A ship blows up at sea (presumably torpedoed by a German submarine). Newspaper of April 2, 1917 announces the United States and Germany at War. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, speaking on a public platform, outdoors.. General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1, is seen seated behind Secretary Newton. Scene shifts to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing papers his his desk at the White House, Washington, DC. Next, Red Cross women are seen serving coffee into the mess of American soldiers about to embark for Europe. Another Red Cross woman carries a basket of baked goods. The soldiers are checked off by officers at the pier, and then embark on a troop ship. View of the troop ship in camouflage paint, moving away from the pier Scene shifts to glimpse of a town in France, where an American officer and some soldiers are seen walking past French inhabitants on a street corner Other American soldiers stand near a large canvas covered army truck. They salute as the American officer passes them.
A Russian cosmonaut orbits the earth 17 times. Civilians purchase newspapers on the streets in the United States. Newspaper headlines about the successful landing of Russian cosmonaut Gherman Stepanovich Titov after orbiting the earth 17 times. A previous film of the launch of a Rusian missile. A man at a recording device. An animation depicts the orbiting around the earth.
Busy streets of the cities in the United States. A woman officer at a desk of Army-Navy Screen Magazine's "By Request Department" addresses U.S. soldiers overseas during World War 2, and says they will show views of various American home towns by request. Busy intersection along Capitol Street in Charleston, West Virginia. 1930s automobiles on roads and American citizens walking on city streets. Next scene shows the main street of Wytheville, Virginia with cars, pedestrians, and shops. Next scene is of main street area in Fall River, Massachusetts. Buildings seen on either sides of the streets and buses at bus station depot. Next view is of Springfield Street, looking toward Market Street in the center of Newark, New Jersey. Main streets of Winslow Arizona, with citizens dressed in Western wear, and then a main intersection in Tucson, Arizona, where a paper boy sells newspapers on a street corner.
Rural life in the Southern Mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky, the United States. Men sit on porch of a wooden building. Men play checkers on a porch, holding the checker board on their knees. A man sits nearby and watches the game. Other men sit on stools (one on a piano stool) and chat.One of the men whittles on a stick with a penknife.
United States increases aid to South Vietnam in its war against Vietcong rebels, early in Vietnam War period. A group of military commanders take over the civilian government. U.S. soldiers stand near helicopter and listen to instructions from their commander. Soldiers board helicopters and patrol dense jungles and search out for Vietcong using helicopters. South Vietnamese soldiers with their rifles aboard a helicopter. Gunner in a helicopter points his machine gun towards ground. Vietnamese soldiers jump from helicopter as it lowers and run in the jungles.
Leaders of various organizations meet during the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. Leaders of Non-Aligned Movement Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, Marshal Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, and Jawaharlal Nehru of India during a meeting. Communist leaders Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro meet personally in New York City. View of Castro and Khrushchev in front of Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City. Fidel Castro walks arm-in-arm with his supporters, including Che Guevara, on the roads of Havana Cuba. Narrator notes about Castro's seizure of all United States owned property in Cuba. A Cuban worker uses hammer and chisel to remove name on the U.S. owned Cuban Telephone Company building from exterior doorway of building in Havana, Cuba.
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