American soldiers amidst military vehicles and landing crafts on a beach in France during World War II as smoke emerges from a ship at the coast. German prisoners of war move with their hands behind their heads. American soldiers clean sand and water from their rifles.
Newsreel titled 'West Pointers get a touch of real army life' shows cadets in a march past at Fort Benning,Georgia. Cadets being given a practical experience in handling automatic rifles. They also study military tactics.
A sailor monitors instruments and makes adjustments at main control panel in engine room of U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort, USS Charles E. Brannon (DE-446), in Seattle,Washington. Above decks, a sailor lookout peers through a pair of binoculars. Back in the engine room, the ship's power indicator shifts from "stop," to 1/3 backing power and then back to "stop," again.
Opening scenes show formations of World War 2 Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. Slate reads: "Pearl Harbor December 7,1941." U.S. B-17 bombers are parked on an airfield. Ships and facilities are seen at the Pearl Harbor Naval station in Hawaii. Views of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers flying in formation above clouds. Explosions and fire destroying aircraft and facilities at the Ford Island Naval Air Station. The USS Arizona burning and filling the air with heavy black smoke as she lists and sinks from bombing. Subsequent views of the destruction wrought by the bombing.
U.S. troops of the 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Several soldiers are seen in wooded area. One talks over a PR-25 radio from a tree line at the edge of large open field. Another soldier slings an M-60 machine gun over his shoulder. Then, carrying their gear, the soldiers walk across the open field toward an area where a camp is being set up. In the distance, a UH-1 Huey helicopter sits with engine running and rotor blades turnng. The soldiers enter the tree line where others are assembling with their gear and supplies, next to the open field. The soldier carrying the M-60 machine gun, waves to the camera. Closeup of some soldiers who have pitched a couple of tents and are opening boxes of supplies. A change of scene shows several troops escorting a captured North Vietnamese army (NVA) soldier, whose hands are tied behind him, to a UH-1 helicopter with engine running. The Huey is next seen taking off with the prisoner aboard. Closeup of black NVA cap, left behind,in the mud. (Note: Within a few days, these troops distinguished themselves in combat with North Vietnamese Army troops. One, in particular, Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Specialist Fourth Class, of Company B, 3d Battalion, heroically sacrificed his life, in combat on May 10, 1970, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy arrives at White House with his wife Jacueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. He is met by outgoing president Eisenhower at White House. After a brief talk John F Kennedy leaves the White House for the trip to Capitol Hill with outgoing president Eisenhower. They arrive at Capitol Building and make their way to the East Portico inaugural stand. Marian Anderson sings the National Anthem.
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