British Army Gordon Highlanders capture a Boer battery crew in the battlefield during the Second Boer War. Dutch burghers (or “citizen-soldiers”) man two two Creusot guns in the foreground. The Gordon Highlanders, wearing traditional Scottish kilts, approach the Boer battery rapidly and sweeping them. The Boer battery retreats, deserting their guns, as they are being chased by the Gordon Highlanders.
Boer Army cavalry charging from a distance in the battlefield during the Second Boer War. As they charge closer, the cavalry troops wave their sabers in front and close to the camera. A man stands in the middle of the field. Horses partially obstruct the view.
A company of British Army Gordon Highlanders preparing for a charge on the Boer entrenchments seen in the distance in the Battle of Mafeking during the Second Boer War. Two pieces of artillery have just been placed in position by the Boer troops, and the artillery immediately open fire upon the approaching Highlanders. The Highlanders charge after several volleys from the Boer battery. A troop of Boer Cavalry attack the advancing Highlanders on the flank. All but one of the artillery crew retreats except for a deserter who is shot by a Boer cavalryman. Boer cavalry and Gordon Highlanders engage in hand-to-hand combat in the battlefield. A cavalryman falls mortally wounded from his horse, who walks off the field with an empty saddle.
A Boer battery fire the two large field artillery pieces immediately in the foreground. English lancers advance as urged by their officers at the Modder River during the Second Boer War. The British troops overrun the Boer battery. Some of the Boer soldiers fall dead or wounded in the field. Soldiers wave a flag.
World heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) is surrounded by fans and media after he refuses to take the oath of induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Photographers snapping photos. View of protesters holding up signs as they demonstrate. One sign reads, "Mohammed, your fight is in the ring."
United States troops of the 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Cambodia, during the Vietnam War. Several soldiers are seen in wooded area. One talks over a PR-25 radio from a tree line at the edge of large open field. Another soldier slings an M-60 machine gun over his shoulder. Then, carrying their gear, the soldiers walk across the open field toward an area where a camp is being set up. In the distance, a UH-1 Huey helicopter sits with engine running and rotor blades turnng. The soldiers enter the tree line where others are assembling with their gear and supplies, next to the open field. The soldier carrying the M-60 machine gun, waves to the camera. Closeup of some soldiers who have pitched a couple of tents and are opening boxes of supplies. A change of scene shows several troops escorting a captured North Vietnamese army (NVA) soldier, whose hands are tied behind him, to a UH-1 helicopter with engine running. The Huey is next seen taking off with the prisoner aboard. Closeup of black NVA cap, left behind,in the mud. (Note: Within a few days, all these troops distinguished themselves in combat with North Vietnamese Army troops. One, in particular, Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. Specialist Fourth Class, of Company B, 3d Battalion, heroically sacrificed his life, in combat on May 10, 1970, and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.)
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