Narrated feature on U.S. Army activities during the war in Korea. Focus on the United States Eigth Army. Newspaper cutting in background stating the involvement of UN Forces and U.S. Combat Team in war. 8th Army soldiers hold rifles and move forward. Narrator describes operation of the Army Combat Team starting with the Infantry, and supported by tanks, artillery, and aircraft. Various heavy artillery and tanks are also shown. Close up view of Soviet Russian soldiers marching in Red Square, Moscow, during a parade. U.S. Army soldiers are shown in battle in Korea, including in cold conditions on snow covered ground. Rapid sequence of images of various weaponry in action including flame throwers, M1 Garand rifle, Browning Automatic rifle, machine guns, bazookas, mortar (being fired by African American soldier), recoilless rifles.
Preparation for the 1984 summer Olympics in Los Angeles,United States. Written on a wall 'California State University Dominguez Hills'. A curved race track. A board reads 'Rider Time'. Seats around the race course. A watch tower with a ladder in its front. Sprinklers used to wet the ground.
Views of the river Columbia and surrounding mountains. Woody Guthrie singing the song Roll on Columbia. An outlined map of United States with closer views of the states of Washington and Oregon. A barge can be seen on the Columbia river. Different views of the river flowing. Areas of rapids and waterfalls on the Columbia River with salmon spawning and migrating upstream. A bear catching a salmon fish. A man seen fishing from a rock with a long net. Fishing men on wooden improvised platforms fish for salmon in the river.
The Yalta Conference in the Crimea. The town of Yalta. View of mountains and tunnel. People on the streets. Livadia Palace (Baturyna St, 44-а, Livadiya, 98655) outside the town was built by Tsar Nicolas II. Most of the conferences are held in this palace. The palace building venue has sprawling gardens. A sickle and hammer sign. Guards outside the conference room. View of the conference room. Russian MPs (Military Policemen) near sign guard. Roads and entrance to the palace ground. Direct traffic into the palace ground. The cars enter the grounds and dignitaries get off. High ranking military and government officials arrive for an international meeting. Soviet Marshall Joseph Stalin arrives at the palace and guards salute him. British Prime Minister Churchill with cigar in his mouth arrives with his daughter and he is greeted by Mrs. Bodeker. U.S. President Roosevelt at the table and the conference begins. Allied delegates around the table. Joint Communication Center is set up and soldiers work. Conclusion 1st part: BIG 3 surrounded by their Chiefs of Staff and civilian officials pose in the patio of the Lavidia Palace. A picture is clicked. The three leaders Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin seated and state ministers behind them. The conference proceeds, delegates seated around a table. The conference ends and the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain release their joint statement. Substantial agreement passed. Franklin D Roosevelt's daughter and staff in a Jeep around the palace grounds (World War II period).
King Faisal of Saudi Arabia during a visit to Washington DC. The King steps from a car. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomes King Faisal. Several Saudi members of the Kings party stand by a rope cordon. A flag of the United States in the background. President Johnson, with Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, beside him, speaks into a microphone and greets King Faisal. He also talks about U.S. warm relations with Saudi Arabia. The King stands near him. Dignitaries in the background.
A view of the mall and capitol building in Washington, DC as viewed from the top of the Washington Monument. The personal plane of U.S. President (a Lockheed Constellation, Air Force designation: C-121, named "The Columbine") lands at an Washington National Airport. King Saud of Saudi Arabia and members of the Royal party disembark the plane. Insignia of the United States. Air Force honor guard. President Dwight D. Eisenhower greets him. King Saud's son Prince Mansur is carried down the ramp and is greeted by President Eisenhower. U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, salutes His Majesty. President Eisenhower speaks into a microphone and welcomes King Saud. The King addresses the gathering.
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