United States Third Armored Division military band plays music at a former German athletic stadium (likely Müngersdorfer Stadion) in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Major General Maurice T. Rose presents awards to officers and soldiers of the U.S. Army Third Armored Division. General pins medals on a soldier and medic. Major General Rose shake hands with soldiers. Assistants follow him. Troops marching in stadium. United States staff car drives into the stadium. United States troops and band in formation at the stadium.
Two United States Women’s Army Corps (WAC) personnel (Corporal Mary B. McGillicudy of San Francisco, California and Private Barbara Brophy of Salem, Massachusetts) and Private Merrit Rawley (Great Barrington, Massachusetts) of the United States Army walking into marshalling yards in Foggia, Italy during World War II. A smokestack and piles of rubble are seen in the background. The WAC personnel and private walk over train tracks. View of completely demolished boxcar. The soldier helps the two WAC personnel to climb into an abandoned railcar. The two WAC personnel and enlisted man peer through windows of train. The trio inspects train wreckage. Corporal Mary B. McGillicudy and Private Barbara Brophy of the WAC smiling. Private Merrit Rawley stands in front of abandoned Ferrovie dello Stato (Italian state railways) trains.
Crowds gathered in front of the United States Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) after the arrival of United States President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Honor guard holding the flag of the United States. President Kennedy sits in a car with Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), James E. Webb, and Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) Commander Major General Leighton I. Davis. Later astronauts Major Gordon Cooper and Major Gus (Virgil) Grissom in a quick shot brief the President about the Gemini capsule. The car with the president drives away. President Kennedy, wearing sunglasses, stands at the base and looks upward to see the Saturn Rocket. President Kennedy is accompanied by Florida Senator George A. Smathers and aerospace engineer Wernher von Braun. President Kennedy flies by USMC UH-3A helicopter to the U.S. Navy ship USS Observation Island (EAG-154).
United States Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant Robert Emmett O'Malley receiving the Medal of Honor from President Lyndon Baines Johnson. An orchestra plays at the Federal Office Building Plaza (J.J. Pickle Federal Building, 300 E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701) in Austin, Texas. The seal of the United States President on display. President Johnson gives his remarks before the awarding ceremony. “I can think of only one gift sufficient to honor men like this: We can assure this man and we can assure every man who wears our uniform that their cause is a good cause, that the principles they stand for are sound principles, that the battle they are fighting deserves their bravery. To back a commitment honorably given: that is a good cause. To shield a young nation from aggression: that is a good cause.” United States Marines in full blue dress uniform stand at attention. Marine corp band members in red uniform are also at attention. The audience clapping during President Johnson’s speech. President Johnson puts the Medal of Honor on Sergeant Robert Emmett O’Malley. The president also presents a framed certificate to O’Malley. Sergeant O’Malley smiles as he wears the Medal of Honor. President Johnson and Sergeant O’Malley shake hands with USMC officials.
The narrator and host of the film is seen sitting on an armchair. He speaks about United States’ lack of desire to establish a global hegemony. “We have constantly reiterated by word, by deed, that we have no desire to establish a colonial empire” the host said. Wilson Line SS Ariosto ship unloads a tractor. Ship loads sacks of cement in Puerto Rico. A doctor adjusts the x-ray machine. A nurse tends to a ward with patients lying in bed. Sign for Africa Freedom Day on April 15, 1959 at Carnegie Hall. African musicians playing drums as dancers perform a traditional folk dance. A man speaking to the audience at Carnegie Hall. African Americans clapping. New York Times newspaper article by Tad Szulc titled “New Latin Accord is Offered By U.S.” with a photo of United States President John F. Kennedy on the right side. The host explains that the Soviet Union accuses the United States of imperialism to deflect Soviet colonialism. “Now on the face of things, one would assume both imperialism and its twin colonialism are on the way out” the host said.
United States 3rd battalion troops are forced into an embankment on Omaha Beach by Nazi German snipers and machine guns on D-Day in World War II. More United States Army soldiers land in Omaha Beach. A group of soldiers wearing life vests sit and rest on the beach. Some soldiers are digging trenches on the beachhead. Engineers prepare det cords and other equipment to clean up shore obstacles. Medics carry casualties in litters and treat injuries. A medic treats a wounded soldier’s back. Another medic holds an IV fluid as his colleague treats an unconscious soldier. A Landing Ship, Tank (LST) on the beachhead. A United States Army medic treats an injured German prisoner. Nazi German prisoners of war sit on the beach head after their capture. An unconscious German soldier. Two German prisoners of war, including a young German soldier and a middle-aged German soldier.
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