The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Visitors climbing up and down the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States) stairs. Fluted Doric columns made of Yule marble in the Lincoln Memorial. View of the Lincoln Memorial landmark from Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway, facing the Reflecting Pool. Cars driving on Lincoln Memorial Circle roadway. The Lincoln Memorial at daytime. Cars taking the Arlington Memorial Bridge with the Arts of War Sculptures (620 Ohio Dr SW, Washington, DC 20037, United States). Cars pass by the Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Monument is seen in the background.
United States McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II fighter bombers make low altitued air strikes near Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. An F-4C drops a bomb on hill. Explosion and clouds of smoke rising from bomb detonation. A F-4C fighter-bomber zooms past field and drop more bombs before disappearing. More F-4C engage in low flying air strikes, one flying directly over United States camp before strike. A thick, dark cloud of smoke forms over a field after an air strike.
The Director of the Shenyang Cable Factory in communist China. Spools of copper wire on the factory floor. Chinese worker smiles as he guides copper wire upwards from spool into upstairs factory area. Men pointing to propaganda posters calling the United States “bandits” and encouraging workers to surpass United States production. Other Great Leap Forward propaganda posters urge production to rise like the Sputnik space progam. One poster depicts an Arab holding a rifle translates to, “Send the British invading army out of the Middle East.” A man reads a plant production board outside a factory. Red flags on plant production chart denote workers with good productivity. Young Chinese students march to a factory as voluntary laborers. Boys who are members of the Youth League are seen shoveling gravel on the street.
Soil erosion in the United States shows heavily eroded soil during the Dust Bowl era. Dusty field in the Great Plains region of the United States during the Great Depression. Close up of windmill spinning quickly. Dusty road and sign that reads “Dalhart city limit.” Wind blowing against a wire fence. Thick clouds forming as dust storm approaches. A man runs to his house just before dust storm hits. Dust storm enveloping field. Close up view of dust piling up on field. A woman picks her child up and runs into house as dust storm hits. A man runs as strong winds blow in the dust storm. Aftermath of a dust storm. Sand covers the whole farm in large drifts of dust. Car and wagon buried in sand. Barren farm land covered in dust during the Great Depression,
Demonstration of the biggest amphibious helicopter prototype in Stratford, Connecticut. United States Navy officials view a Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, a twin-engine anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter. Crowds gathered to watch the maiden test flight of the Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King, the biggest amphibious helicopter in the world at the time of its release. United States Air Force personnel watch the helicopter takes off. Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King in flight. Two military officials and civilian men watching the demonstration. The amphibious helicopter lands in lake. The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King prototype sails in the water. The helicopter taking off from the lake.
United States and Allied invasion craft massed in Bizerte harbor in Tunisia before the invasion of Sicily (WWII). Assault troops are boarding invasion boats. Crates of materiel on the boats. Soldiers receive equipment such as lifebelts on board. Tractor pulls sledges carrying materiel. A DUKW (Duck) 2 ½ -ton amphibious truck boards a boat. A halftrack with an anti-aircraft gun reverses to board the craft. Soldiers pushing a 3 ¼-ton trailer to craft. Men boarding a tank landing ship. Allied invasion craft approach Sicily. United States troops seaborne landing in southern Sicily.
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