News report about the visit of U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the People's Republic of China. The State Dinner by Zhou Enlai in honor of President Nixon, Pat Nixon and American delegates at Great Hall in Beijing. President Nixon finishes with his speech and raises toast with Enlai and other Chinese dignitaries. News anchor Frank Reynolds and expert Dr. James Thomson report about the State Dinner. Premier Enlai and Pat Nixon talk sitting by each other at the dinner table.
U.S. Marine amphibious training activities in Pacific theater during Second World War. United States marines lying on the beach. Amphibious vehicles surrounded by marines on the beach. Assault force at anchor. Amphibious craft including Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT), Landing Craft Tank (LCT) and Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) heading for the beach. Marines advance along a path with tropical vegetation alongside. LVTs loaded with marines, move in towards the beach. Marines on a LVT as it tows a vehicle in a muddy area.
A United States Army Air Forces B-17 bomber, tail number 41-24636, taxis and takes off from Pueblo Army Air Field in Colorado, during World War 2. View over wing of the B-17 in flight. The B-17 backs away to the right, levels off, flies right to left and towards and down under camera plane. Aerial view of the rugged terrain with low hazy clouds. Propellers spinning in the foreground. The B-17 in flight during the late evening hours.
United States P-38 Lightning aircraft in a barren field. Two soldiers sit on the tail section of the plane. A soldier drives a military jeep. A soldier digs trenches with a shovel. Another helps fill the mud into green cans. A technician works on the nose section of the plane. (World War II period).
United States troops in formation march onto field carrying the American flag in North Africa. Hills in the background. Old buildings on a hill with trees in the foreground. View of ships and boats in a harbor and the adjacent area. A Landing Craft on a beach. Soldiers in the craft unloading vehicles. Soldiers get onto military motorcycles. Natives and children observe a half track being driven off craft. Transport ships off shore. (World War II period).
A street crowded with military personnel and in Oran, Algeria, shortly after the fall of Algeria in Operation Torch. United States Military vehicles on the road. American, British and French flags on the street. Added street signs shows distances to London, Paris, San Francisco and Kansas City. American soldiers hold back French civilian crowds in city street, keeping a protected area open in the middle of the street. Crowd smiles and cheers and shows the 'V' sign for victory with their hands. Next, Vichy French military officers are seen walking into the guarded zone of the street and loading their luggage and themselves into a waiting truck. They appear serious and disappointed. One officer simply holds his face in his hands. This is likely the evacuation or detention of Vichy-aligned French military staff that were reassigned, interned, or removed from command following the Darlan Agreement. The officers board a military truck. Some light cigarettes to smoke as they wait for the truck to depart. Scene changes again to show British soldiers in formation on a deserted street. They conduct a ceremony at attention.
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