Allied officers in Korea during the Korean War. British Air Vice Marshal Cecil Arthur Bouchier who is the personal representative of British Chiefs of Staff, and William Atkin who is the General Manager of the London Daily Express News Service talking to officers at a base camp. United States Air Force Colonel Don Darrow is standing along with officers. The two visitors get into a truck to tour the camp. The visitors arriving with Colonel Darrow at a press train at Munsan. They get aboard. Mr Atkin, followed by others, coming off the train. Mr Atkin and the Air Vice Marshal walking in front of the train. They get into a vehicle and leave the area.
Roman Catholic followers celebrate the feast day of St. Christopher, the patron saint of transportation, in Baldwin, New York. Exterior of Saint Christopher’s Church (11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510, United States). People gather outside the church. A statue of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus. Children riding bicycles on the street. Motorists driving their vehicles. They receive blessings from Roman Catholic priests. A priest sprinkle holy water on the car.
Damage due to avalanches in the Alpine nations of Europe, much in Austria including Bludenz which occurred on January 13, 1954. Several villages are destroyed and many people are killed and injured. U.S. helicopters hovering over the area. Destroyed houses and buildings. The rescue workers working to take out the dead bodies and some survivors from the snow. They shovel the snow. A wrecked train covered with snow on the mountain side. Rotary snowplow on a locomotive used to clear tracks in rescue area. Survivors from train shown rescued 80 hours after event.
U.S. officers and soldiers are awarded in Aisne, France. Brigadier General Robert M Montague, Commanding General of the Division Artillery, 83rd Division awards medals to the officers and men of the 322nd Field Artillery, 83rd Division. The General awards Silver Star to a soldier. An officer reading citations. The General pins a medal on another soldier. (World War II period).
The U.S. soldiers in Italy during World War II. A tank destroyer of the 701st Tank Destroyer Battalion loaded with troops pushes forward over the dirt road. Enemy shellfire strikes on the ground. Soldiers carrying full packs advance up hill past barbed wire entanglements and across open fields. Medic jeep with litter cases is driven through wooded area.
Street scene in Miami, Florida. Three men on a golf course. Horses start race at Hialeah Race track. View from window of WB-29A in flight through stratiform clouds. View from ground near a building, of gathering storm clouds. Inside the building, U.S. Air Force personnel (military and civilian) of the Joint Hurricane Warning Center at work. Hand seen annotating a Weather chart, displaying isobars. Military meteorologists looking at weather reports (Grady Norton in background). Weather personnel gathered in a classroom setting. Using a sketch on a blackboard, a supervisor discusses movement of a tropical storm heading toward Cuba. Grady Norton, Meteorologist-in-charge.stands alone, looking down on weather data (not seen). A woman brings him a cup of coffee.
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