Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 16th Coast Artillery Regiment. practice operating a 14-inch disappearing rifle in Shore Battery Randolph at Ft. DeRussy, Honolulu, Hawaii. They load the gun and then raise its carriage bringing it into firing position above the battery's shielding parapet. In change of scene Infantrymen of the 298th Regiment. work on pillboxes along a Hawaiian beach. Soldiers set up a 37mm gun on a portable mount. The barrel of a .50-caliber machine gun shows from a pillbox firing slit.
King George II of Greece arrives at the White House in Washington D.C. A marine guard of honor stands in formation to greet the King. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrive to greet him with other officials. Cameramen record the arrival of dignitaries. Dignitaries seated in chairs as they discuss amongst themselves.
French President Charles De Gaulle advises to call a five-nation summit conference to re-shape the United Nations. President DeGaulle addresses a press conference in Paris regarding the issue. Exterior of the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. Officials seated inside the building. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson addresses a news conference and talks about the proposal.
Mid air fueling of airplanes in Vietnam. The U.S. Navy's twin jet A 3 'Sky warrior' works as a flying gas station. Airplanes in flight. The twin jet provides mid air refueling facility to the bombers.
Operations of the United States troops during the Vietnam War, Vietnam. The U.S. troops search villages in the Bong Son plain area. Refugees seated on the ground. They evacuate the place.
Armed U.S. Marines exit from heavily sandbagged barracks to a waiting truck containing a pair of Browning M1919 .30 caliber medium machine guns on a Scarff Gun-Ring Mount. A Lewis gun is fastened to the inside of the truck. As they emerge, some look to the sky, while the rest board the truck. One sets up a radio on the pavement and another looks through binoculars. Two officers unfold a rolled up map and one salutes and runs to the cab of the truck, while the other crouches with the radio operator. The event is repeated in a second take, filmed at a slightly closer distance. Next is a closeup of Marines in the truck pointing their weapons skyward as the truck pulls away. Closeup of heavily sandbagged entrance of building as Marines exit in another repeat of the event. Repeat of the two officers (both Lieutenants) and the radio operator pointing at a spot on the map. In final scenes, several Marines are seen silhouetted against the sky as one rotates the Browning machine gun on its Scarff mount.
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