Ships of the United States underway in Antarctica during Operation Highjump. USS Mount Olympus underway. An admiral's barge comes up alongside United States Coast Guard Cutter ( USCGC ) Northwind II (WAGB-282). U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Cruzen climbs a Jacob's ladder and comes aboard the Northwind.
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson takes new responsibilities as the President in an atmosphere of grief in the U.S, following the assassination death of President John F. Kennedy. Elevated sweeping view of city of San Francisco, with a flag at half staff in the foreground and bridge, bay, and mountains in the background. Flags waving at half mast on the grounds of the Washington Monument in Washington DC. U.S. flag at half staff over the Supreme Court. View inside the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol. The House of Representatives members stand and applaud for President Johnson as he leaves the chamber following his November 27, 1963 address to Congress. Citizens of the United States descending the stairs of the U.S. Capitol, after viewing the coffin of President Kennedy lying in state.
United States Air Force (USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia during the Vietnam War. A child walks in a field. Cambodian refugees with their children and belongings wait in the field. A USAF C-47 Skytrain taxis in the foreground. Refugees board the C-47 and a C-7A. The refugees and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) troops standing. A large crowd of refugees stand near aircraft. A sack of food supply from the United States. A woman feeds milk to her child with a milk bottle. A woman seated beside a pond.
United States Air Force (USAF ) support for the evacuation of Cambodian refugees from Boung Long, Cambodia during the Vietnam War. A C-7A aircraft taxi on a field. Cambodian refugees in a camp. The refugees wait and board the C-7A. "Maria Elena" written on the aircraft. The C-7A taxis out and takes off. The refugees in the background. The refugees and children sitting on the ground. A cart loaded with belongings. A sack of food supply from the United States.
A motion picture film explores the background of World War II. In the United States a view of a large hyrdoelectric dam with water gushing through its gates. Electrical towers of a power plant and a man throwing large switches to activate power. Newspaper headlines: 'Senator oppose the league of nation' and 'Senate passes tariff bill by 44 to 42 vote'. A crowd holds posters of Dewey, German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and other leaders. Books of competing ideologies for sales in the United States, including those of democracy, socialism, fascism including Mein Kampf and books about Stalin. Voting time in Germany with Hitler as the only candidate and signs promoting Hitler. Germans casting voting ballots for Hitler. People burning books in Nazi Germany. A church in America or Britiain with close up views of a boys choir singing hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers." Children in America playing at a playground on a jungle gym and slide. A girl makes a drawing of natural scenes. American children smiling, playing, and running.
Contrasts innocent play of children in America with military play and training in Axis countries during World War 2. View of children playing games and on jungle gym in United States. Scene changes to Germany, with German boys climbing over and around artillery pieces under watchful eye of a uniformed German official. Next shows children in Japan staging military training and a charge across a mock battlefield. Next scene shows boys in Italy in uniform engaged in a mock battle charge and putting on gas masks between advances. Also seen during the clip: The Japanese flag is raised, as well as the Nazi flag and an Italian flag. Slogan of the Japanese Army: ' To die for Emperor is to live forever'. Back in the United States, a woman collects funds to help Japanese children affected by an earthquake. Children pass by the collection bin and place money in the jar.
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