People pass time in America by reading books, weaving pullovers, watching television. Woman seated at the base of a statue in an American city. 1960's cars and a buses in background. A man seated in a library reading at a table with book shelves behind. Men in a park playing board games; one smoking a cigar. Group of people lined up on a city street; pan of camera in close view across faces of American people of varying backgrounds, races, ages, and nationalities. A couple sitting in their living room on rocking chairs watching television. The man smokes a pipe while the woman knits. An African American family on the porch of a house near a road side in the rural south.
Aerial side view of formation of USAF B-52 Stratofortress bombers in flight in a blue sky. Dusk or dawn view of the White House in Washington DC and trees bare of leaves. Closer view of a single light on in one window of the White House while all else is dark. President Johnson seated at his desk reviewing paperwork. Close side view of President Johnson at work. American children spin on a playground carousel ride. Views from an outdoor market in Latin America or South America. Scenes of Bangkok, Thailand, boats with wares for sale seen in river, Wat Arun Temple. Low aerial views of a Polaris Submarine cruising at water surface. Crew of U.S. Navy Polaris submarine seen inside the submarine, including crew working in control room, and crew relaxing in a galley while one crew member plays a guitar. Crewman reading in his bunk while others play a game of chess. A line of submarine bunks. Crewman in engine room of Polaris submarine, passing by tubes of Polaris Missiles. Narrator indicates there will be 41 such submarines carrying over 600 such missiles, in movement at all times. (Mutual Assured Destruction). Sunset over waters of ocean. Children in Honduras walking to school. Honduran children in a classroom while teacher speaks. The Honduran children read books and listen to the teacher's instruction.
A man on radio during tornado in southern United States. A man looks into the map with others. Scenes of tornado. Sheet-covered dead bodies of children and their mother found. Their father cries. Medical personnel from Red Cross. A Red Cross woman talks. Blood donors donating blood. A siren blows. Scenes of mass destruction from tornado. A woman talks on microphone. Aerial views of tornado destruction in Huntsville Alabama, Louisville Kentucky, and Xenia Ohio seen. Injured woman speaks. National Guardsman's van on road. Worker with bulldozer near scene of a gas main break and fire. Water gushes from broken water main.
Interview of U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M Valenti, Commander of 618th Military Airlift Support Squadron about the impact of C-5 in South East Asia, conducted at U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield, Thailand. The Colonel starts to answer a question and fluffs his line. He contrasts the short time airlift takes to deliver to a war zone, with that required by surface shipping in the past. Colonel Valenti discusses the difficulties of operating with personnel who are on one-year tours of duty in a war zone. He stresses training as the key to successful operations. In his discourse, Valenti fluffs his lines several times, and asks if they should continue with the filmed interview (which they do).
Two United States soldiers take out their map as they read a street sign in "Myozin-Cho" Town in Hachioji-City, Tokyo, Japan. Road sign on pole reads 'Hachioji'. Street scene as soldiers walk along side of the road ("Route 20"). They pass a big gate, which belongs to Ohtori Shinto Shrine (located just south of current-day Hachioji JR Station). (World War II period).
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Army are jammed aboard an M46 Patton tank as they participate in a UN counter-attack against Chinese forces in the Korean War. Several tanks full of soldiers and some in jeeps, are seen fording river swollen by Spring melting and rains. Closeup of GIs riding tank. Narrator states they are heading beyond the 38th parallel. U.S. troops seen hunkered down as UN shell fire strikes at Chinese positions to slow down their anticipated Spring Offensive. White smoke rises from nearby exploding Chinese shells. U.S. 8th Army troops fall back as shells fall around them, to take up new defensive positions. Scene shifts to a large gathering of South Korean waifs. Closeup of some in a line, and inside a building, receiving clothing from U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division. It had been collected by the Marine Corps League, in many American cities. Marines are seen helping Korean children dress in the new clothes. Closeup of Korean children huddled down for a photograph. (Korean War)
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