National Day parade in Vietnam. Vietnamese officer in a jeep as he moves past the review stand during an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers carrying flags march past the stands. Officers review the parade in the background. Men and women of the Montagnard group march past the stands. Viet police, civil guards, rangers and Marines march past the stands. Vietnamese cavalry units, sailors march with a military police officer in the foreground. Flags as United States Navy CH-34 helicopters and 0-1 planes fly overhead. American soldiers of 173rd Brigade carrying the flags of United States march past the stands. American sailors, marines and airmen parade past. A military band marches at the parade. (Vietnam War period).
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from White House in Washington D.C., United States. U.S. President Truman at a desk in the White house as he addresses the nation over the national radio. A radio tower. The President speaks of the danger posed by Soviet Union as it is pushing cold war into a general war. The representatives of different nations at the United Nations Security Council. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin reviews a military parade at Red Square in Moscow. President Truman says that Soviet Union has aggravated the Korean War.
United States President Harry S. Truman addresses the nation from White House in Washington D.C., United States. American military troops march down a road in formation with U.S. Capitol in the background. U.S. President Truman at a desk in the White house as he addresses the nation over national radio. The President says that America will use its arms when threatened by aggression. President Truman says that they will build up their forces and make weapons. The President also talks about expanding the economy. People listen to the Presidential address over radio sets. President Truman says that America will not use its strength for aggression. He says that they are aware of the ill effects of a war. Representatives of various countries at United Nations General Assembly.
United States Air Force 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Army jeeps, trucks and buses drive past on a dirt road. 366th Tactical Fighter Wing Warriors Command Post building. Sandbags wall and emblems of units assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing. Ambulances and army trucks parked outside United States Air Force dispensary and 22nd Casualty Staging Center. Vehicles drive past the Da Nang Air Base Operations building.
Diagram shows pattern of air currents that carried Japanese paper balloon fire bombs from Japan to America's West Coast, during World War II. The paper bomb balloon or fire balloon unit consists of the paper gas sac and an automatic balancing and firing control device. United States Navy personnel inspects the balloon as it descends to the ground. He looks at the paper bags filled with sand which provide balance and the central payload,incendiary and bombs. He holds paper material and inspects its strength. The balloon is filled with hydrogen gas. Pressure is exerted by a rubber ring. United States Navy personnel demonstrates the various parts: demolition block,aneroid switches,jacks,blow out plugs,incendiaries and central payload. He demonstrates the balancing mechanism: Balance bags,payloads and incendiaries are suspended by T-hooks switched between the blow out plugs on the balancing ring. A man unhooks the T-hook and releases balance bags.
Six day war in middIe east ends as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire. At the United Nations Security Council in the United States: Syrian Ambassador, Russian delegate Nikolay Prokofyevich Fedorenko, Israeli Ambassador Gideon Raphael state their points during the session. War scenes from the Six-day war: Burning buildings. Bodies lying on desert. Prisoners of war are taken by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers (IDF). Prisoners walk with raised hands. Bullet holes in train and car. Damaged military vehicles on streets. Wounded soldiers are moved on stretchers to hospitals. Damaged UAR military vehicles along the Gaza Strip. Arabs under arrest. Egyptian prisoners of war. Empty offices with photo frames of President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser. UAR Commander General Abdul Hussein meets Israeli military leaders. He signs the cease-fire agreement. Israeli flag flutters in wind. In Bethlehem, Palestine: Israeli troops on streets with tanks. Civilians watch the tanks. In Jerusalem: Tanks move through streets and enter city. Women weep. Jewish people on streets. Israeli troops enter the Old City. Defense Minister of Israel, Moshe Dayan with soldiers offers prayers at the Wailing Wall or Western Wall. Israeli troops march through the streets with weapons including some UZI submachine guns.
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