The night life in Soho, an entertainment district in London, England. Neon signs on a night club. A strip club sign reads 'Striptease' on the Casbah Club. Night views of a street and the night clubs. Men stand outside a night club. A neon sign reads " La Dolge Vita". Pedestrians and vehicles on a road
Ceremony of "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium in New York. A large crowd of spectators in the stadium. Seventh Regiment Band marches during the ceremony. Babe Ruth moves toward microphones. Lou Gehrig stands in front of the microphones. Lou is honored as "the greatest prototype of good sportsmanship and citizenship" by New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Gehrig addresses the crowd and says that he considers himself the luckiest man on the face of the earth and he thanks for the honor received from all fans. His Yankee teammates and their opponents that day, the Washington Senators, are lined up on the infield grass. Babe Ruth gives presentations and remarks. Lou stands beside him. George Herman Ruth, Jr. (Babe Ruth) and dignitaries stand and pose. A large crowd in the stadium.
United States Air Force on review over third fleet in the Pacific Ocean. Large formation of airplanes passes over USS Missouri (BB-63) and an APD (ship) underway. Many men on flight deck of USS Shangri-LA watch huge armada of airplanes passing in air. Huge armada of carrier-borne aircraft, passing on parade. Men on deck of ship play with medicine ball.
Amphibian assault on Oran, Morocco, during Operation Torch, in World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope ladders from Troop ships and enter assault boats. Major General Terry Allen, (Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.) Commander of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, descends rope ladder, followed by his Deputy, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. A Colonel follows them. Views from inside the assault boat carrying them and other officers and soldiers, including some Military Policemen. View from that boat, of troops entering assault boats from a large Attack Transport Ship (APA). A jeep being lowered from the APA to a boat. The assault boat carrying First Infantry Division Commander and staff reaches the beach in Oran, and discharges them onto the beach. There is no opposing force evident.
U.S. Marines in Quang Ngai, Vietnam during Operation Rio Grand of the Vietnam War. Film opens showing a line of U.S. marines patrolling in area of rice paddies. A hut is burning in the background. Closeup of two marines consulting maps. One points in a direction. Camera pans from the burning hut to the marines with the maps. (Another one has joined them.) Camera focuses on marines leading two suspected Viet Cong men wearing nón lá (conical hats). Next, the marines are seen herding an entire family of suspected Viet Cong including women and children. A Viet Cong suspect, stripped to the waist during interrogation, puts on his hat and shirt. He is given a packet of documents. Closeup of Vietnamese woman. Marines relax taking a break.
A French ship arrives at New York Harbor in the United States during World War II. The skyline of Manhattan at New York Harbor. French warship Richelieu arrives at the harbor. The French flag flies aboard the ship. Crew members on the deck of the ship. The ship anchored at the dock. Another ship named Mont Calm arrives in the U.S. Crew members hold kittens. A French officer salutes. Women serve refreshments to French sailors. French sailors and marines march up the Broadway in New York during a parade. People cheer as French troops march. People gathered in front of the New York City Hall. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia and French officers on a review stand. French sailors lined up.
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