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Production,transportation and assembling of Boeing KC-135 parts in different parts of America.
A Boeing 367 Dash 80 lands on an airstrip. Shows parts of a test airplane being transported to the Boeing Flight Center in Seattle, Washington. Interior view of the test center. A tank constructed for the hydrostatic testing of Boeing fuselage. A production line for Boeing KC-135. Fuselage section of KC-135. Boeing KC-135 parts are manufactured by companies across different parts of America such as War Aircraft Manufacturer in Riverside, California, Northrop Aviation in California, Twin Coach Company in Buffalo, New York and Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, California. A large Boeing part being transported on the Great Northern Railways. Boeing parts being brought in assembly at the Renton Plant in Seattle. Scenes of Boeing parts being manufactured inside the plant.
Cold War commences in Europe and UN takes military action against North Korean aggression
Opening scenes show people of East Germany escaping from the Soviet-controlled zone, to the West, through forests. Whole families are seen carrying whatever they could in back packs and suitcases. An animated map is inserted showing a map centered on Korea, with the 38th Parallel dividing Communist North Korea from South Korea. View of a line scratched in a dirt road, designating the 38th Parallel, leading to a temporary border with guard post, established for administrative purposes. View of Ducksoo Palace, in Seoul, Korea, headquarters of the United Nations (UN) Commission on Korea. Diplomats inside its chambers, trying (in vain) to negotiate the withdrawal of Soviet forces from North Korea. United States troops are seen evacuating from South Korea, after the establishment of the Republic of Korea. Carrying duffel bags and all their gear, they board trains to evacuation ports. General scenes of landscape and South Korean people going about their normal activities, under the new government. Smoke rising from surprise attacks by North Korea against the South. Republic of Korea (ROK) troops march to defend against the North's aggression. ROK troops in trucks and trenches fire small arms against the invaders. Huge numbers of refugees are shown fleeing the North. Soldiers raise international flags at the headquarters of the United Nations, in Lake Success, Long Island, New York. Inside, diplomats meet to deal with the crisis. View of empty place at the table labeled "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics." Warren Robinson Austin, U.S. Ambassador to the UN is seen as well as other UN representatives. (Narrator states that after its cease fire order had been ignored by the Communists, the Security Council voted for united military action against the aggressor, and provided for a unified command of United Nations forces.) View of the delegates voting with raised hands. U.S. General Douglas MacArthur is seen receiving the first UN battle flag. Aerial views of the Port of Pusan, Korea. The U.S. Navy transport ship, USS Pickaway (APA-222) is seen being moved by tug boats in the port. View of the troop ship loaded with American troops headed to the port of Pusan, Korea. Color guards waving flags of the UN, the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, as they lead a military brass band marching along the pier. Change of scene to American troops marching along opposite sides of a road in Korea, as jeeps drive in the middle. Troops, including ROK soldiers, engage North Koreans with small arms, mortars, machine guns and artillery field pieces. Back in America, troops parade along Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, with capitol building seen in background. American soldiers boarding a train. Camera focuses on shoulder emblem of a Canadian officer boarding a train and then shows Canadians marching to a port of embarkation. Turkish troops pass in review on their way to Korea. Troops of the Netherlands on the march. Australian troops assembled before sailing to Korea. Swedish doctors and nurses boarding a ship to Korea, where they will set up hospitals to treat the wounded. British sailors boarding ships for action in Korean waters. Glimpse of a British Colossus class aircraft carrier, underway in Korean waters. Views of other UN forces headed to Korea. The UN General Assembly building in Lake Success, Long Island, New York. View of delegates inside the building. Film ends showing a rotating globe of the world, with flags of Nations participating in UN actions in Korea, being shown as the globe passes their respective countries.
North Vietnamese officials address crowd and scenes of support for North Vietnam from anti-war rallies worldwide
Crowd seated in assembly. Various North Vietnamese men and woman speak at the speaker's stand. Crowd in streets with banners and flags. Picture of various men in newspapers at demonstrations. Scenes from other countries, including one or more Spanish speaking countries in Latin America or South America (signs in Spanish) demonstrating against the United States for its involvement in Vietnam. Also scenes of Anti-war protest rallies against U.S. involvement in Vietnam from other countries including the the United Kingdom and some European countries. Vietnamese girls wave small flags during a rally. Men with banners on road. Various people speak on microphone. Various Vietnamese officials at mike speak to crowd in meetings. Men and women applaud. Anti-war demonstrators in various places in the world with banners. Clip features North Vietnamese propaganda.
