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The 1956 Democratic National Convention in the International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Illinois, August 13–17 1956
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
Beginnings of the Second Sino-Japanese war
Sign over American Embassy in China. Colonel William Mayer, former military attache in that embassy relates events precipitating Second Sino-Japanese war. Scenes of the Marco Polo bridge near Peking, on night of July 7, 1937, as Japanese artillery bombards the area. Animated map shows movement of Japanese forces out of Manchuria to occupy Peiping and Tientsin. Victorious Japanese troops stand atop a building, raising their flags and shouting cries of victory. Japanese army officers sit around a table smiling and contended and others walk in a group. Chinese artillery crews are seen retaliating as they fire field pieces at Japanese positions in Shanghai. Shells explode in background, and Chinese infantry advance through damaged buildings and rubble. Animated map shows Shanghai and other cities, and film transitions to view of the bustling city of Shanghai on the Yangtze River. In the seaport, large ocean liners and freighters, as well as tug boats and Junks, are seen. What looks like a Japanese Tachikawa Ki.54 Type 1 transport plane takes off over a Chinese pagoda. Double-decker buses travel through the streets. Rickshaws are also seen. Map outlines the foreign residential areas of the French Concession and the International Settlement. American, British and Japanese flags are shown in the International Settlement. Detachments of troops from Japan, Britain, France, and United States Marines are seen. A U.S. Marine is posted as a sentry at the Shanghai Power Company. Coolies carry heavy bucket on a long pole. British, French and Japanese troops also performed sentry duties. Japanese troops and armored cars are seen. A scuffle breaks out in August, 1937, and Japanese soldiers start moving in trucks, take up firing positions, and begin firing guns from their armored cars. Map shows Chinese counterattack pushing the Japanese contingent toward the Khangpoo River. Next it shows Japanese warships and reinforcements in the Yangtze River and their advance toward Woosung and Shanghai. Views of Japanese warships bombarding the shore and large explosions from their striking shells. Beachhead is shown South of Shanghai, where two divisions of Japanese infantry are seen arriving in landing craft. They advance across the fields toward Shanghai. Map shows Chinese withdrawals to West and South, toward Nanking and Hangchow. Chinese medics along with infantry march in retreat. Japanese pilots are seen being briefed. Next, Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are seen in flight, and bombardiers and other crew in them. Bombs falling on the city. Civilians running for cover as bombs explode. Aichi D3A1 aircraft dropping bombs. The Shanghai waterfront being bombed and civilians running.
Karate training practiced during the karate class at Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam.
Vietnamese flags on flag poles at the base area and in front of Chan Tho Training base in South Vietnam. A small monument on the left. A large group of Popular Forces troops in a karate class. Men spread their legs and jab with their hands. Instructor stands on the right. Karate techniques practiced during the class. (Vietnam War period).
General Crieghton Abrams presents a DSC to Chaplain Angelo Liteky at Fire Base Stephanie in South Vietnam.
U.S. Army Chaplain Liteky on a field at the Fire Base Stephanie in Bien Hoa province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers assemble for a presentation ceremony for U.S. Army Chaplain Captain Angelo Liteky. The soldiers aboard tanks on a field. U.S. Army General Crieghton W. Abrams and party arrive. A citation is read. General Abrams presents the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) to Chaplain Liteky. A soldier takes photographs. The flag of the United States flutters from a flag pole. The chaplain is interviewed by the press. Cameramen record the event.
Vietcong soldiers stack tree limbs on a road and carry Afers mines in South Vietnam during Operation Junction City.
Operation Junction City in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A Vietcong soldier carries Afers mines. He opens a stand attached to a mine and keeps it on a trail. The soldier removes the fuse of the mine and puts it back. 'Front Toward Enemy' written on the Afers mine. Shaped charge mines made by Vietcong soldiers. The soldiers stack tree limbs on a road. They cover large holes with poles. Foliage and dirt on the road.
United States Marine Corps fire a gun aboard a United States ship in South East Asia.
United States Marine Corps aboard a United States destroyer in South East Asia. View of a gun barrel on the destroyer. The marines fire the gun. Two radar antennas in motion. The American flag flutters on a pole.
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