Anti-communist propaganda piece in the 1950s: A Communist parade in Paris, France. Communist demonstrators chant slogans like 'Stop the War in Indo-China', Down with warfare',' Unite with Russia for world peace'. People carry signs and banners reading 'France', 'US Go Home' and many more. A mock attack by a boy on another boy dressed up as an American Military Police. A union of French women with banners reading phony title for a communist front organization. Big replica of Stalin's party line novel. Main body of procession includes parade by Communist-led trade unions. A parade of French military might in an other part of Paris. Thousands of French soldiers armed with rifles march on a tree-lined street. People gather in great numbers to witness the parade. A parade of French military trucks, artillery, and tanks.
Briefing session of officers on Operation Thunderstorm at the U.S. Air Force's All Weather Flying Center in Wilmington,Ohio. Drawing of P-61 Black Widow on the board. P-61's stand on field. Man checks film on a moviola. View of transformers used for man made lightening. Man walks inside a huge ribbed cylinder. A specially equipped plane's canopy is subjected to bolt of man-made lightning. Briefing group on radar and Rotating radar antenna. Operators work at radar sets in a Nissen hut. Men rig cameras. Storm indication on radar screen. Radar unit in a van. Antenna rotating. P-61 comes in for landing. Radar van in foreground. Briefing on weather bureau research. Civilian pointing to station on chart. Weather testing balloons are sent aloft. Man at a tracking radar set. Weather map received on facsimile receiver. Man removes message (readings) from a teletype.
U.S. General John Joseph Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) visits U.S. 26th Infantry Division Headquarters in Couvrelles, France during World War I. Shows General Pershing talking with a U.S. Major General, outside the building, as he prepares to enter his car. Later, he visits the unit's camp and poses with American and French officers.
American Expeditionary Forces troops of the 111th Infantry Regiment, debark from a transport ship (with identification E.8106, painted on its superstructure) at Calais, France, during World War 1. They form into units and march along the pier, next to a line of trains marked with red crosses. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Presents Woodrow Wilson's proposal for League, his aim "To unite the countries of the World" and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Animated map shows joining of League by different Nations. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Scenes from the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom". Mix of mostly African Americans and white American gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Participants sing and chant songs as they march. Led by folk singer, Joan Baez, they unite and sing in chorus the civil rights anthem: "We Shall Overcome" Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the memorial.
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