Important buildings in Richmond, Virginia. Exteriors of the Governor's Mansion (Capitol Sq, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) and the State Library on Capitol Square. Exteriors of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States). A downtown street as rain pours down. People get in a car on the street. Exteriors of the Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States). Exteriors of the Old City Hall (Old City Hall, 1001 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219, USA) in Richmond, Virginia.
The second Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in Washington DC, United States. Alvin Spivak of United Press International asks Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M Nixon about the possibility of occurrence of a summit conference after the presidential elections. Nixon states his willingness as the President to meet Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev or any other world leader if it would serve the cause of peace. He states that another summit conference will lead to negotiations at the diplomatic level and hamper peace. He concludes that he would hold another summit conference only after some preparation and assurance from Khrushchev that he wanted something meaningful from the conference. Democratic candidate Senator John F Kennedy states that before any summit conference the United States should build its military as well as economic strength. He talks about U.S. commitment to Berlin. He concludes and says that he agrees with Nixon statement in not meeting Mr. Khrushchev unless there were some agreements at the secondary level- foreign ministers and ambassadors - which would indicate that the meeting would have some hope of success, or a useful exchange of ideas.
President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia arrives at Washington National Airport for a state visit to the United States. State flags of the United States and its territories held by troops in airfield. President Habib Bourguiba climbs down air stair of a Military Air Transport Service jet airplane and shakes hands with President John F. Kennedy. President Bourguiba’s wife, Mrs. Moufida Bourguiba (née Mathilde Lorrain), shakes hands with Mrs.Jacqueline Kennedy. While President Habib Bourguiba shakes hands with a military officer while Chief of Protocol Angier Biddle Duke is seen between them making introductions. A motorcade with the United States presidential parade car in Washington DC. Presidents Kennedy and Bourguiba leave the presidential car while Jackie Kennedy and Moufida Bourguiba meet their husbands.
World War II activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. Airplanes parked at an air base. Camera equipment being loaded into United States Army Air Force Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan and a United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) A-20 Havoc aircraft for aerial photography. Men in the cockpit of an airplane. A large formation of A-20s in flight. USAAF Curtiss P-40 aircraft in flight. The engine of a USAAF C-47 Skytrain stops and starts. A PT-17 aircraft flying at low altitude over airfields. A USAAF BT-13 Valiant performs an aileron roll. A USAAF Martin B-26C Marauder drops a large life raft and the BT-13 Valiant spins down. The U.S. flag atop a flag pole. Unit personnel at a retreat ceremony in a part of the main building.
U.S. 34th Division Artillery soldiers at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States. U.S. Army Major General Willard Pearson converses with two officers. Major General Pearson at the entrance of a tent. He walks up to a USAF (United States Air Force) C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Battery guideon is passed to a soldier on a ramp and put aboard the aircraft. 34th Division Artillery troops climb the ramp and board the C-141 aircraft. Names are checked from a roster. Major General Pearson talks to soldiers as they approach the ramp. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Troops in the Solomon Islands during World War II, load munitions and supplies aboard landing craft to be carried to the troopship, USS Frederick Funston (APA-89), sitting offshore. The equipment and troops are bound for Bougainville, New Guinea, to reinforce marines there. Next, the troops themselves, in full battle gear, enter Higgins boats, to be ferried to the troopship. Closeup of troops boarding one of the landing craft. View from a landing craft heading to the Frederick Funston, seen ahead. View from the Higgins boat approaching the troopship, and then of troops climbing aboard via a rope net. Closeup of soldiers climbing the net. Change of scene shows U.S. Field Artillery unit changing position on New Georgia. They employ caterpillar tractors to move the guns. One is seen bogging down in the soft earth, so another tractor assists by pushing on the gun (possibly damaging its barrel). After arriving at the new position, they are ordered to move again, because of movements of the Japanese forces. This time, the troops pitch in and use sheer manpower to move a howitzer. Scene shifts again, to Italy, where U.S. troops attempt to ford a river on the road from, Benevento, to Caserta, after German forces destroyed all bridges along it. A truck is seen successfully crossing after combat engineers created a path for it. Trucks and jeeps move through muddy paths. The last image shows a jeep equipped with a tall bumper-mounted wire cutter.
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