Recreation activities at the United Service Organizations (USO) in Chu Lai, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Entrance of the USO building. Sign boards reads: 'Welcome', 'USO Chu Lai'. Few soldiers enter and leave the building. Interior of the building. Soldiers relax in a lounge. Other soldiers relax and enjoy at a beach. A helicopter in flight over the beach. Some soldiers at the USO snack bar on the beach. Water tower marked with 'USO'. U.S. Army Motion Picture cameraman filming the beach.
An introduction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC. Aircraft in flight. Dramatization of mid-air explosion of aircraft by a criminal intending to collect on insurance. Newspaper headlines read 'Youth Confesses United bombings', 'Graham gets Death' regarding the case of John Gilbert Graham in 1951 who was convicted of crime in blowing up an aircraft in an attempt to collect insurance. Still photo depicts a hijacker of an aircraft or a "skyjacker" attempting to take over an aircraft with pilot in cockpit. Still photos depict work of FBI on various civil rights cases. Newspaper headlines read 'FBI presses hunt for King suspects', 'FBI arrests Georgians in Shotgun Slaying'. The first Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover speaks into a microphone during the Freedom Foundation Award ceremony in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Dramatized scenes of crimes involving the FBI: A house explodes. A reenactment shows a sniper on a rooftop shooting at police officers as they approach a house.
U.S. Army recruited trainees undergo a training at Fort Hayes in Columbus, Ohio. Troops march with the American flag and other unit flags. Soldier recruits practice using rifles shooting at targets on a rifle range. They learn to maneuver tanks. Slates mention that they are "building men." Ending slate of army recruitment and promotion film encourages viewers to see or write recruiting officer.
American troops march along the streets of New York City in a victory parade following the armistice that ended World War 1. American officials and civilians honor the U.S. forces in New York. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers on horse-driven cart. An officer on a horse back salutes the officials standing during the march. Troops march along in different groups according to their units and Divisions of the American Army. A child with American flag in hand watches the troops march and waves the flag. American officials stand in honor to welcome the American troops.
Aerial view looking down at the U.S. Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) underway below, just before America's entry into World War 2. Her deck is filled with aircraft. Camera view from on the flight deck shows it filled with Grumman F4F Wildcat planes. Pilots are scrambling to some of the planes. Two deck crew sit at the wheels of an 4F4 (as if ready to pull chocks). The engine starts and runs. Several F4Fs have engines running and begin to taxi. One is given clearance to take off and commences its roll with considerable wing flap extension (short takeoff technique). The aircraft takes off and banks right as it clears the carrier deck. Next, two F4Fs are seen in flight above some clouds. Next, a large formation is seen, and individual planes bank and dive from it. Back on the carrier deck, more F4Fs have their engines running. A gunner is seen setting his machine gun into the rear cockpit position of a plane, the narrator calls a versatile scout-bomber. Closeup of the aircraft (a Douglas SBD Dauntless) as engine starts, deck crew pull chocks, and the pilot gets clearance to take off. Next, camera shoots from rear cockpit, with the plane's tail in center of the images. Views cover the complete takeoff and flight away from the carrier. Next an SBD is seen in flight with both front and rear cockpits open. A flight of three SBDs in formation. Closeup of two SBDs in formation. Extreme closeup of SBD with pilot and gunner both clearly visible in open cockpits. The gunner is maneuvering his machine gun. Two SBDs demonstrate rapid descents as in dive bombing. Back on the carrier, an SBD, with wings folded, is maneuvered by sailors, on the hangar deck. Next sailors accompany a Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber on an elevator up to the flight deck. With its wings still folded, they maneuver it into position on the flight deck. An armorer, using a dolly, rolls a bomb to a TBD where two others secure it in a bomb rack under the center of the aircraft. Other armorers distribute machine guns and ammunition to gunners in cockpits of aircraft on the deck. Several TBDs begin taking off. View from hangar deck, of one airborne and departing. A formation of 9 TBDs in flight. (Note: This clip was probably shot in November 1941, based on the aircraft markings in use at the time. Life magazine did a series of stills, and these clips look like they came from that photo session. Enterprise wears Measure 1 camouflage, which she wore from mid-1941 to a month or two into 1942. The flying units aboard are all designated "6" the same as their carrier, CV-6. Thus they are VF-6; VB-6; VT-6, etc.)
General George C. Marshall being administered the oath by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman and members of the cabinet look on. President Truman congratulating General Marshall. Former Secretary James F Byrnes congratulates General Marshall during the ceremony.
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