A film showing U.S. troops and aircraft in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. Marines fight on a battlefield in Korea. The marines fire artillery guns at enemy positions. U.S. F9F Panther aircraft with wings folded on deck of U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. F9F aircraft taking off from carrier deck. Next scene shows a Martin PBM Mariner flying boat patrol bomber takes off from water with Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO). Aerial view of F9F Panther aircraft in flight.
U.S. Marines in Korea during the Korean War. Debris and rubble in a coastal town of North Korea. Korean refugees evacuate. A U.S. soldier directs the refugees. U.S. Marines talk to Korean children and distribute clothes. A captured North Korean soldier smokes a cigarette with a U.S. soldier. U.S. Marines make Korean children wear new clothes.
Military parade in South Korea features Korean soldiers in formation. A large South Korean flag displayed. Korean troops practice Taekwondo in formation. Taekwondo master breaks concrete blocks with his head. Korean navy ship departing September 25, 1965 to Vietnam. Republic of Korea troops fighting in the jungles of Vietnam.
United States Army troops of Battery A, 217th Field Artillery Missile Battalion, 40th Artillery Group (Redstone) stationed in Germany, fire Redstone Block II tactical missile CC-2014 (carrying a TV camera) from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on 16 March 1960 as part of their Annual Service Practice (ASP) firing exercise. Redstone Missile takes off and advances upward. The missile leaves a trail of smoke.
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro speaks over a microphone. He organizes a vast civilian militia. Cuban women and student militia march with rifles. March 1960: A French ship named 'La Coubre' loaded with Belgian arms catches fire at the Havana Harbor. Fire engines arrive. Fire fighters try to put out the fire. Smoke arises due to the explosion of arms and ammunition on board. The fire fighters use water hoses as people run away from the fire. Black and white smoke shrouds the helicopter from which Castro is surveying the scene. Charred and wrecked buses. Fire fighters and civilians carry and help the wounded. Wrecked equipment and ship. A tube in the water. Ernesto Che Guevara looks on. Fidel Castro addresses Cuban sailors and civilians, blaming United States agents for blowing up the ship. A large crowd demonstrates on the streets.
1st May 1960: top officials turn out for a communist rally in Havana. Prime Minister Fidel Castro, National Bank President Ernesto Che Guevara and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado address the rally. They denounce the United States in their speeches. Girls with rifles. Officers, young boys and girls in the rally. People wave the Cuban flag. Soldiers on a tank. Police officers on motorcycles.