Activities at AFB Vietnam. Secretary of U.S. Air Force Robert C. Seamans arrival at Tan Son Nhut flight line. Dr. Seamans inspecting the USAF and VNAF troops and presenting silver medals to USAF M Sgt.and two VNAF officers. Troops dispersing and congratulating the three officers who received the awards. Dr. Seamans and other officers boarding the staff cars and leaving. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Somerset Plain of 101st Air Cavalry Dv. U.S. Soldier removing bullets from his M-16 rifle and putting them in a can. He is also seen cleaning his rifle with a shaving brush and a toothbrush. August 1968. (Vietnam War period).
Arrival of United States President Woodrow Wilson and Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Physician to President Wilson. They arrive at Quai d' Orsay (37, Quai d'Orsay - 75007 Paris) - French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs to attend a preliminary conference. President Woodrow Wilson bows his hat to greet the dignitaries. Other dignitaries arriving include Prime Minister of Italy Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Italian Foreign Minister Baron Sonnino, Secretary of United States Robert Lansing, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, British statesman Lord Arthur J. Balfour, American advisor of the supreme war council General Tasker H. Bliss, Prime Minister of France Georges B. Clemenceau, French Minister of Construction M. Loucher. View of Salle d' Horloge- the interior of the Quai d'Orsay where the conference was arranged. Cameramen with their camera mounted on stands seen standing. Reporters and guards can be seen. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Second Italo-Ethiopian (Abyssinian) war . View, from an airplane, of mustard gas being spread over wide area from generators operated by Italian Forces on a river bank in Ethiopia. View from ground of the generators spewing the mustard gas. Numerous steel drums on ground near the generators. One is prominently marked with letter "M." An Italian soldier looks at the gas clouds from an upwind hide out.
The representatives of the Marshall Plan nations meet at the Paris headquarters of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation or OEEC (now known as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development or OECD). View of the Château de la Muette, the headquarters of the OEEC (2, rue André Pascal 75016 Paris, France). OEEC dignitaries get off from staff car and enter a glass door. An OEEC representative of France speaks at the conference. OEEC delegates discuss the Marshall Plan and cooperation among the nations. An OEEC delegate flips a document while speaking. View of Strasbourg, France. Flags nations belonging to the Council of Europe. Leaders of the Council of Europe convene in Strasbourg. Prime Minister of United Kingdom Winston Churchill smokes cigars at the headquarters. Belgian Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak is also in the meeting. Children entering Volksschule school. Teacher points to a large map of Europe inside the classroom. A boy study a diagram of the flags of European countries. Children study about the nations of Europe in a school. Sign reads “H.M. Customs”, “Douane”, “Dogana Italiana” and “Douane Zoll”. Customs signage from different European countries. A tall man boards a barge. Officer inspects paper from man. A man inspects passport in a French customs border control. A border control police inspects a car and opens gate in Mauberge, near the Belgian border. A truck leaves the border control. People from different nations of Europe working together for its development.
American and French soldiers digging bodies from the ruins of buildings in Villers-Tournelle and Noyers-St.Martin, France, during World War 1. They place a white sheet on a litter and place a body upon it. American troops in steel helmets search wreckage for survivors or casualties. One soldier uses a shovel. Two Americans in field uniforms. One wears an Brodie steel helmet (likely a Marine in an M 1917 helmet). Several American soldiers emerge from the cellar of a damaged building.
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