U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses graduates of the class of 1940 at the University of Virginia, before the U.S. entrance into World War II. Speaking in Memorial Gymnasium, the President speaks into a microphone and addresses the University community and graduates, including his son Franklin Roosevelt Jr., who was graduating with a law degree. He speaks about the United States' decision to aid the Allies by extending to them the material resources of the United States in the war. He says that the U.S. took the decision after Italian Government's back-stab decision to engage in the war, after having earlier worked for the preservation of peace in the Mediterranean area. (Roosevelt had learned that morning of Italy's declaration of war on France.)
A film on U.S. shuttle bombing operations 'Operation Titanic' over Germany from bases in Great Britain, Italy and Russia during World War II. Personnel of the U.S. 8th Air Force in Great Britain. The U.S. 15th Air Force personnel in Italy. The are briefed about the first shuttle bombing run to new Russian airfields. United States Army Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining addresses the personnel and bids them farewell. United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses led by General Ira Clarence Eaker take off. USAAF B-24 Liberators take off from Great Britain. P-51 Mustangs and P-38 Lightning fighter airplanes escort the bombers on their way. The bombing forces bomb the targets in Germany. They return after their mission. Crew and officers look at the aircraft as they fly overhead. The officers look through binoculars. The crew waves towards the aircraft.
United States aircraft in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Air Force A-1E Skyraider aircraft drop napalm bombs and general purpose bombs. Smoke rises from bombardment.
United States Navy football players practicing in the United States at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes (Naval Station Great Lakes). The team runs drills. A player talks to two officers. Naval officers and sailors watch the Navy team playing. The teams engage in a scrimmage. Field House buildings in background.
United States 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Army UH-1D helicopter lands as its blades rotate. Tall grass in the foreground. Another UH-1D helicopter lands and soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division get off the helicopter and it lifts off. Soldiers move on patrol. Soldiers carrying guns as they walk through a grassy field. Shell cases on the ground near a gun emplacement. Soldiers load shells in a 81 mm mortar. Mortar being fired.
United States 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Two flags fly from poles as a soldier walks up a road in the foreground. A sign read ' Headquarters 4th Infantry Division' United States flag flies from a pole. A soldier enters the 4th Infantry Division headquarters building at camp Enari. A jeep parked in the foreground. Two soldiers walk out of the building. A Memoriam to commemorate the soldiers of the 4th Infantry division who lost their lives during the Vietnam War.
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