"Iwo Base Against Japan" showsU.S. Army trucks, vehicles and other supplies being unloaded from an American ship in Iwo Jima island during World War 2. Construction work being carried on to build an advanced base on the island. Vehicles getting stuck in volcanic ash beach areas and being pulled out by bulldozers. Construction of Motoyama airfield number 2. U.S. P-51 Mustangs taking off for escort of American B-29 bomber aircraft in bombing raid over Tokyo, Japan. United States P-51 aircraft shoots down enemy Japanese planes and escorts B-29 to raid Tokyo Japan. 200 pound general purpose bombs are dropped over Tokyo causing fire and smoke. Damaged B-29 Superfortress aircraft return to American air base at Iwo Jima. Flack damage and engine damage shown on several B-29 aircraft after landing at Iwo Jima. Aircraft are repaired.
Aerial views from an airplane flying near rugged mountains in Cuba. The mountains extend right to the ocean in places. Cuban Army personnel step from a Cuban Army Air Force de Havilland Beaver airplane at a makeshift airport and are met by soldiers stationed there. A Cuban Army officer, who arrived on the plane, is escorted around the base. He is shown a makeshift hut in a log enclosure. Local soldiers point out some bullet damage on another building. Cuban Army officers huddle over another officer who points out important places on a map. Two Cuban Army officers discuss something in a newspaper. One of the visiting officers receives a call outdoors on a radio telephone. A group of Cuban Army soldiers pose for the camera. A Mountain and small buildings on the base in the background. Final views are from the airplane airborne departing the base, which can be seen on the ground below.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Views of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. Cubans aboard a boat headed towards a shore. They get off the boat. They enter from the gate of a building at the base to report for work. A guard checks their identification. A jeep drives along a road. A guard standing with a rifle looks at equipment. A bunker camouflaged with sand bags. A U.S. Air Force helicopter in flight.
U.S. Air Force and Chinese Nationalist spectators during transfer of F-104 planes to Chinese Nationalist Air Force at Kuang Kuan Air Base in Taiwan. General Dean addresses from podium. Interpreter at his left and the U.S. and Chinese Nationalist flags in the background. Generals view Chinese Nationalist F-104B's on ramp. General Dean, General Chen, Captain Battle, General Doan, Captain Wang (CAF) and other VIP's lined up before Chinese Nationalist F-104B.
A news conference in Washington D.C., United States about the American soldiers held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen addresses the press at a conference as he stands behind a podium with the Department of Defense insignia on it. A board in the background reads ' United States POWs and missing in action personnel '. A board placed next to Capen with pictures on it. A sign on the board reads ' U.S. POWs released by NVN ' . Pictures of soldiers released by the North Vietnamese. A chart on the board reads ' status '. A picture of a United States Air Force Major General. Another picture of an injured soldier on the board. A title on the board reads ' parading U.S. prisoners '. An officer removes the chart and another one is being displayed before the press at the conference. A chart titled ' Isolation' shows American soldiers behind bars in captivity. Another chart depicts the medical treatment being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. The Deputy Secretary of Defense Capen speaks from a podium. A picture on the board indicates the diet being given to American soldiers captured by North Vietnamese. A series of pictures on the board titled ' weight loss' shows pictures of emaciated American soldiers. Capen speaks about the condition of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. Officials seated at a desk. Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense Charles Havens speaks to the press. Capen speaks to the press. Special Assistant to Under Secretary of State Frank Sieverts at a desk as he answers the press. (Vietnam War period).
Smoke from air strike on the side of a mountain near the Khe Sanh perimeter during Vietnam War. A United States Lockheed C-123K in flight over Marine encampment and then making LAPES (low altitude parachute extraction system) maneuver. A distant air strike on mountain and small aircraft in sky.
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