Statues in New Orleans, Louisiana. Boats, dredges, piers, and buildings along Bayou St. John. An equestrian statue of General Andrew Jackson at Jackson Square (Andrew Jackson Equestrian Statue, Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA 70116, United States). Metairie Cemetery (5100 Pontchartrain Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA). A statue of General Albert Sidney Johnson of the Confederate Army. A streetcar on St. Charles Street and a residential area. An equestrian statue of General Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard.
Various types of neon lights and signs at Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Nevada. Neon signs read as 'Slater Motel, Drive in Here', 'Fox Market', 'Sav-on Self Service Drug Store' and '3 Min'. Neon lights and signs on entrance of building. Neon lights and signs for Overland Hotel Las Vegas (20 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV 89101, USA) and the Las Vegas Club Casino at Fremont Street, Las Vegas. Luck Strike Club neon sign is also seen.
Launching of Destroyer, USS Dallas (DD199) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A. Shipyard workers and guests cheer and wave American flags as the USS Dallas goes down the ways into the water.
Broadway and Union Square in Manhattan, New York City on 8 July 1903. Trolley cars filled with passengers. Trolley cars move on tracks. Passengers get off and, on the trolleys, or street cars. Broadway and 42nd Street viewed from the newly constructed Times Building (1 Times Square Manhattan, New York 10036). The newly constructed Astor Hotel (One Astor Plaza, New York, NY 10036, USA) visible below with flag flying over its roof.
John Charles Daly discussing the Medal of Honor and the Spanish American War. Scenes of waves crashing on shores. Mr. Daly standing in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. speaks about Americans called to do battle outside the United States. Map of Cuba with flame and smoke over Havana Harbor. Officials around a conference table. A poster with picture of the USS Maine and words: "Remember the Maine." Excerpts from films depicting events in the Spanish-American War. The Spanish flag being lowered and replaced by the American flag. Back in the Hall of Heroes, Mr. Daly points to names of 30 Medal of Honor recipients from the Spanish-American War, on the wall. He notes they were the first to win Army Medals of Honor on foreign soil. He states that 81 Navy and Marine Corps fighting men were also awarded the medal.
John Charles Daly stands in the Hall of Heroes, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Behind him is a display containing names of the American military recipients of the Medal of Honor. He points to a section of a display listing 131 names added during the Korean War. He then moves to the latest section of the display, covering the period 1964 and subsequent, in the Vietnam War. At this point, the film begins to depict scenes from the Vietnam conflict. An American soldier holding a rifle is silhouetted against a light sky background. U.S. soldiers firing M-16 rifles. shadow cast by a Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter flying overhead. Soldier firing machine gun from M113 armored personnel carrier (APC). U.S. gun crews firing 105mm howitzer; 175mm self-propelled gun; M107 Howitzer; and battery of howitzers in the field. Army troops inside a helicopter. View from below of CH-47 helicopter (Jolly Green Giant) landing and troops leaving its rear door. A patrol of American soldiers firing their weapons as they move forward. Soldiers dealing with difficult terrain. One stepping through deep mud. Infantry patrol moving and taking cover. A soldier using field radio. A UH-1 flying over palm trees. Infantry moving through jungle accompanied by M113 APC. Explosions and fire. Soldiers boarding a Huey helicopter, as the ship's gunner delivers covering fire by machine gun. Soldiers having a smoke while airborne in the helicopter.
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