Flight of Cierva autogyro from Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome in Madrid, Spain. Men push Cierva autogyro onto runway at the Cuatro Vientos Aerodrome. A hangar in the background. Men work with the propeller blades. Captain Joaquin Loriga climbs into the autogyro. Engineer De La Cierva talks to Loriga. A man pushes the rotor of autogyro. Other men watch him working. The autogyro taxis on the airfield. The autogyro flies over field. The autogyro lands. Men rush over to autogyro. Colonel Marquis of Gonzalez Castejon and Mayor Herrera delegate talk with the pilot after landing.
Autogyro lands for the National Air Races in Cleveland. Inventor Juan De La Cierva lands autogyro within the circle aimed at by aircraft for spot landing contest. Cierva autogyro circles down for landing. The autogyro buzzes in across field and above the crowd. The stationary autogyro.
French soldiers patrol grain fields in the Meskiana Commune, Algeria. A group of farmers operate combine harvesting machines, to cut and bag the grain, under the protection of the French military. French tank, armored vehicle and observation aircraft seen. A French soldier operates controls on a combine harvester, watched by the farmer and several other soldiers riding on it. View of farmer in cab of the combine harvester. A soldier releases a sack of harvested grain marked: "S.A.P. Region de la Meskiana 1958."
A gathering at the Nixon home, La Casa Pacifica (the Western White House) in San Clemente, California. Members of news media have cameras and tripods all over the courtyard. Several persons stand with arms folded, waiting. Tall yardarm stye flagpole holds American flag and a blue flag (Presidential ensign?). Press Secretary,Ronald Ziegler, appears before assembled newsmen. The President strolls out to edge of drive, and then walks quickly to the microphones and makes a statement, and holds press conference.
Amphibian assault on Oran, Morocco, during Operation Torch, in World War 2. U.S. troops descend rope ladders from Troop ships and enter assault boats. Major General Terry Allen, (Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.) Commander of the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division, descends rope ladder, followed by his Deputy, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. A Colonel follows them. Views from inside the assault boat carrying them and other officers and soldiers, including some Military Policemen. View from that boat, of troops entering assault boats from a large Attack Transport Ship (APA). A jeep being lowered from the APA to a boat. The assault boat carrying First Infantry Division Commander and staff reaches the beach in Oran, and discharges them onto the beach. There is no opposing force evident.
U.S. Marines in Quang Ngai, Vietnam during Operation Rio Grand of the Vietnam War. Film opens showing a line of U.S. marines patrolling in area of rice paddies. A hut is burning in the background. Closeup of two marines consulting maps. One points in a direction. Camera pans from the burning hut to the marines with the maps. (Another one has joined them.) Camera focuses on marines leading two suspected Viet Cong men wearing nón lá (conical hats). Next, the marines are seen herding an entire family of suspected Viet Cong including women and children. A Viet Cong suspect, stripped to the waist during interrogation, puts on his hat and shirt. He is given a packet of documents. Closeup of Vietnamese woman. Marines relax taking a break.
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