vehicles. The convoy passes through a French road barricade and leaves Algeria crossing the Tunisian Frontier.
Heavy rainfall over the Tebourba valley in Tunisia,North Africa. German Panzer tank column can be seen in the valley. Map shows a war plan of the Allied forces. German Panzer division advances from Tunis while Allied forces advance from Nedtez El Bab. Allied tanks such as M3 Stuart,US half tracks, British scout cars and other armored vehicles advance to Tebourba. U.S. P-38s and Spitfires provide air support to the Allied convoy. Scout cars and M3 half tracks provide ground reconnaissance.
Allied Force artillery exchange fire with the Germans at the road connecting Medjez-El-Bab and Tebourba in Tunisia,North Africa. Allied soldiers take cover behind trees and bushes while tanks advance forward. A British ammunition truck is hit and catches fire. German Mark IV tanks mounted with 88mm anti-tank guns can be seen exchanging fires with the Allied Forces. Allied artillery hits the Mark IVs and enemy's 88mm gun positions. Captured German soldiers taken away as prisoners of war (POW). U.S. Army medic soldiers tend to the wounded. (World War II period).
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