Pedestrians walking along sidewalks in New York City. Pedestrians waiting to cross near Greenwich Savings Bank. A woman takes a taxi. Two women laughing while walking on the street. People wearing fashions of the late 1950s and early 1960s. A woman holds her daughter's hand before crossing a street. Legs of three women walking on kitten heels. Pedestrians pass by restaurant Hamburg Heaven on 5 E 51 St. Stained glass window and spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral as seen from E 51 St in New York City.
United States soldiers enter the Black Cat Bar in Teharan, Iran. A horse drawn rickshaw moves past the Bar Astoria and other Iranian shops. Views of modernist buildings in Tehran. Two United States soldiers pass the Texas Bar and Restaurant with sign reading “STOP Here is the Americans MEETING PLACE”. A bus drive towards the National Council building in Baharestan Square, Tehran. Carts and pedestrians move past the Brown Derby Bar and Restaurant, with its sign reading, "LET'S EAT." Clothes hanging outside Hollywood Laundry in Tehran with sign written in English and Persian. A camel caravan halts traffic while camels cross the street.
A transport ship carrying released German prisoners of war arrives at a Baltic Sea port during World War II. Crowds cheer the returning prisoners of war and throw flowers at them. Sailors perform the Nazi salute. Women and children waving bouquets of flowers. Prisoners of war crowd the deck of a ship with a Nazi flag. Nazi officials among the crowd welcoming the soldiers home from North Africa. Former prisoners of war disembark from ship one by one. They are holding bouquets given to them. Sign reads “Die heimat grüßt euch” (“Greetings from the homeland”). An Afrika Korps veteran soldier holding a bunch of flowers besides a smiling woman. Girls offering flowers to an Afrika Korps veteran smoking a pipe. Elderly women admire a young veteran. An Afrika Korps veteran cradling a kitten. A woman writes on a notebook at a table with paperwork processing the incoming soldiers. Stamps and wads of cash on the desk. A nurse and a German soldier together. The soldiers board a waiting railroad train. A woman gives a cup of beer to a soldier, through the train window. The soldier drinks it and smile. A soldier with a cast talking to his friend. Soldiers returning to Germany for rest. Railroad train cars filled with smiling, German soldiers who crowd at the windows and wave to family, friends, women and children crowding the train station platform to see them off. Crowds waving at the soldiers as the train leaves the train station.
U.S. Navy officer speaks to squadron mechanical crew at NAS Miramar (Miramar Way, San Diego, California 92145, United States). A technician shows a paper to the chief officer. Chief officer gives clearance for aircraft test flight. A man’s hand moves a fighter-shaped magnet on magnetic board. Pilot talks to an officer writing on the board. Camera zooms to the VF-124 squadron patch depicting a cartoon cat and words “ANYTIME, BABY…!”.
Views from tail camera of a USAF A-1E aircraft strafing enemy targets at low altitude amidst groves of coconut trees. White smoke rising from the ground, behind the aircraft. The A-1E is flying at tree-top level. Simple structures are seen, occasionally, amongst the trees. Exploding White phosphorus bombs and fires erupting from napalm, seen in the wake of the aircraft. More huts seen as the aircraft exits the coconut plantation and passes over a river bank. Fires burning in the background. The A-1E climbs out over the river. (Note: The A1E aircraft on this mission is believed to be from the 1st Air Commando Squadron, operating out of Bien Hoa Air Base.)
Covers TET observance program by VNAF (Viet Nam Air Force) 33rd Wing and USAF (United States Air Force) Advisory Team No.1 at Tan Son Nhut School in Saigon, Vietnam. Vietnamese children drink Kool Aid juice. The children push and shove at hot dog stand. USAF airmen prepare food. The children have hot dogs sandwiches. The children line up to receive gifts on way out from a carnival. (Vietnam War period).
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