Sammy Davis Jr. entertaining troops in visit to Vietnam with a USO troupe. View of soldiers assembled inside a hangar at Can Tho Army Airfield, watching as Sammy Davis Jr. speaks from a stage set up in the hangar. Members of the audience smile and chuckle at his remarks. The audience applauding. Closeups of some in the audience, laughing and applauding. Davis interacting with the audience. Closeup of several Military Policemen standing backstage. View from side of tremendously large audience. View of Davis performing as solo stand up comedian. Soldiers watching from outside the hangar applauding. Another view of Davis onstage, and of the huge audience.
During his tour with a USO troupe in Vietnam, in 1972, rSammy Davis Jr participates in conference with officers and civilians involved in program against drug abuse. Officer talks to the others present in the room. Sammy Davis Jr with cigarette in hand participates in fhe discussions. (Vietnam War period).
French, Italian, Lithuanian women liberated from labor camps sew GI 's (members of the United States armed forces) buttons and patch pants at Quartermaster Salvage Shop in Reims,France. Workers shred the un-salvaged GI clothing. After World War II.
Damaged aircraft landing during World War 2. A B-24 Liberator with non-functioning landing gear comes in for a landing and slides on a runway. A B-25 aircraft comes in for a landing and landing gear partially fails. Pilot controls plane as it skids to a stop. A B-25 bomber aircraft on runway during takeoff suddenly pitches forward and nose crashes into ground. Air Force technicians at Davis-Monthan Air Base near Tucson Arizona cannibalize and reuse serviceable parts of various aircraft They assemble airplane tails, gas tanks, oil radiators and oxygen tanks. Technicians reclaim other parts from the aircraft that can be reused.
Radar on screen. Diagram depicts the Northern Japanese group firing on 46 Division. Destroyers Thatcher and Spence collide. Fleet of on going ships and explosions on the target. USS Columbia open fires. Diagram shows the distance of Northern Southern and central groups from the range of torpedo fire by 46 Division. Fleet of aircraft bombing on ships below. (World War II period).
A Federal marshal ascends a ramp leading to deck of the Colombian ship, "Cueuta," docked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He presents some papers to the Captain, who reads and returns them. The marshal then fastens a padlock together with the papers, to the gate of the ships railing, and departs. Brief View aboard the ship, with Colombian flag flying at her stern. (The padlocking was pending settlement of a claim for back pay by a former member of the crew.)
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