A film on the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several aircraft parked in a row on the airfield during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. 'Ford' written on the aircraft. A Ford arrives and is parked beside another vehicle. A few men beside the vehicle. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and another man beside the Ford. Henry Ford and U.S. Senator Couzens walk to an aircraft. The men stand beside the tail of a Ford aircraft and talk. Number '4' written on the tail of the aircraft. 'Ford Airport' written on top of the entrance to one of the airport buildings. The men stand and talk under one of the wings of a Ford Trimotor.
Afghan Army units parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan Army armored vehicles passing along a road during the Afghan Army parade in Kabul. Three SA-2 Guidelines, the Soviet designed surface-to-air missiles, on transporters moving along the road. People lined on the side of the road. A few missile containers on transporters move on the road. T-54 tanks with soldiers on it moving along the road during the parade. '4-410' written on a tank. The Army band playing instruments march following the tank. View of men and children watching the parade.
Afghan Army units parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. An officer standing on the side of the road saluting, during the Afghan Army parade in Kabul. Armored vehicles pass along the road. The limousine carrying the King, with motorcycle escort moves on the road. View of the guests and dignitaries on the reviewing stand. Army personnel lined on the side of the road. View of the women guests on the reviewing stand. The guests and officials on the reviewing stand get up from their seats. Leaflets dropped from Afghan Air Force Mi-4 helicopter in flight over the region of the parade. Afghan Army color guard march with troops. The troops marching along the road. Men and children on the side of the road watch the troops. Armed troops march.
A gas obstacle course at the Chemical Warfare School in the Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, United States. A signboard reads 'Station No.4, Reconnaissance for samples of vesicants'. Trainees on a woody terrain where the enemy has shelled with an unidentified gas. A trainee collecting a shell holder and testing it for contamination. The trainee then takes a soil sample in a bottle for analysis and wraps it with a wax paper to prevent leakage and burns. The trainee squad moving through a contaminated area. An explosion of mustard gas in the area. Soil, plants and trees are contaminated. The squad wearing impregnated coats moving through the contaminated area. View of shoes of the trainees covered with particles of mustard. The squad beside a wire fence entangle. The squad moving through trees to the next station in the course. (World War II period).
Scenes just prior to the mlitary Coup and mob revolt in Iraq. King Faisal II is seen addressing an assembly of people, prior to the revolt in which His uncle, Crown Prince Ilah was killed by street mobs, and the whereabouts of King Faisal II and Premier Nuri as-Said were unknown. Flashback scenes show them arriving in Jordan on an Iraqi Airways 4-engine turboprop airliner. They are greeted by King Hussein, Faisal's cousin, as they come down the steps of the airplane. A brass band plays as they cross the tarmac. Flags of Iraq and Jordan fly from flagpoles.The two cousin kings, Faisal II and Hussein, sit side by side and watch parade of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Note: both King Faisal II and Premier Nuri as-Said lost their lives in the subsequent revolt.)
U.S. sailors at a dock in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A dock area in Beirut. United States sailors on the dock. Several ships anchored. An officer standing beside a parked car. A few sailors in a boat. CC-17-4 written on the boat. A vessel moving away from the dock beside the boat. A U.S. Navy ship moving towards the dock. A sailor pops his head out of a porthole on the ship and talks. A group of men positioning the gangway to the ship.
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