Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. An officer at a desk as he speaks to a man. The name plate on the desk reads 'Mr. Reilly DOD' . An officer at a desk as he sorts out papers. The name plate on the desk reads 'Lt. Col. G.M. Gibbs, USAF Strategic'. An officer speaks over a phone. The name plate on the desk reads 'Col M.E. Jessup, USA Command Center Operation Chief'.
Smoke rises from forest fires in South Vietnam. The 1st Australian task force takes their positions and fire artillery. Australian soldiers fire rifles, M-79 grenade launchers and an M-72 Law during Operation Pinnaroo. Explosions on the ground. (Vietnam War period).
Security police QRT (Quick Reaction Team) members board V-100 vehicle at Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam. V-100 on dirt road with a perimeter guard tower in the background. Airman sets up M67 90mm recoilless rifle in bunker. He loads the rifle. Another airman loads and aims M60 machine gun in bunker. V-100 drives past perimeter guard tower.
Statue of Liberty. Picnic for union workers. Sign reads, "Amalgamated Shirts and Pajama Workers of America, Local 343 Picnic" College graduation ceremony. Americans voting. Signs read, "Polling Place. Stalls open 6 A.M. - Close P.M." and "No Loitering or Electioneering Between This Point and The Poll." A woman enters a curtained voting stall to vote. Aerial view of early U.S. interstate highway exchange. Suburban neighborhood development in California, with elevated view of houses in suburbs. A pastor performs a wedding ceremony in a church. An American family picnics on bank of a stream. Students at a U.S. college campus. Parishioners coming out of a church. U.S. Congress in session. U.S. Capitol building exterior with tree branches. In contrast: Military parade in Communist East Germany, with tanks. A sign reads: "Peace, Prosperity, good fortune" (in German). Civil unrest in various countries, possibly Hungarian Uprising or Hungarian revolution in Hungary in 1956: People during a riot or demonstration and a city bus is seen crashing through trees and into a building on a busy downtown city street; Street riots; protest gatherings. Contrasting scenes: Peaceful U.S. metropolitan street scene; Farmer plowing field with tractor; Cowboys herding steers; driver in tanker truck with "Cyclone Rocket" logo on the door, welders at a shipyard.
An incident at the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in Korea. M-113 APC drives on dirt road and stops in front of a fence. 7th Infantry Division soldiers walk through swampy area and a gate. Soldier walks along trench to bunker position. He removes starlight scope from case and mounts it on M-14 Rifle. Soldier looks through the starlight scope.
Instructor demonstrates the use of Sniper Rifle at Fort Benning in Georgia. Instructor stands in front of a table with sniper equipment on it. He picks up the rifle and aims towards target. Board next to him reads 'Telescope M-81 M-82'. Instructor points at the chart. He picks up the rifle and mounts telescope on the rifle.
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