U.S. President Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island during the Vietnam War. President Nixon standing with an officer on an airfield. A Pan American aircraft taxiing on the airfield. The aircraft taxiing into a parking area. A crowd gathered on the airfield. President Nixon and naval officer walking towards the ramp of the aircraft. A group of station officers in white uniforms beside the aircraft. President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu and other officials debarking from the aircraft. President Nixon greeting the officials at the base of the ramp. People taking pictures of the event. President Nixon and President Thieu with the officials walking away from the aircraft. President Nixon introduces American officials to President Thieu. President Thieu shakes hands with the officials. The Presidents talking. The officials standing beside them. Both the Presidents get on to a speaker's stand to receive honors. The Presidents standing at attention on the stand. Honor guards coming to present arms. U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guards present arms. A band master directing a U.S. Marine Corps band. The station officers saluting. President Nixon and President Thieu leave the stand to inspect the honor guards. The Presidents with a U.S. Marine Corps officer inspecting the honor guards.
A naval battle rages off the Solomon Islands during World War II. The Japanese fleet underway in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. warship fires at Japanese ships. Animated map shows the main objective of the Japanese that is to capture Guadalcanal. A U.S. bomber lands and taxis. A signal officer gives a signal. A pilot in a cockpit. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester William Nimitz seated in a chair discusses the strategy of attack with an officer. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr. looks at a map aboard a U.S. warship. U.S. ships underway in the Pacific Ocean. Animated map shows the positions of ships underway in different directions. A U.S. ship underway. Troops on its deck. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur gets off a car in New Guinea. U.S. infantry troops in trucks and jeeps advance along a dirt road. Troops in a jeep wearing gas masks. Troops seated in a truck hold guns. U.S. soldiers stand around an aircraft. A U.S. bomber aircraft in flight. The bomber aircraft taxis and takes off. The troops get off from the aircraft. Infantry men advance through a jungle. Men lay logs to make a bridge. A convoy moves over a bridge carrying supplies. Soldiers load shells in an artillery and fire. The troops advance through a jungle. They fire artillery. Smoke rises due to the firing. Artillery pounds Japanese positions. The infantry advances across jungle swamps.
A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force on the Bermuda Islands. Two USAAF motor rescue launches, P-713 and P-359 (rescue boats) anchored at a sea beach. Crew work on board. Crew personnel smoke while playing cards on a rescue boat.
A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. A USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in flight with one propeller feathered. A radio operator on board the C-54E sends a distress call. A radio operator in the flight control tower at Kindley Air Force Base receives the message and uses a telephone. Printing by a printing machine. The C-54E with its engine on fire. A captain uses a telephone to alert the Search and Rescue Flight Section. Personnel of the Search and Rescue Flight Section move fast after being alerted by an alarm. They rush towards a deck. USAAF personnel take their military gear. Motor rescue launch P-359 is unanchored and is underway. The army air force personnel start the engine of a USAAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft. It taxis and takes off. The flight control tower at Kindley AFB.
A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. The crew of a USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in two rubber life rafts in the ocean as the C-54E sinks. A USAAF SB-17G Flying Fortress aircraft in flight. The captain of a rescue boat at the controls. The rescue boat underway. The SB-17G aircraft is guided by smoke flare and mirror signals. It drops a rescue boat with the help of a parachute. The C-54E crew leaves the rubber rafts and gets into the rescue boat. A rescue launch beside the rescue boat. The rescue launch picks up the C-54E crew from the rescue boat. The crew sits in the rescue launch. They have coffee. One of them smokes. A stern view of the rescue boat.
A film depicts safety measures of the United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) on the Bermuda Islands. A USAAF C-54E Skymaster aircraft in flight. The C-54E in flight.
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