Rescue operations being practiced by United States Cost Guard HH-52 Seaguard (Search and Rescue helicopter) in the United States. Pilot in cockpit of a USCG HH-52 Seaguard. Red distress flare being used to signal by man in sea. Helicopter lowers a basket into which the man climbs. The helicopter hoists the basket and brings the man on board. The helicopter flies above water. A 40 foot Coast Guard Utility boat is seen in the water.
The U.S. troopship, USS Mount Vernon (APA-22) is seen underway as viewed portside from another boat. Film stops momentarily and resumes showing a different troopship, the USS General J. C. Breckinridge (AP-176) in a harbor. Camera pans across her deck, from a small boat below. Sailors and soldiers line her railings. Several banners on her upper deck identify units aboard. Most notable is a large one for the U.S. 10th Armored Division, showing their Division patch and the slogan "Terrify and Destroy." View of people waiting on the receiving pier, which is decked out in stars, bars, and flags, plus a sign reading "welcome Home, Well Done."
An Allied ship in final stage of sinking by German U-Boat during World War 1. The ship's boilers explode as she goes under. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson looking out a window in his office in the White House. Officers and crew crowd conning tower of German submarine U-35 as it approaches a steamer it has stopped in Mediterranean Sea. View of shells from the U-Boat's deck gun, striking at the ship's waterline. View from the U-Boat U-35 deck as the attacked ship is sinking. She disappears, bow-first, beneath the water. Black smoke issues from her stack. President Wilson signing papers at his desk. American flag flying in front of the nation's capitol. President Wilson addressing the Congress and obtaining a declaration of war against Germany, on April 6, 1917. A banner reading: "War is declared." New recruits marching into an Army Post, in civilian clothes, carrying personal baggage. Regular U.S. soldiers beginning the basic training of recruits. Recruits learning the manual of arms, with wooden substitute weapons. Recruits engaged in Calisthenics outdoors at an army base. Contingents of uniformed and trained American soldiers marching along a road. Soldiers practicing live fire with machine guns, and engaged in bayonet training. Troops in formation double-time marching. American troops marching to trains at a railroad station, as spectators cheer them from the train station platforms. They board railway train and wave as it pulls out of the station.
Animated save food campaign in the United States during World War I. A man adds numerous cubes of sugar to a cup of tea as he wishes he could join the armed forces, or do anything to win the war. Uncle Sam emerges from his sugar bowl and berates the man, saying "Why don't you help save sugar?" The man looks into the sugar bowl but sees noone. He smiles and pushes the sugar bowl away. Moon, stars, wheat sheaves, moonlit farm scene, is transformed into National symbol of U.S. Food Administration.
The save food campaign in the United States during World War I. Senator George Earle Chamberlain, of Oregon, representing the Agricultural Committee, coordinating the Food Control Bill within the Senate. He sits with another Senator, who signs off on the Bill. Herbert Hoover, Head of the U.S. Food Administration, leaves the White House, enters his car, and drives away. Hoover in several poses.
Scenes of destroyed Lines of Communication (LOCs) during World War II. Lines of supply trucks burning on a highway. Destroyed rail lines, trains, and locomotives. Destroyed seaports and channels. U.S. paratroopers board a C-119 transport aircraft. Helicopters transporting U.S. Army infantry. Many helicopters in flight. Paratroops dropping and landing in large numbers. Troops running from landing helicopters. Helicopters carrying artillery pieces and supplies.
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