MAAG (Military Assistance and Advisory Group) Mission in Vietnam. Opening ceremony of a newly constructed telephone building. Mr Dung,Assistant Secretary of State speaks over microphone. Mr Dung makes a first call and dials number. General Le Yan Ty receives call at the extension phone.
General Charles De Gaulle with other officers visits the Free French heavy Destroyer, Le Triomphant, in Algiers. The names "A Scheer" and "Deutchland" are painted on torpedoes fastened to the ship. Sailor blows bugle as General de Gaulle emerges from a gangway. Entire crew is in dress uniform. The gereral visits a submarine, where French crew is lined up at attention. An honor guard with fixed bayonets, on the pier. View of Free French naval flag. The flag of Forces Navales Francaises Libres (FNFL).
Mouloud Religious Ceremony held once a year in Tangier. Arab women dressed completely in white are massed together on terraces and rooftops. Mounted police carrying sabers, followed by others carrying rifles, lead a parade in the Avenue d' Espagna. The Mendoub representative arrives. Seen are Signor Mariani, M. Le Fur, the Administrator of Tangiers and the Mendoub's representative. Armed men perform a daring and noisy dance that includes firing their rifles into the ground. Children are among those enjoying the festivities.
Interiors of the United States Embassy (4 Le Duan Blvd., District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in Saigon, Vietnam following the Tet Offensive bombing of the embassy. Personnel examine damage inside embassy. Bullet holes in wall. Clock stopped at 3:03. Soldiers check Embassy grounds. Troops carry wounded on stretcher. Aftermath of battle in Tet Offensive. Wrecked trucks and destroyed buildings. (Vietnam War period).
British Aviators complete the flight between Europe and America at Floyd Bennett Field,New York. Plane lands at airport and a group of guards escort the flyers. British Aviators Lt. Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos surrounded by excited crowd and media persons. The aviators completed their record flight in their Joseph Le Brix monoplane.
View of two guards standing at the entrance of King's Villa in Salerno,Italy. Several women standing in the background near the entrance. Views from just outside the partially open door of a large stadium filled with people. A sign outside reads "C.E.F. General Commandant Le C.E.F." Elected and military officials walk together down a stairs to a parked car. Guards salute and stand attentively. A officer walks towards the car and salutes to another officer.
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