Views of battle between German Panzer Units and Allied Forces south of Caen, France, during World War 2. SS troop soldier looks through binocular from trenches. Explosions raise huge clouds of smoke. Close up view of SS tank ace Michael Wittmann and loader on a German Tiger tank of s.SS.Pz.Abt.101. (Wittmann wears Knights Cross and Swords military decoration.) German SS grenadiers in position. German tanks firing. Multiple views of wrecked British tanks, including one on its side. An abandoned British soldier helmet and gas mask on the ground. German artillery is fired. German soldier prone firing MG 34 machine gun equipped with TM 34 75-round double-drum magazine. German soldiers fighting in streets of town. Heavily bombed buildings of a French town south of Caen. German soldiers moving building to building. German soldiers firing flamethrower.
Film begins showing areas of extensive cultivation bordering dual highway leading toward dense housing development in the city of Tripoli, Libya. Camera moves to positions successively closer to the buildings. Next, a white van is seen with some uniformed officials near it. It is passed by another white van, with UN painted on its side, and displaying a white flag. Another view of this van driving past a different camera location. This vehicle belongs to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). View from behind a civilian taking a photograph of the UN van passing. Scene shifts to center of the city of Tripoli, where a National Security Force soldier is seen next to a tank at a sandbagged position. Another view of the UN van with its flag, passing the camera on a downtown city street. Scene changes to a private car stopped at the side of a road, next to road sign identifying the entrance to the city of Tripoli. A National Security Force sandbagged position is just off the roadside. Soldiers are inspecting the contents of the car. A 1957 Chevrolet hardtop sedan is next in line. Closeup of that car being inspected. Soldiers and civilian officials question a man and search him. Damage to a building seen from a rooftop. An armored car and a tank on the street. Armed men occupying a deep circular position. Arab civilians, with small arms, pose in defensive position inside a vacant concrete building (possibly a parking garage) overlooking a cemetery. Camera pans across them crouched behind protective concrete wall. Scene shifts to downtown, Tripoli, where National Security Force soldiers run to occupy a heavily sandbagged bunker. From inside the bunker, a tank is seen parked on an alleyway. A street scene shows a tank moving very slowly along a street where a private car is parked. Glimpse of possible explosion on hillside in distance. Another view of tank moving slowly as it appears to be parking at side of city street.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) in Bien Hua in Vietnam. Colonel Robert A. Ackerly Commander 3rd TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) introduces Bob Hope. Bob Hope and his troupe of entertainers in a USO Show. Banners read 'USO Shows'. Bob Hope clutches golf club and goes through monologue. He waves his driver. Song and dance performances by Kaye Stevens, Anita Bryant, John Bubbles, Jerry Colonna and Carroll Baker.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) at Tan Son Nhut air base in Vietnam. Bob Hope's entertainment troupe walk towards the stage. General Nguyen Cao Ky walks with the entertainment troupe. General Westmoreland arrives with Bob Hope.
Prime Minister of United Kingdom Clement Attlee arrives at the airport in Washington D.C. He is greeted by dignitaries. Prime Minister Attlee arrives at White House for talk with President Truman relating mainly to atomic bomb control. President Truman pays tribute to those who died in World War at the 'Tomb of the unknown soldier'. Prime Minister Attlee and Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King accompany him in the ceremony after which conferences will take place.
Psychological Warfare Unit visiting Korean village in valley with several buildings and a circling dirt road. It is surrounded by mountains. A Korean Marine (interpreter) uses a microphone to call out to residents. next, a Marine of the U.S. 1st Marine Division, is seen nearby, talking to another Korean Marine. A U.S. rifleman stands guard. Two Korean men come forward and approach a cluster of Marines. The older, bearded man speaks to an interpreter. Scene shifts to a tall young man with another man accompanied by two women and a boy. More family members join them. Interpreters speak with them. More women and children come forward including two women carrying South Korean flags of the Republic of korea. One of the men coming with families, is missing his right leg, and uses crutches. The people converse in earnest with the Korean Marine interpreter. Two Korean Marines silhouetted against light sky as one reads announcement to the villagers. (Korean War)
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