United States President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He discusses about the Marshall plan and the United States help and recreation in Western Europe. He says that everyone realized the importance of liberty in the country after the war. He also talks about the Industrial output and the developments in Europe.
Charles Lindbergh reaches Paris, France after his trans-Atlantic flight. A large crowd awaits his arrival at Paris Le Bourget Airport (AƩroport Paris-Le Bourget 93350 Le Bourget FRANCE). Men, women, and children throng the airport at night. The crowd tears through the barriers to get a glimpse of Lindbergh. Lindbergh and United States Ambassador to France Myron Herrick greet the crowd from a balcony at the Airport. The United States flag atop the United States Embassy. Lindbergh and Herrick on a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the cheering crowd below.
People and buildings in midtown New York City. A dog fetches a ball from a fountain at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States). A man throws back the ball. The flag of the United States flutters in the breeze. Various buildings of the city. The Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, United States). Automobile and pedestrian traffic on the street. Flags outside a building.
A map of Italy. A German convoy docks in Sicily, Italy. Troops debark and artillery is unloaded. Anti-aircraft down United States planes. German planes land in Sicily and parachute troops deplane. United States positions are bombed and strafed. German planes attack a United States convoy. (World War II period).
United States President Dwight D Eisenhower and Clare Booth Luce on occasion of her appointment as United States Ambassador to Italy. They pose for photographers at the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States) in Washington DC.
Japanese-American troops of the United States Army, 442nd Regimental Combat Team (Nisei) break through German lines in France, during World War II, to rescue the "Lost Battalion" of the 36th Division in the Vosges Mountains. Soldiers load mortar shells with supplies and food to be fired near the 36th Division Lost Battalion position, to provide vital supplies. A mortar shell is loaded with supplies and a launcher fires supply shells. Japanese-American soldiers advance in the Vosges Mountains of France, defeat the German soldiers there, take some Germans prisoner, and and rescue the U.S. Army Lost Battalion members. Relief forces arrive and wounded soldiers are rescued and transported in jeeps. Soldiers of Japanese ancestry in U.S. Army are honored for their bravery. United States Army General Dahlquist presents awards to 442nd Regimental Combat Team Japanese-American soldiers and salutes them. Soldiers raise the United States flag.
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