A rescue operation by U.S. Coast Guard men using lifeboats and breeches buoys in the Atlantic Ocean. A boat approaches a Coast Guard cutter with men. A cargo ship in distress. A shot line to be fired to the doomed vessel. Coast guard men row lifeboats. Men from the freighter are brought in the life boats to a shore. Few men from the freighter are rescued with breeches buoys from the steamer. They are brought to the shore by the Coast Guard men.
U.S. Navy convoy in the ocean and a Landing Ship Tank approaching a beach in Sicily, Italy during World War II. The ocean water. Three vessels underway in the ocean. A fleet of vessels underway in the water. The vessels fire salvos. A U.S. Landing Ship Tank during invasion. American soldiers on the deck of the Landing Ship Tank. The ship approaches Licata Beach. Several American soldiers and jeeps on the beach.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. U.S. light aircraft L-5 Sentinel in flight over a water body in Philippines Island. The shoreline in view. The aircraft in flight over the wooded region. The aircraft in low flight over the beach area on the island. Two U.S. officers on the beach. The aircraft lands on the beach. The officers with their baggage board the aircraft. The L-5 takes off from the beach. The aircraft in flight.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull confer in the Summer White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull seated on chairs outside the Summer White House in Warm Springs. The officials confer. The officials shake hands and smile. The President signs on the report of the results of London Economic Conference. The Secretary of State seated beside him.
An air show in Miami, Florida. A large crowd gathered on the sides of a field during an air show, in Miami. U.S. Army aircraft in formation flight. Men on ground watch the aircraft. The aircraft in flight take dives. U.S. Army bombers in formation flight. The aircraft drop bombs on a model town. Smoke rises from explosions. Parachutists jump from an aircraft. The parachutists descend to the ground. The men on parachutes land on a field.
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