U.S. Army General Lutz Wahl receives the armistice news in France at the end of World War I. Gen. Wahl receives the armistice signed in a railroad car parked in a French forest near the front lines. General Wahl reads the armistice as the troops gather around him, smiling. Close up view of the signed armistice notification received from U.S. 2nd Army Headquarters.
View from above, of railroads and rail yards in vicinity of the seaport of Bordeaux, France during World War I. Locomotive moving short train of war materiel for American base Section Number 2, past a large hill of cut logs. Numerous railroad tracks and roads around them. Materials piled up in various places throughout the area. Crane moving cargo. Smoke rising from self-propelled steam railroad crane on railroad track. Trains loaded with cargo on railroad tracks in the port, with large ships tied up at dock next to tracks. Many men at work throughout the port. Large cranes on rails, moving cargo between ships and docks. Teams of African American soldiers, some with wheel barrows, building new rail spurs in the port. An American soldier walking along the rails in midst of workers. Train station under construction. Moveable derrick on rails with smoke stack on top. Several yard workers run across tracks.
News conference on New Draft Plan at White House in Washington DC. President Richard Nixon and Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird enter the conference room. President Nixon makes a short statement on the New Draft Plan and leaves the conference room. Melvin R Laird speaks to the reporters. Photographers take pictures and reporters take notes.
News conference on New Draft Plan at White House, Washington DC. Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird makes a short statement on the New Draft Plan. Photographers take pictures and reporters take notes. Melvin R Laird leaves the room after the conference. Reporters disperse as the conference ends.
Scenes in Houston Texas as 1000 Houston Volunteers enlist in the military in World War 2 to avenge the loss of the USS Houston (CA-30) to the Japanese. They attend a swearing in ceremony in front of the marquee of the Loews State theater. Scene change to Newport News, Virginia as people gather for the launching of the new U.S. Navy cruiser ship USS Houston (CL-81). New cruiser launched at a colorful ceremony. Dignitaries on stand include the sponsor, Mrs. C. B. Hamill, who is seen hitting a bottle of champagne against the ship hull, and then it slides down the ways at launching.
Gun crew,on the USS New York (BB-34),wearing steel helmets, check out her 3-inch antiaircraft gun on the stern deck, as she departs from U.S. Argentia Naval station, Newfoundland, during World War 2. Sailors are dressed in winter clothing. Snow-covered hills in background. As they are underway, a large transport ship is seen astern. Scene shifts to warmer, sunny weather at sea. Sailors play a game with quoits on the deck of the USS New York. Others relax in a warm sunny spot. Sailors stand on the deck. An island visible nearby. Sailors download a bomb from a Vought OS2U Kingfisher aircraft aboard the battleship New York. International maritime flags displayed near the bridge.
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