Army unit takes winter training in Burlington, Vermont. Annual maneuvers of the 7th Field Artillery and the 3rd Cavalry. Army unit on trick riding by ace horsemen. Army van and motorcars in the field. Army van cross bridge. Unit bombards by and artillery and bomb explodes. Army unit in the field. Army unit bombards by machine guns.
Exterior of a United Nations theater in San Francisco, with movie theater marquee indicating its use exclusively for pass holders attending the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Inside the Delegates of United Nations conference gather during the 2nd week of the conference to watch footage of the German surrender at Reims, signed by General Alfred Jodl. Projectionist and movie projector in booth of theater are shown. View of men and women in movie theater watching movie, including an elevated side view of people watching the movie, and views of the theater screen and movie playing, with backs of heads of people in foreground. Delegates talking and attend meeting in San Francisco, California as they continue work leading toward defining the UN Charter and founding the United Nations organization. Footage from the San Francisco Conference vote, chaired by Anthony Eden of Great Britain, approving the Charter of the United Nations on June 26, 1945
Towing of Phoenix units across English Channel for D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War II. Phoenix units (Mulberry Harbor) and barges alongside them with tugs. Royal Navy officers aboard a ship look at Phoenix units. Soldiers stand on side of units. Royal Navy Commander Kit Kat with binoculars. Men on a tugboat play accordion and rest. Men and dog mascot on deck. Formation of fight planes pass overhead. British Captain Edward Ellsberg and other officer aboard the tugboat. Tugboat moored to Phoenix unit by men.
Medical units of U.S. military units in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A marine points out the location of the medical units on a map using his hands and a pencil. He locates the medical units on the map of Iwo Jima while holding small cards giving division and units of evacuation hospitals. The cards read: 'Division Hospital 5th Marine Division', '1st Corps Evacuation Hospital'. A pencil points to the map and the coastal waters of Iwo Jima.
German scientists experiment with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany. A static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. A load is moved over tracks on the stand. A propulsion unit is lifted and placed in the vertical test stand. An equipment is railed inside. Buttons on the control panel in the control room. Two scientists preparing for the tests (one appears to possibly be Wernher von Braun). A scientist views through a telescope and adjusts settings. The propulsion unit fires. It releases smoke. The emission exhausts. The scientists monitor from the control room. (World War II period).
Experiments with rocket propulsion units in Peenemunde, Germany. A static test stand in Peenemunde. A vertically raised platform, the frame support of the mounting units at the stand. The propulsion unit fires. It releases smoke. A trail of fire appears at the tail end on the unit. The stand catches fire. Smoke erupts on the stand. (World War II period).
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