U.S. Army soldier reads newspaper while listening to radio. Soldiers doing their respective chores, listen to AFN (American Forces Network) Radio. General Marshall and General Eisenhower announce the creation of AFN, in 1942. July 4, 1943, the first broadcast of AFN. General Eisenhower mingling with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, on the eve of D-day. U.S. B-26 aircraft in flight. United States soldiers aboard landing craft and wading ashore at Normandy, France, on D-day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers tuning radios in the field. United States Sherman tanks and infantry move along country road in France. Audio includes portions from AFN broadcasts, including an announcer saying "You are listening to AFN Paris. This is the American Forces Network, on the road to Berlin." Road sign points to St. Lo. Group of U.S. soldiers gathered around a jeep with a radio, listening to AFN, in Germany. (World War II period).
A group of American hippies take drugs seated outside Swayambhunath Stupa (BHAGANPAU 44600, Nepal) in Kathmandu, Nepal. A man prepares hallucinogenic drugs using his hands. A man’s feet tapping into a rhythm. Man plays a tabla hand drum (Indian Instrument). Woman holds flower in hand. Close views of the long hair on some of the men, and of a "Semper Fi" U.S. Marine Corps tattoo (Eagle, Globe, and Anchor) on one of the men. Men engaging in drug use sing and smoke marijuana drug. Views of Shikhar style temple and some of the relics near the Swayambhunath Stupa.
Dramatization shows fleet of United States Navy ships underway. Douglas F4D Skyray take off from aircraft carrier. The USS Hammerberg (DE-1015) seen underway. U.S. Navy ships firing missiles. A polaris submarine. A missile being fired from a submerged Polaris submarine. Depth charges exploding behind an American destroyer. U.S. Marines board helicopters on ship deck. Helicopter lands on open field and Marines exit combat ready. A flight of Marine F-86 aircraft attack target during Korean war. Marines in amphibious assault on a beach. U.S. Marine tanks and infantry in action.
Several U.S. soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division walk past a wrecked U.S. 3/4 ton truck in the Korean Demilitarized zone. Closeup of the United Nations Command (UNC) truck which had been ambushed the day before. Wreckage of the UNC truck with deflated tires on road. A U.S. Army Sergeant approaches and inspects the vehicle. Smashed headlights and bullet ridden windshield of the truck. The Sergeant looks at blood stains on road. Another soldier picks up 7.62 mm expended rounds from the ground.
The background of World War II. German Hitler Youth children march with rifles, flags and a band beneath a camp entrance named Nordmark Lager 1935. Flag with Nazi symbol. Japanese flag and Japanese youth march in military exercises, followed by teenage Japanese forces. Italian fascist troops in uniform march in Torino Italy led by a band. Views of various German and Nazi forces parade and goose step in various cities. Units include brownshirts, goosestepping Storm Troopers, Wehrmacht. Civilians give a salute. Mostly sad looking men women and children watch the parades. The world globe. U.S. Capitol Building in Washington DC. French, Japanese and United States dignitaries attend the Washington Disarmament Conference or Washington Naval Conference at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington DC in 1921. View of the Washington Naval Treaty naval fleet reduction treaty book with signatures on it. Officials sign the Nine-Power Treaty that guarantees the integrity of China (per the John Hay "Open Door Policy"). Japanese delegation is shown at signing ceremony for the Nine-Power Treaty. Next scene shows 1928 signing ceremony in Paris of the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war as a means of settling international disputes. French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand is seen speaking, and American Secretary of State Frank Kellogg is also seen at the treaty signing which was signed by 47 nations including Germany and Japan. In a 1930 scene, U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Stimson hands the London Naval Treaty to President Herbert Hoover. Scene of a U.S. Navy ship being blown up and scrapped in accordance with the treaty terms. View of American citizens in small town parades with floats marching as anti-war and isolationist groups.
U.S. marines encamped in Chosin Reservoir area of Korea during Korean War. The weather is extremely cold and they are dressed in heavy field clothing. They are keeping warm with bonfires. Then they break camp and move out on tanks. A convoy of U.S. army vehicles on road. The marines check instruments. One of the marines speaks on a phone. U.S. marines with rifles in hand. Tents at a camp area in the background. Troops walk on snow covered surface. Koreans walk with baggage on their heads. Army vehicles advance.
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