Radio Transmission Security in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California during World War II. A reenactment: a parked truck. A smoke column rises from a burning command truck in a shell hole. An actor portraying an American soldier regains consciousness. He pulls a comrade from beneath the truck.
The Presidential Lockheed Constellation aircraft, "Columbine", taxis to the ramp at Washington National Airport, with number one engine shut down. It taxis with props on numbers 2,3, and 4 engines turning. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Press Secretary, James Hagerty, step down from the aircraft and depart in a waiting car. A portal sign identifying Gate 19 of the Military Air Transport Command's Special Missions Squadron facility.
Delivery of Stars and Stripes newspaper in Korea during the Korean War. POV through van windshield as a man drives a newspaper delivery truck through a deserted street. He arrives at an American outpost. The man hands over newspapers to each soldier. The soldiers read the newspaper and eat their breakfast.
American servicemen are kept informed by newspapers and radio telecasts. In Guam, Mariana Islands : a serviceman seated at a table in a room listens to a radio and writes a letter to his wife. A radio disc jockey hosts a musical show and plays songs for listeners from a studio. In Korea : a soldier reads Stars and Stripes newspaper while getting a haircut. In South Vietnam: mechanics read a newspaper. Newspapermen work and write for the Pacific edition of Stars and Stripes newspaper. In Thailand : American servicemen watch a sports program at USO Club. A video taping technician works with recording devices at a television station. American soldiers watch a television show. A television engineer controls a program on air at the American Forces Korea Network. A man works on a typewriter.
President and Mrs. Pat Nixon are welcomed to the stage of Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, where the President speaks before assembled women at the Continental Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution. He is applauded and leaves with Mrs. Nixon, waving upwards as he departs.
Assembly of persons with a few sitting beside a lectern holding the Presidential Seal. The Presidential flag stands by drapes in background. A speaker at the lectern introduces President Richard Nixon, who steps to the lectern, as the assembly of people stands and applauds. Nixon begins to speak.
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