Close up views of Medal of Honor medals being awarded to United States soldiers of Vietnam War by President of the United States Gerald Ford, Jr. The medals are seen against a black background.
Majority, but not all of clip shows Madison Wisconsin circa 1946. Clip opens with views of an unidentified town in the United States. Automobile traffic on street of the town. Long views in distance suggest possibly western United States. Next scene is a very brief view of a riverboat or steamboat on a river. Next scene is Main Street in Madison Wisconsin, with cars and trucks on street. Capitol building dome in Madison is visible in distance. Point of view from a moving vehicle of shops and businesses on West Main Street in Madison, Wisconsin. Businesses include The Drake; Fashion Shop; Chris Eckert; Edward Eckert at 125 and 127 W. Main Street. Next is "W. H. Hanger Plumbing and Heating at 123 West Main Street, Madison, Wisconsin. Then a Steak and Fried Chicken restaurant. Next is Margaret's Beauty Salon; Goodyear Tires; J.C. Penney Company. Scene changes to a house. A man comes out of a house carrying a fishing pole. Brief scene of two young men in a library.
United States ships at pier in Norfolk, Virginia. A 'WTAR' TV cameraman behind his camera photographs USS Northhampton (CC-1) (formerly CLC-1) with crew manning the rail while the ship is at dock. Views of USS Northampton with crew awaiting arrival of President Kennedy and his party. Military personnel and members of press on the pier for the arrival of President of the United States John F. Kennedy at the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk. Superstructure of USS Northampton. President Kennedy goes aboard submarine USS Thomas A Edison (SSBN-610) surrounded by officers. President Kennedy in a tubular type elevator. The elevator is lowered slowly. President Kennedy disappears below decks in the special elevator. President Kennedy comes up the special elevator to the weather deck. An officer and two enlisted personnel stand near the special elevator. A U.S. Navy Piasecki HUP-3 helicopter hovers in the background over water. President Kennedy gets out of the elevator and walks over the deck. Ford Thunderbird cars on the pier.
United States ships at Norfolk, Virginia. USS Thomas A Edison and USS Northampton tied up to a pier. A mobile crane removes one of the brows from USS Northampton. The ship gets underway away from the pier with President of the United States John F Kennedy aboard it. USS Northampton backing out from the pier. A harbor tug boat moves around the bow of the USS Northampton to assist the cruiser out into a stream. USS Northampton underway in Hampton Roads after leaving the pier. Merchant ships in the background. The cruiser moves away. The sun setting in the background. A part of pier in the background.
War damaged buildings in Venice, Italy after World War II. Aerial view of a harbor in Venice. A sunken ship off the harbor of Venice. Damaged buildings and ruins. A man near wreckage. Men in boats. A man rows a boat under a bridge. Containers carried on a boat. American soldiers aboard a gondola. The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy) is seen nearby. Allied soldiers on leave ride a motorboat around Venice. The United States flag hangs in front of a building. Gondoliers are rowing gondolas with United States troops and boats carrying barrels. St. Mark's Campanile at St. Mark's Basilica on Piazza San Marco (P.za San Marco, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy). View of the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale, P.za San Marco, 1, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy). People including two soldiers feed pigeons.
The Fifth United States Army in Salerno, Italy during World War II. A bulldozer uproots trees. A grader and a steam roller level the ground for a landing field. Soldiers jump out of a truck. The soldiers with picks work on the landing field strip. A United States Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft lands on the newly constructed field. Soldiers on a side of the strip wave to the pilot of the aircraft as it lands. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning burns after hitting a truck. Soldiers rescue the survivors. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft land. Smoke from burning aircraft in the background.
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