Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies held for Ronald Reagan on 20th January 1981 inWashington DC. The guests attend the luncheon followed by the Inaugural Ceremony in the United States Capitol. President Reagan announces the release of American hostages held in Iran. The crowd applauds. The President and his wife Nancy David Reagan walk down the steps of the Capitol. The President is followed by the Vice President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara Pierce Bush. They shake hands with the Chairman of the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee. Guards line up the steps of the Capitol. Inaugural Parade passes in review in front of the Capitol. The President, the Vice President and other approach a parked limousine. The crowd lined up.
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi of Iran arrives in Washington DC for a visit to the U.S. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi disembarks the plane. He is greeted by U.S. President Harry S Truman and ranking government dignitaries. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi and President Truman seated in car. Car is driven away.
Anti Shah demonstrators protest in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd of Anti Shah demonstrators gathered outside Berlin Opera House (Deutsche Oper). The students protest against the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. They hold portraits and masks of Shah. Berlin policemen control the protesting crowd. Student Benno Ohnesorg was killed during this demonstration.
German activist Fritz Teufel (of commune known as Kommune 1) smoking cigar. He turns his head and laughs. A woman’s hand strokes Teufel’s cheek. Fritz Teufel wearing earrings and 1960s hippie culture clothing. Rainer Langhans, casually holding a handgun, sits beside Teufel. Scene changes to show a large crowd of students demonstrate against the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, during his state visit to West Berlin, Germany. West Berlin Police confront an unruly protester. The police forcefully restrain and arrest a student. Paparazzi and TV crew capture photos and footage of Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the Shah, walking by. Water cannon being shot at protesters to control crowd. Police brutally restrain, hit, and drag more protesters. Police and medics crouch beside the body of Free University of Berlin student Benno Ohnesorg, who was shot by police-officer Karl-Heinz Kurras. A Volkswagen Beetle with plate “B WM960” is seen near Ohnesorg. Fritz Teufel appears in a courtroom. Media personnel holding cameras. Fritz Teufel flips through a book. Police push barricade in front of student protesters in West Berlin. Police spray water cannons to drive away protesters in the street. Students protect themselves with umbrellas. Protesters’ confrontation with German police. Police arresting more protesters. Police mounted on horses push back crowd during demonstration.
Aerial view from high altitude, shows convoy of American warships underway in the Pacific War in 1943 (World War II). Nearest ship seen is an aircraft carrier. Illustrated globe and animated map show a Naval Task Force headed through the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Three U.S. Navy Douglas Dauntless dive bombers seen flying in formation with an aircraft carrier steaming in the background. Glimpse of more aircraft carriers. Sailors in the powder handling room of the Cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29) carrying cylinders of powder for her 8-inch guns. Sailors, stripped to the waist, in one of her gun turrets, load an 8-inch shell and powder charges into the breech of one of Chicago's guns. Interesting view from below, as they close the breech and step back as the gun fires. Glimpse of Naval guns firing from a U.S. warship. Another view of sailors loading an 8-inch gun on the USS Chicago. (Note: The USS Chicago was lost between Rennel Island and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 30 January 1943.) A Baltimore Class Cruiser firing its guns. Flashes from naval guns firing from several American warships in close succession. Fire directed at the shore of a Japanese held island. Gun camera footage from a U.S. warplane strafing Japanese aircraft on the ground at an enemy air base. More gun camera footage of strafing and bombing. Closeup of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-26 Liberator bomber in flight, with others in the background. Views from U.S. Aircraft as their bombs strike Japanese targets on the ground below. A U.S. Navy TBF Avenger aircraft flying overhead as viewed from a landing craft. View from inside a landing craft full of U.S. troops heading toward an amphibious landing. Closeup glimpse of Coxswain in landing craft and troops aboard behind him. Amphibious landings being made under fierce friendly and enemy fire. U.S. troops leaving their landing craft under enemy fire. Marines firing small arms, machine guns, and using hand grenades, in Tarawa, Kiribati. Views of fallen Japanese defenders on Tarawa. Closeup of Marine smoking a cigarette. Another is binding shoulder wound of a buddy. American flag raised on one of the few still standing palm trees. American Marines saluting the flag. Bodies of fallen American marines floating at the shore and on the sands of Tarawa. Marines departing Tarawa. Scene shifts to Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, seated with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Cairo, Egypt on 25 November 1943. Leading Allied military leaders sit at a table to hammer out details of postwar plans. American officers present include U.S. Army Chief of Staff George Marshall and Chief of the Army Air Forces, General Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold.
July 10, 1943, U.S. invades Sicily in Italy. Fleet of warships underway. Navy bombardment of Sicily. Coast Guardsman observes through binoculars. Coast Guardsmen carry troops and supplies in LCVPs (Higgins Boats). LST-356 approaching Blue Beach 2, in the "Cent" area on July 10, 1943, loaded with tanks and other vehicles. A beach master signals with semaphore flags. Troops landing from assault boats. Concentrated enemy air attacks destroy U.S. boats and ships. Enemy aircraft in flight. U.S. troops firing. A map shows Italy. September 9, 1943, amphibious assault on Anzio, Italy. Naval bombardment, followed by troop assault on the beaches.