Marines of the 'L' company carrying M-60 machine guns and weapons in Khe Sanh area, Vietnam. They carry M-16 rifles and walk through tall bushes. A marine stands in tall grass atop small hill, firing his M-60 machine gun. Marine carrying M-16 rifle walks through bushes atop a hill. Marine with PRC-25 radio on his back rests. He lies amidst tall grass. He places cord of phone around his neck. Other marines seated in grass. (Vietnam War period).
N-9M stationary on runway. Shack and mountains in background. Pilot climbs into one of the Flying Wings and starts the engine. Wing tip of N-9M. Trailing edge of N-9M. Engine of N-9M, warming up.
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia. (Cold War period.)
During Tet Offensive in Hue, Vietnam: U.S. Marines of 'L' Company holding M-79 grenade launcher stands behind tree looking toward smoke rising in the background. Portion of building explodes during battle. 50cal machine gun fired from M-48 tank parked near portion of stone wall. Marines carry and drag wounded marine while they are under fire. Marines around mechanical mule. Wounded marine loaded onto mechanical mule. Mechanical mule is driven off. Other marines crawl on ground under fire. Some of the Marines move quickly toward M-48 tank and disappear behind stone wall. Marines move past a wrecked jeep. Marines stand and sit near heavily damaged buildings. Marines move ahead near a large building. Marines move past pedicab and buildings. Marines with M-16 rifles move past large building, portion of which reads 'Dau Dong'. Marines run. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines of 1/1 (1st Battalion 1st Marines) look toward parked M-48 tank on road (river barrier). Tank parked on road with 90mm gun aimed out. Turret swings toward buildings in bushy area. Tank fires. Smoke rises from the background. Turret turns slowly as several 90mm shell casings are thrown out onto ground. Marines stand behind top turret of parked M-48 tank. Marine kneels along road with 3.5 rocket launcher on his shoulder. Second marine loads rocket into launcher as third marine speaks and points out position of attack. ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) rangers armed with M-16 rifles move quickly followed by marines. AVRN rangers and marines cross Perfume River Bridge and move toward a building in the background. AVRN rangers talk into radio atop parked M-48 tank. (Vietnam War, Tet Offensive period).
A film about use and importance of M20 rocket launchers. U.S. soldiers fire rifles on a battlefield. The soldier march. An aircraft in flight as paratroopers drop. Crew members set up an M20 rocket launcher. A gunner puts on a protective mask. Shells being loaded into the rocket launcher. The gunner fires the rocket launcher at a tank and smoke rises. The gunner seated in a kneel down position as a man loads the rocket launcher. The M20 rocket launcher being fired. The gunner in a prone position as he prepares to fire the M20rocket launcher. The launcher placed on an elevating screw. The crew fires the rocket.
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