B-29 bombers arrive at Saipan in Mariana Islands during World War II. B-29 bomber aircrafts of the 11th Commanding Unit of the United States Army Air Force land at Isley Field in Saipan. Airfield personnel watch keenly as a plane makes landing on the runway. The plane takes a left turn and follows a guide jeep.
United States Army Air Force at their base in the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, during World War II. Airmen of 21st Bomber Command Provisional Unit stand outside tents for mail call. A man with canned ration.They discuss their strategies. Soldiers carrying rifles talk with each other.
Meeting of the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (United Nations) on January 27, 1966, at the Palace of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. Seen among others are: William C. Foster, U.S. representative,and Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Soviet chief negotiator, S.K.Tsarapkin; and British representative, Lord Chalfont (Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont). Views of the meeting starting with Mr. Tsarapkin as the Chair. Camera pans interior of the Palace of Nations. View of the outside of the building. Press briefing with closeup of Mr. Tsarapkin as he voices the USSR support for discussion of draft treaties to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Closeups of U.S. delegate William Forster standing by a lake as narrator speaks of the hope for progress. Next scene is three years later: shows Joan Baez singing her song "Last night I had the strangest dream," at a Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam rally near the Washington Monument, in Washington, DC, on November 15, 1969. This gathering of hundreds of thousands of antiwar citizens, in peaceful protest, was organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. View of peaceful crowd of demonstrators gathered on the Washington Monument Grounds, listening to Baez sing. Next scenes show views of various boy and girls all over the world. Children of many races and nationalities are seen including Indian, Middle eastern, African, Asian, European, and American children. Some of the children are smiling or playing. Some are standing near a radar or radio control tower. One boy is standing behind barbed wire. Clip ends with scene inside a United States nuclear missile silo (possibly Minuteman), with a team of two Air Force personnel on duty, always at the ready to launch missiles if required. Closeup view of a 24 hour clock is seen ticking, and one of the personnel in the silo watches it closely. A key hangs from the clock. Another airman is seated at a desk in the missile silo.
General James F. Collins Commander of United States Army, Pacific, visits 121st Aviation Company (former 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter). He is seen walking across the ramp, accompanied by Major Edward C. Seymour, Commander of the unit. Members of his staff walk behind. Scene shifts to General Collins, pinning Air Medals and Purple Hearts on soldiers of the "Soc Trang Tigers" at their base in Soc Trang, Closeup of a Purple Heart medal. (Vietnam War period).
Marching Military Units of United States arriving at gravesite in Arlington Cemetery. Richard Cardinal Cushing leads the procession followed by pallbearers carrying caskets. Pallbearers place casket on open grave. Irish Guard in background can be seen. Honor Guard holding flag above the grave as the casket is lowered. Dignitaries in background. A folded flag is presented to President Kennedy’s widow, Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy. Soldiers light the torch and hand it over to Mrs. Kennedy. Richard Cardinal Cushing blesses the casket. Mrs. Kennedy lighting the eternal flame.
Cars arriving in front of Capitol building. Mrs. John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Senator Edward M Kennedy walking up the steps between combined Honor Guard. Changing of Honor Guard surrounding John Kennedy's flag-draped casket inside Rotunda. Mrs. John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Senator Edward M Kennedy enter the Rotunda and kneel at flag-draped casket. View of dignitaries. Pallbearers remove flag-draped casket from catafalque and carry it out of Rotunda. Mrs. Kennedy walking down the steps escorted by Robert and Edward Kennedy. They are followed by Color Guard, two clergymen and pall bearers carrying flag-draped casket which is placed on caisson. Horse drawn caisson leaving Capitol followed by a rider less horse and procession of cars proceeding to White House. View of crowd in background. United States Military units in formation.
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