German Army fights with the Allied infantry and tanks on the Western Front in France and England, during the summer of 1944 in World War 2. Animated maps show English and French invasion coastlines. During Battle of Caen, German soldiers load ammunition on a camouflaged truck. The truck driven on roads. A German soldier on truck observes American bombers in sky overhead. Truck parks to the side and German antiaircraft guns fired. Night view from ground of bombs being dropped and buildings burning in the distance in Caen, France. German military trucks move at night on roads passing by burning fires. View from inside cabs of moving German vehicles. Daytime view of heavily bombed and destroyed city of Caen with ruins of houses and shops; German infantry walk through the streets of the destroyed and empty city. German soldiers fully loaded with their weapons ready for a battle. Close views of their faces with determined expressions. German tanks, armored vehicles, and infantry move on roads. Among them are two Borgward IV remote-controlled demolition vehicles (Schwerer Ladungsträger Borgward B IV, or heavy explosive carrier Borgward B IV) each driven by one man. Soldiers of German Army observe approach of U.S. Army forces. A German soldier arranges shells for artillery to fire as they fire on Allied positions. Wehrmacht infantry soldiers advance cautiously along roads. German soldiers take cover and prepare to attack as American tanks pass through a village. German soldiers fire on U.S. Army tanks. German soldiers direct an unmanned, remote-controlled small armored vehicle laden with explosives across a field and detonate it near U.S. Army vehicles (it is known as a Goliath Tracked Mine, or Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b); also known as a "beetle tank" to Allied forces, or a German robot tank). Large explosion as the remote-controlled demolition vehicle is detonated. Dead U.S. Army soldier along a road side, and injured German soldiers are aided by other German soldier
Daughter of United States President Nixon, Patricia “Tricia” Nixon, celebrates her wedding shower before her marriage to Edward Cox in Washington DC. Tricia Nixon's wedding invitation card opens. Crowds gathered at the entrance of the White House. Tricia Nixon and Edward Cox come out of the door to be greeted by wedding guests. Cameramen take the newly-weds’ photographs. Musicians play music. The guests congratulate the couple. Tricia Nixon and her husband leave the reception and get inside a car. Wedding guests toss rice grains at the couple. Singers and a guitarist perform traditional Irish songs in the White House during the visit of Irish Prime Minister, John Mary “Jack” Lynch, to the United States. United States President Richard Nixon, along with his wife Patricia Nixon, onstage. President Nixon announces the engagement of his daughter Tricia Nixon with Edward Cox. The guests stand and clap for them. Tricia and Edward join President Nixon onstage. Edward’s parents, Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Cox also join them on stage. Tricia Nixon’s wedding shower in the Sheraton Park Hotel apartment suite residence of United States Vice President Spiro Agnew, hosted by Mrs. Elinor “Judy” Agnew. Lobster served on a tray. Dishes such as lobster, cocktails, and fresh fruits served on the dining room of the Vice President Agnew's residence. Decorated dining table with food. Wedding shower host Judy Agnew lights up the candle on the table. Tricia arrives at Agnew's residence for her wedding shower party. Elinor welcomes Tricia, her mother Pat, and sister Julie. Tricia is accompanied by Patricia and Julie Eisenhower. Guests in a room. Some gifts on a table. A “Blue Tree” Lennox Chinaware Tricia Nixon received from Mrs. Agnew. Tricia Nixon holds her new Lismore crystal glass. Tricia Nixon trying out a filmy white negligee with marabou feather. Tricia Nixon and her guests surrounded by gifts. Prior to this party she has also received a shower party from a member of Washington Women's Press Corps, Helen Thomas. Tricia shakes hand with Helen Thomas. Women reporters in the party. Tricia shows her wedding gifts. Tricia Nixon wearing an oversized novelty sunglasses, much to the amusement of her wedding shower guests.
U.S. President-elect John F. Kennedy with his daughter Caroline in Washington DC, United States. Kennedy and his daughter Caroline arrive at church on her 3rd birthday. Kennedy and Caroline enter Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Chapel of St. Ignatius and Holy Trinity Offices, 3513 N St NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States) in Georgetown, Washington DC. Caroline walks out of the church followed by Senator Kennedy, who holds her rag doll for her. Later the President-elect arrives at Georgetown University Hospital (3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States) to see his wife and infant son John F. Kennedy, Jr., who had been born two days earlier.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in the Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Five United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopters land on a grassy field. U.S. Army Soldiers run out and move across the field. The helicopters take off. The soldiers, some white and some African American, wade across a jungle stream. The soldiers at a huge bomb crater made by a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft bombing raid.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Atlantic Conference in Newfoundland during World War II. People gathered during a church service aboard HMS Prince of Wales. Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt seated. Standing behind them are U.S. Navy Admiral Ernest J. King, U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, British Army General Sir John Dill, United States Navy Admiral Harold R. Stark and Royal Navy Admiral Sir Dudley Pound. USS Arkansas (BB-33) an a distance. Donation of Vice Admiral Harry Sander. Sailors and officers pray. A band master conducts a band. Winston Churchill on the deck.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Smoke rises outside the perimeter of a camp area. Soldiers in the camp area. A fire truck foams a burning vehicle. A Marine helicopter takes off. A wrecked United States Marine Corps ( USMC ) UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in a revetment. A damaged United States Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in the revetment. Container Delivery System bundles dropped from a United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Damaged window pane of the aircraft. United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft drop napalm and general purpose bombs. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lifts off and flies away.
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