f Opening image shows handwritten letter written by an imigrant to the U.S. from Europe. Camera pans over various outdoor scenes of the United States, as voices of men and women in the background extols marvels of America. A map of Europe is shown as narrator describes the problems in European countries. A woman sowing seed by hand on a European farm. European farmers using shovels to spread something over a plot of land. A farmer walking behind a plow pulled by a single horse. An old man tells how the land they had in Europe wasn't enough to feed their family of three, So his father decided to come to America (probably in the period from 1880 to 1920).
Dock area at Da Nang harbor. Port side of APL-30 (Auxiliary Personnel Lighter) or barracks craft. LCM is up to port side of barracks craft. Port bow of the barracks craft shows no. 30 on it. View from bow of LCM. APL-30 and dock at Da Nang harbor. Small craft tied up to dock at the Da Nang harbor. Small craft are the Navy YFRNs 997, 385, 412, F, UX. Various small boats of varied descriptions tied up to dock in Da Nang harbour.
SM-62 Snark missile launched. Jupiter missile launched. Night view, Jupiter 'C' Explorer launched. Sparrow missile carried by F-3D plane releases, streaks through air and hits an aircraft B-17 in flight. B-17 explodes.
The Italian campaign against Austro-Hungarian forces in the Dolomite mountains of the Alps during World War 1. Italian troops standing at railroad station as a train passes, carrying soldiers and war materiel. They wave to the train. Scene shifts to Italian soldiers moving across the platform. Next, troops are seen loading provisions aboard army trucks. Italian soldiers pushing alongside a railroad gun with "F.S. Italia," (for Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) painted on the rail flatcar. Troops pose with a partially-covered towed 149/35 gun, equipped with mud wheels. Italian troops moving up a hill. Hundreds of Italian soldiers pulling a siege mortar up a steep hill.
USS Chara (AKA-58) comes alongside the USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) for a transfer of supplies and ammo. Bridge of Chara. DA Men approach lines. Gear transferred via lines. Gear on lines in cargo nets, lowered to carrier flight deck. F4Us on flight deck with folded wings.
F4Us on flight deck of USS Badoeng Strait, with folded wings. Men stack ammo on the deck. Gear comes aboard carrier via lines.
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