People demonstrate in New York City, United States. Communists, Pacifists and other liberal anti-war demonstrators protest against war in general and Italy's aggression against Ethiopia (Italo-Ethiopian war). People carrying banners move on streets of New York. Banners read ' stop war' ' Unite against war'. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960.
Allied troops in France during World War I. United States 89th Division ammunition dump blown up by Germans on October 25, 1918 and smoke rises. A huge pillar of smoke rises upwards. Men in the foreground as the smoke from the ammunition depot rises. Artillery being fired by Allies at German enemy position. Explosions occur in a field. Allied infantry and cavalry units advance. Allied soldiers fire artillery. Damaged buildings in the background. Allied troops near a rail road track. Explosions occur and soldiers advance into a forest.
People celebrate as war ends in Europe. Huge crowd gathered on street for Victory in Europe day (or V-E Day). People enter an American Church. Clergy leading worship service inside a church. American citizens in pews participate in prayer and worship. United States President Harry Truman speaks, announcing that the forces of Germany have surrendered to the United Nations. View of U.S. Army and Soviet Army forces meeting at River Elbe near end of World War 2. German Army representative signs surrender document at the Allied Mediterranean Headquarters in Italy. U.S. Army General W.D. Morgan signs on behalf of General Alexander for the Allies. The American flag hoisted in front of a large Nazi Swastika symbol on top of the Nazi Party rally grounds in Nuremberg Germany (Zeppelinfeld). A dead German soldier seen on the ground nearby just before the flag is shown being raised. American forces than detonate an explosion to destroy the Nazi swastika emblem.
Activities of United States Navy salvage units on beachhead, Anzio, Italy. Vehicles move on a street of bombed Anzio. Ships moored on water front. View of the city in the background. People on the street. Damaged buildings in the city. (World War II period).
President Richard Nixon's Inauguration ceremony in Washington DC. Presidential convoy moves ahead. President Richard Nixon and his wife waive to the crowd. Motorcycles with the American flag. Vice President Spiro T Agnew and his wife waive to the crowd. United States Army band parades. Marine Corps Honor Guard and other military units march past. President and Vice President waive to crowd from their respective cars.
Henry Cabot Lodge returns as U.S. Ambassador to Saigon, Vietnam. Henry Cabot Lodge in a meeting with other officials. United States troops along with Vietnamese troops land from a helicopter in a jungle area of Vietnam. U.S. soldiers march in fields and forest area. They cross a small water stream. The 105 Howitzer emerges from helicopters. Units of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat team advance towards enemy. (Vietnam War period).
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