A civil rights leader condemns as "wrong and deplorable" the rioting in the wake of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the United States. He states that the nation "cannot digest" these actions.
Search and Rescue training by United States Cost Guard (USCG). Two USCG HH-52 Seaguard helicopters in flight. One HH-52 flies low above water in a bay. It autorotates to a landing on the water, then taxis and takes off again. Houses and other structures can be seen on the land in the background.
Search and rescue training operations being conducted by United States Coast Guard (USCG) HH-52 Seaguard (Search and Rescue helicopter) in the United States. A Coast Guard 40-foot utility boat underway in water close to shore, accompanied by a USCG HH-52 Seaguard flying close above the boat. Riprap stones line shore in foreground. The helicopter turns and circles away, returning to fly low over the 40-foot utility boat. It then pulls up in a climb. It circles and returns, slowly tracking over the boat, and lowers a man on a hoist to the boat. Next scene shows the utility boat underway at high speed with the helicopter above until it pulls away and circles down close to the camera. Its side door is open and Coastguardsmen can be seen inside.
Activities of American troops in France during World War 1. United States Army soldiers drill and practice one-on-one hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers conduct bayonet drills. With fixed bayonets they charge over a ridge and bayonet stuffed mannequin targets. American soldiers seen training in trenches. American soldiers with gas masks in a trench and firing machine guns. Soldiers load shells into an artillery piece and fire.
Wounded soldiers from European Theater of Operation arrive by Air Evac C-54 aircraft to LaGuardia Airport, New York, where they are greeted by families and friends during World War II. Film opens with view through main cargo door into cabin of a military C-54 transport parked on the ramp at LaGuardia Airport, New York. The cabin is configured for air evacuation. Inside, wounded American soldiers are seen in a rack of litters stacked four high. A man in civilian clothes holds a clip board and speaks to soldiers on the airport ramp. A man drives a fork lift to the cargo door and lowers two of the wounded on litters to the ground, where waiting family members reach down to kiss and embrace them. Photographers take pictures and Army officers welcome the wounded. Media technicians set up microphones near on soldier who is with a woman. They record as the woman and soldier embrace and speak to each other. After momentary break, scene shifts back to cargo door of the C-54, where several Army soldiers watch the activities below where women greeting two more wounded are being photographed and recorded as they are reunited. The next scene is in a hangar, where a wounded soldier is sitting up in his litter with wife or sweetheart beside him and a man and woman behind him. Two microphones are set up next to them. The young couple kiss and embrace. Closeup of them.
Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. Cars being driven beside a road. Italian Chief of Staff General Giuseppe Pizzorno returns and salute as he walks across a street escorted by American officers. General Pizzorno seated in a car next to an American General. They discuss military topics with an American officers. Interior: Pizzorno inspects engineering equipment.
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