Lt. Edward Murphy, USS Pueblo Executive Officer, gives speech during news conference, USS Pueblo crewmen play sports during captivity in Pyongyang, North Korea
Lt. Edward Murphy (USS Pueblo Executive Officer) expresses his desire to “return home as quickly as possible to the United States of America” during a propaganda news conference for foreign correspondents in Pyongyang, North Korea. “I admitted and apologize and am repentant for the crimes which I committed against the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea” Lt. Edward Murphy says. News reporters and USS Pueblo crewmen listen to Lt. Edward Murphy’s speech. North Korean reporter asks, "what do you think will be your fate if the U.S. government does not apologize for the crimes of the Pueblo?" . Rodney Duke, Communications Technician of the USS Pueblo, answers, "there is a limit to the patience of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea...we will be placed on trial in this country and punished according to their laws." Official North Korean footage shows USS Pueblo crewmen play basketball, volleyball in recreation area after news conference. North Korean reporters interview Ralph McClintock, USS Pueblo Communications Technician, over tea. Ralph McClintock reads a letter from his mother to reporters, which reads, "my heart is just broken and many are the tears I have shed, however I have implicit faith in God that our country will apologize so that you will all be released."
Korean film depicts German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's plan of world conquest and shows montage of German military action scenes from World War II
After lenthy period of slates in Korean, the first images appear at TC: 01:52, as camera pans down over ruins at the front of the German chancellery in Berlin, Germany. A plaque in German identifies it as the Kanzlei des Führers der NSDAP (Chancellery of the Führer of the Nazi Party). Camera moves through various rooms of the building showing wreckage. In one room a world globe, a table and some broken furniture are shown. Scene changes to an animated map of Europe centered on Germany that depicts the dramatic expansion of German conquest in beginning of World War 2. It then shows further expansion with German invasion of the Soviet Union. From then on It adds a line directed to India (labeled in Russian) and another pointed into North America.The map then sends more lines covering the Continent of Africa and the South and Central America. These represent a plan for world conquest. View of a German three engine twin tail seaplane being launched by a catapult. Closeups of the plane in flight. Scene changes to German paratroopers jumping from a Junkers 52, three engine transport plane. Aerial view from above of the paratroopers leaping from the aircraft and from below as they descend with their chutes billowing out above them. Ground view of them landing on sand in North Africa. German troops on motor cycles, half track personnel carriers ( Sd.Kfz. 250 ) and Panzer III tanks. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel standing with his staff, directing elements of his Afrika Korps forces in North Africa. Smiling German troops riding in an open Sd.Kfz. 251 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251) half-track personnel carrier. A huge explosion and dense black smoke is seen. Then, a German Heinkel HE 111 bomber is seen maneuvering overhead. Brief glimpse from an aircraft strafing an armored vehicle on the ground. Suddenly a submarine's periscope is seen just above the water and a transport ship (or freighter) is seen as through the periscope. Next, inside a German submarine, the Captain lowers his periscope and scene shifts to bow of submarine surfacing and the ship is seen burning and exploding. A torpedo is launched from a surfaced submarine and it strikes a ship creating a huge explosion and fireball.
King Peter of Yugoslavia meets President Roosevelt and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands with granddaughters in North America (WW2)
Exiled European royalty King Peter of Yugoslavia and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in North America during World War II. King Peter of Yugoslavia meets United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his cabinet at the White House in Washington DC, United States. The King and the President seated in chairs. American journalists and photographers in the foreground. King Peter and President Roosevelt talk to each other. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands visits her heir Princess Juliana at their home at Stornoway in Ottawa, Canada. Queen Wilhelmina meets her granddaughters, Beatrix and Irene. They are seated in chairs in a lawn. Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene play on a seesaw.
