Activities of British 8th Army and African American U.S. 99th Pursuit Squadron (part of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group) in Orsogna, Italy during World War II. Cartridge belts are loaded onto the wing of an airplane. A bomb loaded at the bottom of the airplane. An African American pilot gets into the airplane. Eleven United States Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawks take off from a steel-matted runway. British artillery men rush towards a directional range finder. Tents in the background. Other airplanes parked in the background.
Inaugural Ceremony of U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. Exterior of the Capitol building. Cars drive past on the street in front of the building. People gathered in the building. President Ronald Reagan arrives with officials at the ceremony. George H. W. Bush is sworn in as the Vice President. Ronald Reagan takes the oath of the President. His wife stands nearby. Soldiers fire artillery in a field.
Inaugural Ceremony of U.S. President Ronald Reagan at the United States Capitol in Washington DC. People gathered for the ceremony. President Reagan addresses them. He says that he has approved a research program to find a security shield that would destroy nuclear missiles before they reach their targets (this later became the Strategic Defense Initiative or SDI, or so-called Star Wars initiative). It would help demilitarize the arsenals of the earth. He says that there will be a meeting with the Soviets hoping to agree on a way to rid the world of the threat of nuclear destruction. He also says that all the Americans will work together for achieving success.
Capture of criminals by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in Chicago, United States. Bank robber John Dillinger standing with other people. Exterior of a building. FBI agents gather outside the building. People gather at the Biograph Theater. FBI agents capture and kill Dillinger. Investigation of the fingerprints of Dillinger. The pistol, eyeglasses and hat of Dillinger lying on a table. Rifles on the table. A poster on a wall for the capture of criminal Lester Gillis. A photograph of the criminal on the poster. FBI agents look at the dead body of a criminal.
Capture of criminals by the agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States. The kidnapping of 9 year old boy George H. Weyerhaeuser from Tacoma, Washington. A ransom letter from the kidnappers. The FBI investigates the case. An airplane parked at an air base. Men disembark from the airplane and walk on the air base. A poster on a wall for the identification of the kidnapper.
Antisubmarine activities of the United States Coast Guard ( USCG ) in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Cutters and airships of the USCG and U.S. Navy patrol around a convoy underway. U.S. Navy airship in the air. The U.S. Navy, the USCG and the U.S. Merchant Marine work together. An officer watches enemy action through binoculars. The U.S. flag flying from a flag mast. A man watches through binoculars and other men prepare for a counter attack. Man operates signal light to relay information. Depth charges readied and guns are fired from the ships. They sink a German submarine after it torpedoes a merchant ship. Merchant seamen come aboard a cutter from a life raft.
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