The Inter-Allied Athletic Games meet at Pershing Stadium in Joinville Le Pont, France. Athletes from the United States march at the opening ceremony of the Allied athletic meet. An American military band plays and troops march at the ceremony. U.S. Army General John J. Pershing along with French President Raymond Poincare enters the stadium and they move past the troops. The President and the General review the troops. Allied soldiers lined up as dignitaries salute them. The troops being reviewed. Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing; Major General Henry Tureman Allen (H.T. Allen), United States Army approaches the granstand and shakes hands, laughs and smiles with Admiral Henry Shepard Knapp. General Pershing and President Poincare enter the grandstand.
United States soldiers in EUSAK (Eighth United States Army in Korea) area, Korea. A sign board reads: '1st BN. 32nd Inf. Red Cross Aid Station'. An M-39 armored utility vehicle speeds down a road from Old Baldy. Mountains along the sides of the road. The soldiers carry a litter patient to a forward aid station. Soldiers rush to take the litter from the vehicle and carry it into the station.
Past events show German invasions during World War II. German flags in view. German soldiers march. German planes fly in formation during Nazi Party rally at Luitbold Arena in Nuremberg Germany. Adolf Hilter salutes a parade as armored cars and German soldiers pass by. German Luftwaffe aircraft pass overhead in formation during a rally. Comparison shot shows German Wehrmacht army soldiers marching in close ranks, followed by a close up shot of United States Army soldiers marching in close ranks. Both shots shows large numbers of marching soldiers close-up. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler in discussion with Hermann Goering (Göring). They approach a map and then turn their backs. British soldier on lookup watches the sky over London for signs of German bombing raid as parliament buildings and the River Thames are seen in the background. Elevated view of city center, streets, bridges and Russia Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union; possibly Moscow. View of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC. Animated map shows the German positions. Aerial view of devastation from German Luftwaffe bombing of Poland on September 1, 1939. Damaged buildings and houses in Poland due to German bombing in World War II. Polish civilians lined up. Polish people near wrecked horse cart and equipment. Polish citizens carry dead bodies on litters and dig graves for citizens killed in bombing. British people near Big Ben and Parliament buildings on September 3, 1939, the date England declared war against Germany. In London, British children walking toward railroad station near signs that read "To Evacuation Trains", to be evacuated from the London area for safety during the war. Scenes of anguished citizens in England and in France saying goodbye to loved ones including boys and girls being evacuated to safety away from cities, and French women saying goodbye and kissing French soldiers. Close-up view of a French child's arm band with his name and other identifying information, as he leaves in an evacuation. Men leaving for war service. They hug and embrace with emotion. Women wave handkerchiefs at a bus departing with children, then weep. German soldiers march invading Denmark and Norway in April 1940. Sad civilians flee in trucks.
Activities of the U.S. 1st and the 6th Marine Divisions on the island of Okinawa, Japan during World War II. United States Marines advance on the battlefield. Tank flame throwers and prosperous grenades being used to fire cane fields driving Japanese from cover. Japanese prisoners of war stripped to their loincloths, being marched to the stockade. United States flag flies from a pole after capturing the island of Okinawa.
United States Post office employees sort mail sacks filled with letters. A locomotive train approaching camera position and passing by at high speed. Map of United States connecting destinations and a flying plane. A man examining models of various airplanes used for air mail service. Shows postmaster General James A. Farley emerging from a plane with other men to examine the latest technology and advances in airplanes for airmail service. View of exterior of Newark Air Mail Post Office building. Men emerging from plane. A plane takes off. Men load postal mail sacks on plane. View of a pilot reenacting the look of one of the original night mail pilots.
View of George Washington Monument (Capitol Square, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. George Washington Statue in the foreground. The United States flag and Life Insurance Company of Virginia building in the background.
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