Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on flooded street in the rain in Washington D.C. during the November Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam. Some pedestrians use walking sticks while walking. A woman holds her pet dog with her back from the camera. American youth and adults gather to protest the Vietnam War, in a march also known as the “Vietnam Moratorium”. Sign reads "Business as usual. Today is murder in Vietnam." A man holding a parody of the United States flag with skulls and crossbones replacing the stars. Peaceful protesters flashing the “peace sign” gesture while chanting “NOW” repeatedly. A young African American man with Afro hairstyle flashes the “peace sign” and smiles. Thousands of Americans participate in a nighttime candlelight vigil for soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. A man carries his young daughter on his shoulders while walking down Pennsylvania Avenue during the protest.
United States Army troops move out of the underground trench offering some protection, following Upshot-Knothole Annie nuclear weapon test during Operation Doorstep during the Cold War. Dark smoke from nuclear blast. TV crews capture the mushroom cloud formed after the atomic bomb explosion. A helicopter carrying Federal Civil Defense Administration Director Val Peterson lands. Val Peterson is escorted out of the helicopter. Val Peterson talks about his experience during the nuclear test. American physicist and Atomic Commission Test director Dr. Alvin C. Graves gives an interview. Radiological Safety Team helicopter takes off. Radiological Safety Team personnel wears a gas mask. Houses far from ground zero shows minimal damage. Blown up windows and frames are seen from damaged houses. Mannequins posed inside a living room and dining room before a nuclear test. Mannequins in disarray and a trashed living room after the blast. A mannequin lying on debris from nuclear blast. Plaster and window damage in bedroom. Decimated house shows total destruction near ground zero. A mass of rubble and debris. Roof and walls blown into several sections. A destroyed car under the roof. First floor disintegrated and second floor collapsed inside a house near nuclear test site ground zero. Pushed back wooden girders blocked stairway leading to basement. Part of the kitchen and dining room has fallen into the basement. A mannequin is seen in the basement. A cracked beam in box type shelter. A group of mannequins inside a box type nuclear shelter. Cars left at the Nevada Test Site show significant damage.
“Crotinger” written with chalk on brick wall. United States Army 51st Armored Division troops unloading crates of 105mm ammunition from 2-ton truck near Moers, Germany during World War II. Soldiers opening crates and taking out the shells. Wooden crates on the ground. A 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (M7 Priest) firing. An officer crouches down and uses binoculars. Soldiers tow half-tracks running across the field. Troops under fire lying on the battlefield. Other soldiers are digging foxholes. A tank driving past the field. Soldiers running back to their half-tracks.
Ordnance men and maintenance men prepare aircraft at a United States airbase during the Vietnam War. Ordnance personnel with bombs. A pair of mechanics prepare the propeller of an aircraft. A mechanic speaks about his work in the narration. Mechanics inspecting different aircraft. A soldier wipes his face after washing. Soldiers line up for breakfast. An African American soldier receives food. Forward air controllers inspect Cessna O-1 Bird Dog plane. Vietnamese airborne troops double check their equipment. MATS aircraft with belly door open before Vietnamese airborne troops board aircraft.
The first freight train bringing merchandise arrives in Cologne after the end of World War II. Smoke rises from the smokestack of moving train. Train passes destroyed buildings in Cologne. Flag of the United States seen at rear of train.
A group of United States Army Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers taking off towards Foggia, Italy during World War II. Wheels retracting into B-24s as they take off. Rear view of Consolidated B-24 Liberator as it ascends. One is a Consolidated B-24 D Liberator noted as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” of the 9th Air Force, 98th Bomb Group, and 343rd Bomb Squadron in flight.
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