Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his wife, Queen Fawzia, and an entourage of Iranian officers, inspect United States military installations in Tehran. United States Military officials greet the royal couple. Major General Donald H. Connolly (wearing glasses), Commander of the U.S. Army Persian Gulf Command steps forward to greet the Royal couple. Shoulder patch of the Persian Gulf Command (a scimitar and 7-pointed star) is seen on his uniform. General Connally salutes and removes his cap, as he takes the hand of Queen Fawzia. He introduces a Brigadier General to the Royal couple and then all proceed down a path. Large radio antennas are seen dimly in the background. The Shah and Empress emerge from the broadcast facilities of the American Expeditionary Station Tehran, and General Connolly helps Queen Fawzia into a U.S. jeep. An American soldier driver gets into the jeep. The Shah, Queen, and party are escorted by the American officers along a path to the "Service Club", as American soldiers stand to the side. They are seen later, coming out of the Service Club. The party poses for photographs.
United States soldier handing shovels to Iranian men. The men have their heads covered. United States soldier handing flit guns to native children. Children standing in lines. The native children briefed. Children spraying the village. Children are running in the village. Native children spraying animals. Spraying of marshlands and ditches with chemical pesticide (possibly DDT) to combat malaria. (World War II period).
United States Army Infantry moves up from Osterode to St. Andreasberg in Germany during World War II. United States M4 Sherman tanks move off the road at forests to bypass the roadblock. Several infantry soldiers walk in the forests and several seated in Jeeps. A soldier attempts to install a device on a tree. Blasted tree stumps in the forest. Tanks and Jeeps move through the forest area.
United States Marines at Seoul in Korea, during Korean War. A South Korean man looks out of a window of a building. A sign on the building reads 'Welcome USMC'. A view of City Hall in Seoul. United States flag on the top of a building. HO3S helicopter parked in front of City Hall. Marines with weapons walk in the foreground. Korean civilians lie dead in the streets.
United States Military Academy air indoctrination at Eglin Air Force base in United States. U.S. aircraft B-29 in flight. Parachute attachment and A-3 lifeboat dropped from the plane. Coastline in the background. Two parachutists jump in water from C-47 aircraft. Trees and houses on coast. Men aboard a lifeboat. Men swim out to men who are in rubber life raft. SA-16 approaches for landing. It lands on water and taxis. Pier in view. Men in rubber raft. Cadets walk towards trees on coast. Military dependants bathe on beach. Rubber life raft loads in water. Flare smoke arising from boat. Motor launch underway at sea. Two parachutists descend.
United States Military Academy air indoctrination at Eglin Air Force base in United States. Hand points out various switches and controls of multi-engine aircraft. Instrumental panel, throttle and switches. U.S. aircraft B-29 in flight. Parachute attachment and A-3 lifeboat dropped from the plane. Coastline in the background. Two parachutists jump in water. Trees and houses on coast. Men aboard a lifeboat.
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