Coast Guardsmen wearing white uniforms perform drill maneuvers with their rifles along the Cape Fear Riverfront in Wilmington, North Carolina. They stand in place and move their rifles synchronously during the drill. A single Coast Guardsman performs drill maneuvers on the deck of a ship. Coast Guardsmen supervise and guard the site of a large liquor bust during Prohibition. The bust is at the corner of North Water Street and Market Street in Wilmington North Carolina, on the bank of the Cape Fear River. A Coast Guard ship moored at pier along Water Street. Hundreds of wooden boxes heaped along Water Street in front of what is today the Alton Lennon Federal Building and Courthouse, between Market and Princess streets. Workers destroy the boxes with axes and sledge hammers while Coast Guard look on. Illegal liquor flowing in the street. Men continue to remove more boxes from the building at the corner of Water and Market. Road is filled with smashed boxes. Crowd watches the activities from the end of Market Street. A truck arrives to pick up the smashed boxes. Boats and ships at the port by the street are shown. Smashed boxes are loaded on the truck. One nearby building is named the "Union Cafe". A book shop is in the same building. (Today, that building at 14 South Water Street is site of the Riverboat Landing Restaurant). The JW Brooks Wholesale Grocer building is also seen in the footage, with its sign painted on the Market Street side of its brick face.
Detachment Commander discuss with another official. Soldiers move to an aircraft. It takes off. Soldier carries a wounded on stretcher over a LZ (Landing-Zone). A signal bomb releases blue smoke for day time landing. Two soldiers stretch orange panels as signals to the approaching plane. The plane lands on the runway. The plane unloads and wounded are transferred to the plane. It takes off, leaving behind a cloud of dust.
762mm rocket MGR-1B (M50) is also known by name 'Honest John'. A truck moves on road. 2 rockets and a launcher are present in the assembly area. Rocket is positioned. War head is fixed to the motor with 4 bolts. The rocket loaded on a truck moves. It arrives at a place in field. Soldiers of handling unit,M405, place rocket on launcher. The rocket is secured by steel shoes. The launch beams are folded. The rocket is covered with blanket. The launcher, 17 ton M386, moves on road with rocket fixed on it. It arrives in a field. A soldier moves the handle of the jack. Soldiers remove blanket cover of the rocket. The crew also extends the launcher beam. Rocket fins are attached. A soldier views through telescope. Soldiers set the wind measuring set. It moves. Soldiers elevate the launcher. A soldier again looks in the telescope. Soldiers get down from launcher. Two soldiers sit near a remote control device. A soldier speaks on phone. Another soldier pushes a button in the remote. The M50 is fired. An explosion at a far off site (38 Km) occurs with an eruption of smoke and dust.
African American soldiers and Women's Air Corps singing and attending a church during World War 2. A pastor rises to pulpit and address the gathering. He names a few soldiers and they smile. A woman gives her introduction and smiles. Views of boxing match in June 22, 1938 as boxer Joe Louis knocks out opponent Max Schmeling. African American soldiers at army training camps readying for service in World War 2. They drill and climb stairs then jump down in initial paratrooper training. Other training drills of soldiers are also seen. Flags of United States and Germany. First page of Constitution of United States is shown. The reverend takes a book. Face of Adolf Hitler is printed on cover page of Mein Kampf held by the pastor. The cleric reads from the book. People listen to him. He closes the book and keeps it aside, still speaking
"Little Rock Nine" African American students are escorted from Little Rock Central High School by armed United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers, and enter a Country Sedan station wagon under 'Operation Arkansas' in Little Rock, during civil rights movement. Soldiers board a jeep and follow the station wagon. Soldiers march and drill with guns in front of the school.
A C-130E plane lands in field during troop build-up in Da Nang. A soldier directs it to parking. A truck comes out of cargo door. Soldiers stand nearby the plane. (Vietnam War period).
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