United States Army Special Forces officer in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of Camp Nam Dong. Fields on the sides of the paths leading to the camp. A wooded region behind the camp. United States Army Captain Roger H. Donlon of Special Forces 'C' Team walking on a path in the camp. A few soldiers in the background. The Captain holding a gun walks on the path followed by a Vietnamese security forces officer. The Captain walks towards a wooden fence, stands beside the fence and looks outside. A barbed wire entangle just outside the fence. The Captain walks along the side of the fence. A concrete bunker lined with sandbags. The Captain walks towards the bunker. A mortar kept in front of the bunker in a shallow trench lined with sandbags. He walks up from the trench and to the fenced area. Trees and mountains in the background. (Captain Donlon was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Nam Dong.)
Bombings in Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A bomb truck backs up to a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber at an airfield on Saipan, Mariana Islands during the preparations for Tokyo bombing. A soldier writes 'Only the Beginning' on a bomb. The soldier wheeling a bomb cart to the underside of the aircraft. An airman on the top of the aircraft. A Commandant briefing the members of the 21st Bombing Command. Mission leader United States Air Force Brigadier General Emmett O'Donnell and Commanding General of 21st Bombing Command Brigadier General Haywood Hansell, Jr., look at a document and discuss on the airfield. USAAF pilot Robert Morgan, who piloted B-29 Dauntless Dotty, with another crew member. The men beside the B-29 Dauntless Dotty which would lead the team. B-29s lined up on a runway. B-29 Dauntless Dotty takes off. Several men on the airfield watch. A man beside a camera mounted on a tripod takes pictures. The B-29s take off one after the other. They head towards Tokyo. A map shows the flight path from Saipan island to Tokyo, Japan over the Pacific Ocean. Aerial view of Tokyo. The B-29s drop bombs over target areas. Explosions occur in the bombed areas. The B-29s drop more bombs over industrial targets. Explosions occur. The B-29s head back to Saipan after the bombardment. U.S. Army tents in Saipan. Japanese aircraft drop bombs over an airfield in Saipan. Thick clouds of smoke rise from the bombed areas. Wrecked B-29s in view. Flames and smoke rising from the bombed areas. Wreckage of the Japanese aircraft shot down in the raid. Men extinguishing fire. A B-29 taking off from the airfield.
A pre-wedding reception for U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson daughter Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent in Washington DC, United States. An invitation card for the wedding. Exterior of the White House. Exterior of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (400 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20017, United States) where the wedding ceremonies are to be held. The wedding party is organized at the Georgetown home of U.S. ambassador-at-large W. Averell Harriman. The party is organized to introduce formally the couple to Washington's diplomatic corps. The couple shakes hands and meets them. Luci Johnson shakes hands with South Korean Ambassador Kim Hyun-chul “Henry” and his wife. President Johnson comes out of a car and enters the building. Dignitaries gather outside the building. Interior of the shrine.
Senate's investigation of the 40 million war time airplane contracts in Washington, United States. Several officials seated at a desk discuss. Industrialist Henry John Kaiser talks about the early period of World War II when the Axis destroyed Allied ships and airplanes and they were defeated. An airplane parked on an airfield. American aviator and industrialist, Howard Robard Hughes speaks into a microphone. He talks about investigation of a case and his two airplane project. United States Senator from Maine Ralph Owen Brewster speaks against Hughes and asks about the 40 million dollars.
Senate's investigation of 40 million in war time plane contracts to Howard Hughes firm in Washington, United States. Men and women enter a building. Several officials seated at desks. American aviator and industrialist Howard Robard Hughes testifies. A man speaks into a microphone. United States Senator from Maine Ralph Owen Brewster speaks. Hughes accuses Senator Brewster of mis-statements. Brewster refutes the charge. People applaud. Cameramen record the event.
United States Air Mail Service in Paris, France during World War I. A man shows the mail received by the U.S. Air Mail Service. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson arrives. A crowd gathers and watches a van of 'United States Air Mail Service'. Men carry a bag of mail. President Wilson talks to a pilot and they shake hands. An aircraft on the ground.
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