Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.
The U.S. Army providing military security in Vietnam to facilitate the Republic of Vietnam Revolutionary Development Program during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army tanks on the move. Vietnamese village on a river, with small boats at the bank. Irregular volunteer with M-16 walks over small bridge. Republic of Vietnam representatives in a rural village trying to win allegiance of the people with simple social and economic projects. Seen are persons providing health assistance, supervising small construction activities, and teaching school. U.S. Army officers advising Vietnamese officers as they consult a large map in a headquarters. U.S. Army advisory team listens as Vietnamese officer explains an agricultural project in rural Vietnam. District Advisor, a U.S. Army Major, named Taylor, converses with a South Vietnamese officer, during a meeting. South Vietnamese rural townsfolk standing outside a building where American dentist is providing care to local populace. A U.S. Army roadbuilding project in rural South Vietnam. American soldiers handing out candy to Vietnamese children and distributing food and clothing to rural poor. U.S. Army Civil Affairs Companies, engaged in building construction, bridge construction, agriculture improvement, public health medical care and refugee assistance. U.S. Army surgical team providing services to the Vietnamese. Army engineers work on water supply system while small Vietnamese children bathe in the water. Supplies captured from the enemy, including rice, salt, food, clothing and medical supplies, are distributed to the local population.
French 1st Army, C.C.1, under Colonel Gruss, moving west along highway D16 through the village of Schwoben. Infantry and armor entering Schwoben, past a sign reading "Tagsdorf" ( a village towards the west) in Alsace, during World War 2. A French soldier pauses by the body of a fallen German soldier. Local French people reentering the town of Sierentz,, some carrying belongings on horse-drawn wagon. The church of St. Martin in the background. Large number of French civilian men march loosely into the town, headed by one carrying the French flag.They wave and smile as they pass the camera. They march past an M10 tank destroyer and several French troops. View from jeep passing roadsign reading "Mulhausen,3.62." (This was located on highway D56 between Zimmersheim and Eschentzwiller.) View from parked jeep as jeeps and armored vehicles enter town. Local people fill the sidewalks to watch as French troops and tanks enter the town. French tricolor flags fly from windows of buildings.
British conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Mavis C.Tate,and another MP, sitting in an American jeep with top up, speak with a British officer. They and several other jeeps, carrying visiting British MPs proceed into the liberated Buchenwald Concentration camp. An effigy of a prisoner is seen illustrating form of punishment meted out to inmates. The visiting party includes: Mrs. Tate; Sir Graham White; Sir Henry James; Lord Stanhope; Lord Addison; Sir Archibald Southby; Lieutenant Colonel Wickham; Ness Edward; M. Silverman; and Tom Driberg. Accompanied by U.S. and British officers, they walk about among the camp buildings, where cleanup is underway. A large mass of camp debris is being burned. Freed inmates are seen throughout the camp. Some of them speak with the MPs and explain things to them. Mrs. Tate converses with former prisoners who show their tatooed identification numbers. (World War II period).
A street dedicated to former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Paris, France. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery shakes hands with French officials. Several men and women gathered along a street. U.S. officials including the U.S. Army and Navy personnel stand outside a building. The officers salute. French Honor Guard. Women in the balconies of the building watch the proceedings. M. Le Trooquer, President of the Municipal Council, standing on a platform, speaks to the gathering. View of the women on the balconies. The women in the large gathering applaud. The street nameplate on the building being unveiled. 'Avenue Franklin D.Roosevelt' written on the nameplate. U.S. Ambassador and the officials watch. American troops march during the parade through the streets. French troops follow them. The officials and people on both sides of the road watch the parade.
U.S. aircraft from USS Ticonderogaon attack on Japanese planes parked on airstrips in Manila,Philippines during World War II. Rocket and bombing attack on parked Japanese planes. A large fire burns and explosions. Strafing of camouflaged Japanese planes and shore installations. Rocket run on parked planes. Strafing houses and planes on a paved airstrip. U.S. aircraft strafes installations around the airstrip. Strafing attack on a bomber parked near a tree. Light flak comes back at plane. U.S. aircraft combat with Japanese Zeke (A6M Zero, Japanese Navy aircraft). Large bomb explosions near a Japanese tanker.
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