Vice President of the United States Henry A Wallace visits Latin American cities during World War II. The Vice President on a balcony as troops march past. Troops with flags. A large crowd gathered to view the parade. People hold flags. Wallace in a carriage during another parade. Along with dignitaries on a balcony. The Vice President arrives in Bolivia. A large crowd greets him. He rides in a convertible through the city. Crowds cheer as the motorcade passes by. He pays a visit to the Bolivian President Enrique Penaranda Del Castillo Monterrey, Mexico: President Franklin Roosevelt visits President Manuel Camacho in Mexico. President Roosevelt and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt greet President and Mrs. Camacho. A large crowd gathered to witness the event. People on balconies. The motorcade passes through the city. Young cadets salute. The Presidents review a parade of the Army.
From a 1943 newsreel covering the Doolittle Raid on Japan in April 1942. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) in Japanese waters. B-25 Mitchell medium bomber planes lined up on the deck of the carrier. Lt. Col. James Doolittle and Hornet skipper Captain Marc A Mitscher with the 80 volunteers seated near a 500lb bomb on board. He ties a Japanese medal (awarded to U.S. officers for humanitarian aid to Japanese people) on the bomb. The carrier in heavy seas 800 miles off the Japanese coast. A Japanese patrol boat is sighted and sunk. The survivors are taken prisoners. The crew readies the loaded bombers. General Doolittle in the cockpit as he leads the takes off. The planes take off in rough weather to bomb Japan. The Yokosuka Naval Base bombed and ablaze. The planes bomb armed plants, rail yards and oil refineries all over Japan. Soldiers examine a wrecked B-25 in Japan. U.S. pilots hold traditional Chinese umbrellas and pose with a Chinese man. Chongqing: Soong May-ling, better known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, awards General Doolittle and his men for the gallant raid. (World War II period).
Views of the U.S. Army Air Forces fair hosted at Wright Field, near Dayton, Ohio, in October, 1945.The highlights of the event were exhibits of captured German and Japanese aircraft, rockets, and equipment. A German V-2 Rocket Motor on display. Soldiers observe the rocket. A German Junkers Ju 388 Störtebeker multi-role aircraft on display. A German Messerschmitt ME-262 Schwalbe fighter on display. A German pilot's victories recorded on the side of a plane. Two soldiers take a look at a Japanese Kamikaze bomb. One of them gets into the bomb seat. American officers and soldiers view the exhibits. 'Alles Kaputt' written on the side of a German Junkers Ju-290 bomber (one of the candidate aircraft, with further development, in Germany's Amerika Bomber project for a long-range bomber capable of striking the United States). Soldiers walk under the plane. 'Transient Aircraft' written on the control tower building in the background. (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers at the 40th Infantry Division area in Seoul. Sergeant Tubb and Private First Calss (Pfc) Hill return from R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Japan. Hill and Tubb are greeted by a GI as they enter sandbagged squad position facing enemy slope. Sergeant Tubb borrows binoculars from a soldier and looks out as a ROK (Republic of Korea) soldier or KATUSA (Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States Army) fires sniper rifle alongside. The Sergeant places his hand on ROK's shoulder as a signal to cease fire, he continues viewing with binoculars. Smoke from an explosion filters into the area. Another rifleman joins the sniper in firing.
German prisoners of war led away by the U.S. soldiers capturing Coblenz during World War 2. German soldiers come out of a gate with their hands raised followed by an American soldier. German soldiers led away. U.S. soldiers try to break down a door. A German lady comes out of a building and a U.S. soldier points out the way to her. A soldier enters the police headquarters at Coblenz. German prisoners of war led away by United States soldiers. A German soldier with a paper in his hand. German soldiers walking and seated with their hands above their heads. American soldiers smiling.
The United States 1st Brigade Lancers of the 25th Infantry Division get off a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter. They climb up the well bunkered Nui Ba Den Mountain also called 'The Black Lady Mountain'. Sign with 'Welcome to Nui Ba Den ' seen. Soldiers talk and relax. A soldier holds a cup in his hands. Another fills his cup from a container. Soldiers walk in a single file. CH-47 helicopter in flight overhead. Patrol moves downhill through dense foliage. Soldiers climb down rocks carefully. (Vietnam War period).
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