Chiefs and veiled tribesmen say farewell to French President Gaston Doumergue in Constantine, Algeria after ceremonies to celebrate their 100th year of allegiance. The chiefs and the veiled tribesmen shake hands with President Doumergue. Men on horseback followed by a car. A cheering crowd on a street. A train arrives at a railroad station. Young girls pose.
U.S. Army Special Forces operating near Ba Me Ga west of Ban Me Thout, Vietnam. A Special Forces Mobile Strike Force (Mike Force) soldier slits open a Vietcong rice bag. The team encounters a dying Vietcong soldier in brush. Mike Force member searches the VC's body for documents. Information about Vietcong anti-tank mines and tax collection documents are reportedly found on the VC. ( Note: It has also been reported that some elements of the Mike Force unit drove over an uncharted anti tank mine on the way back to base, after the mission, killing and wounding members of Special Forces, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, and Montagnard strike force troopers.)
Ruins in a Japanese city after Allied bombings of World War II. People pulling carts. Damaged and bombed-out buildings. Japanese people walk past debris. A burned train.
A training film on the wartime and peacetime activities of the U.S. Signal Corps. U.S. Signal Corps recruits disembark on a beach from landing barges during World War 2. The soldiers set up communications equipment and operate a EE-8 field telephone, and morse code keyer to transmit range observations. U.S. Navy sailor sends signal lamp blinker signals from a U.S. Navy ship offshore. The signal corps soldiers lay telephone wires by aircraft and truck. The telegraph and telephone poles are erected. The Chief Signal Officer seated at his desk. Exterior view of the Pentagon, and then interior views inside the Pentagon at the Pentagon signal center. Soldiers working in the signal center of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Tape machines dispense paper tapes with encoded communications. Sign "Traffic Control Army Command and Administration System" written on a board in the center. The transmission system of the message.
A film titled: 'Demolition Equipment for Airborne Engineers' depicts the use of demolition equipment by the paratroopers during World War II. The training of the paratroopers in the United States. A bridge is exploded using the demolition charge. Smoke arising from the explosion. Paratroopers standing on the ground. An officer instructing them the use of demolition equipment set number 5. He demonstrates how to place the kit on a target and prepare the detonator assembly.
A film depicts the use of demolition equipment by the paratroopers during World War II. The training of the paratroopers in the United States. A bag carrying the demolition charges on the table. He places the demolition equipment in the bag and packs it.
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