The Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Flags of different countries displayed in a stadium during the Helsinki Olympics. Men taking part in a marathon start the event. A huge crowd gathered in the stands cheer for the men. Officials seated in the stands applaud. A man holds a board which reads '25 km'. Czechoslovakia's Emil Zatopek leads the event. People on the sides of the road cheer. The Czechoslovakian running on tracks in the stadium. Emil Zatopek finishes the 26-mile run creating a new record. Photographers take pictures. The crowd in the stands. Women's 400 meter relay event begins. United States team wins creating a new record with a score of 45.9 seconds. The relay team of four girls dances with glee. Men's 1500 meter track event begins. The crowd in the stands is applauding. Luxembourg's Joseph Barthel overcomes American Macmillan winning the country's first gold medal. Joseph Barthel cries standing on the winner's stand.
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Interior of the Pentagon. President Nixon greets civilian employees. He smiles. Officials and officers applaud and take seats. He speaks to the officials and the officers in an auditorium.
United States Presidential election in New York. Civilians lined up to cast their votes outside the Town Hall. Inside the hall men at desk help the civilians in casting votes. President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives at Town Hall to cast his vote. Governor of Kansas Alfred Mossman Landon gets off a car at Town Hall. He casts his vote. President addresses the gathering after his victory. Large crowd at the Times Square to cheer and congratulate winner.
View from ship flying U.S. Navy church pennant above the American flag, during amphibious assault training in the Pacific, during World War 2. Several Marines injured during the exercises are given first aid and transported by Coast Guard crew of landing craft. A Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) pulls alongside ramp of a Landing Ship Tank (LST). Navy personnel standing on ramp. A litter patient smoking a cigarette, brought aboard a LCVP. Litter patients on the well deck of a LCVP. Marine with face injury receives treatment.
U.S. Marine amphibious training activities in Pacific theater during Second World War. United States marines lying on the beach. Amphibious vehicles surrounded by marines on the beach. Assault force at anchor. Amphibious craft including Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT), Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) heading for the beach. Marines advance along a path with tropical vegetation alongside. LVTs loaded with marines, move in towards the beach. Marines on a LVT as it tows a vehicle in a muddy area.
Amphibious training in Pacific during Second World War. Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT) in the water. Ships at anchor. LVTs underway towards the beach. A Landing Ship Tank (LST) convoy anchored off shore. A view of the beach area. Explosions on the beach. Amphibious vehicles with United States Marines approach the beach. A United States Navy Fletcher Class destroyer and a Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) off shore. LVTs, in column, heading for the beach. Hills in the background.
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