French nurse Genevieve de Galard-Terraube receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington DC. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube stands with other people outside a building. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to her. Cameramen take her photographs.
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. U.S. Army General William C. Westmoreland arrives at a battlefield. He discusses with a group of soldiers. He sits in a helicopter and the helicopter takes off. He comes out of the helicopter and arrives at a battlefield in a jeep. He stands on the jeep and addresses the troops.
Activities during World War 2 of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. A sign reads: 'Editorial Department'. Men at work inside. View of many motion picture film cans. The personnel are seated at moviola machines and seen editing various films scenes to make a film. View of the moviola in use from over the right shoulder of one of the film editors.
Distribution of motion pictures to U.S. Military units during World War II. Men work in an office of overseas motion picture service in New York. Men tying a document related to shipment of films. Men discuss amongst themselves. The films are placed in wooden cases for shipment. Animated map shows various locations. An airplane in flight. Men unload the wooden cases from the airplane. A ship docked in a harbor. Men gather near the ship. A man enters a building in New Delhi, India. A sign outside the building reads: 'India Film Exchange Film Library'. A sign outside other building reads: 'Special Service Section'. Men stand outside the building. A car arrives near the building. The films are transported to remote areas with the help of dog sleds and camels.
Re-deployment of U.S. soldiers in Le Havre, France during World War II. A ship at a pier. Soldiers of 35th Division walk up a gangway. They board the ship. The soldiers carry barrack bags. A band plays. Major General Franklin Rose presents a plaque to Corporal Alvan N. Corgers. A Red Cross girl kisses the Cpl before he boards the transport. A rope from the transport is let down to a tug boat. The tug boat tows the transport away from the pier.
Led by U.S. soldiers in a jeep, a group of civilians with hands on their heads (German civilians being expelled from Czechoslovia or possibly also Czechs accused of collaboration with Germany) are marched under guard by Czech partisans,along a wide cobblestone street in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. View from above in building across the street, as American soldiers escort high-ranking German officers from their headquarters, into a waiting halftrack. Several Czech civilians taken prisoner by a Czech woman carrying a pistol. view from a building on Klatovska street, of American flag flying next door, and American troops in a line of halftracks on the street below. view up the street towards Masaryk square, shows Czech flag flying above the American flag on next-door building. Twin Spires of the neo-romanesque church of St.John Nepomuk on Chodske square in distance.
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