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…!”.
View of shopping and commercial district in the New Town of Harlow, England, 1954, ten years after WW2. British people move about on foot and bicycle. Young children walk beside parents, stroller pushed by mother. Motor car drives up and parks beside the shops, flat bed truck drives past. Close up of building sign "New Town Pets." Inside, two girls and a boy stand together with a cat in their arms. View of a shop's window display. "Tartan Bag Shop" and "Gas Service" signs above different buildings. Wider view of the street with people bustling about, stray dog. Close up of young boy's face. Two women leave their children in strollers by the curb and walk towards a store entrance.
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).
United States Vice President, Richard Nixon and his wife, aboard a U.S. Military Air Transport Command C-121 aircraft, arrive at Saigon airport in Vietnam. A Vietnamese woman (Tran My Hue) greets the Vice President's wife with flowers. Vice President stands in attention as a Vietnamese army officer salutes next to him as it drizzles. He inspects the honor guard by Vietnamese soldiers and also speaks to soldiers.
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