Opens showing maps of German and Japanese occupied territory during World War 2. Camera zooms in on the Japanese territory and shows points of Allied pressure against it during the war. Camera zooms in on German occupied areas and shows Allied pressure from The Atlantic and Mediterranean. View from above of formations of C-47 transport aircraft flying over water. (It may involve an invasion rehearsal, because the planes are not in D-Day stripes.) Formations of boats leaving long wakes as viewed from aircraft overhead. U.S. paratroopers relaxing inside a C-47 aircraft. They are alerted and don their helmets preparing to jump. Formation of C-46 Commando transport aircraft viewed from below. A paratrooper hooked up to a static line inside a transport plane. View from one of the aircraft in a formation dropping paratroopers over desert area. Their black chutes opening below the aircraft. Occasional white chutes seen. White parachutes seen from above as they descent toward agricultural land below.
U.S. Army Waco CG-4A combat gliders viewed from the ground where others have already landed, in France on D-Day during World War 2. One lands successfully. Another looms overhead near trees, makes a landing, and while sliding a long way to a stop, noses over completely and is destroyed.
President Harry S. Truman of United States addresses the American people from the White House, by radio, after his return from the Potsdam Conference of World War II. President Truman states that victory in Europe is a victory of common human being. He discusses methods to sustain long lasting peace over all countries of the world. He talks about the basic proposition of the worth and dignity of man as the strongest force in the world. He talks about a coming just and lasting peace.
President of United States Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive at the Vnukovo II airport, in Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR). View from the cockpit of the Presidential VC-137C (Boeing 707) aircraft, named "Spirit of 76", as it taxis on the active runway, and then on the ramp, after landing. View from Air Force One, as the cabin door is opened. A red-carpeted stairway is rolled toward the aircraft. The American flag flies next to the Soviet flag, atop the airport terminal building. A military brass band and honor guard, stand in formation. Several Soviet officials walk toward the Presidential aircraft. Mrs. Pat Nixon, exits the airplane a step ahead of President Nixon. They descend the stairway and are greeted by USSR President Nikolai V.Podgorny, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, Foreign Minister, Andrei A. Gromyko, and other Soviet officials. The President and Mrs. Nixon shake hands with the officials and Mrs. Nixon accepts a bouquet of flowers. Next, the President is seen at attention, on the airport ramp, with three Soviet officials, and a U.S. Army attache, as the Soviet bandmaster conducts the band in what appears to be the U.S. National Anthem. View shifts, again, to the doorway of the President's airplane. The Soviet band and honor guard are seen from a stand of trees, as they parade past the airplane. Finally, a long line of automobiles is seen in a motorcade headed toward the city.
Organization of the United States Army. Ninety days long process of forming the basic unit of army -the Division. Animated map shows the developments during these ninety days. Various officers as Divisional Commander, Assistant Commander, Artillery Commander General Staff and Special Staff appointed. Refreshers from various schools selected fro army. Arrival of different commanders and soldiers along with time. Amphibious training to the soldiers. Infantry troops, armored troops, motorized troops, cavaliers and airborne combine to form one division. Training in deserts, mountains, snow covered battlefield. Marching troops. (World War II period).
Army cadets from West Point and Navy cadets from Annapolis marching in the rain during the second inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Various views of the cadets marching down Pennsylvania Avenue in formation wearing long coats. Rain soaked streets and marchers. Thin crowds watching due to the rain.
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