U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the First Lady of the United States, Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower meet veterans in the White House gardens in Washington DC. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower meet the sick and disabled men and women of the armed forces. Veterans come to the White House lawns on crutches and wheel chairs. Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, U.S. Army General Omar Bradley and other government dignitaries meet the veterans. The veterans enjoy the White House hospitality and eat.
U.S. 99th Infantry Division enters Wetzlar, Germany. A platoon of infantry of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 393rd Regiment, first element of 99th Infantry Division enters the city and citizens watch. Soldiers carrying rifles walk along in the streets. German civilians carrying their belongings walk along the streets. An army tank filled with soldiers moves past. View of Ernst Leitz optical factory. U.S. soldiers in the foreground. (World War II period).
Activities of United States Air Force 374th Troop Carrier Wing at Tachikawa Air Base in Tokyo, Japan. Planes parked at the air base. A sign: '374th Troop Carrier Wing', 'Hospital Evacuation'. Wounded are carried on litters. A sign: Tachikawa Air Freight. Men load boats, jeeps and tires into a freight aircraft. Wounded men are transferred to a hospital van. U.S. soldiers wearing military gear board a plane. 'Tachikawa Air Base, 374th Troop Carrier Wing' written on the boarding ladder. The U.S. Air Force plane takes off.
FEAF (Far East Air Force) briefing film shows U.S. FEAF activities at Kunsan Air Base K-8 in Korea during the Korean War. U.S. B-26 aircraft parked at the air base. Crew members near the planes. Two pilots enter top split cockpit and bombardier enters nose compartment. A fireguard signals and pilot starts engines. Plane taxis.The name "Delores" is painted below the cockpit of the B-26.
(Audio present only during interviews). Scenes from a July 10, 1986 edited show regarding the greenhouse effect, scientific concerns, and global warming discussed in Washington DC. View of U.S. Senate hearing room during Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution hearings, “Ozone Depletion, the Greenhouse Effect, and Climate Change,” held June 10–11, 1986. Scenes of smoke stacks and cooling towers. Pollution being emitted into the air. Locomotive railroad train pulling two cars and moving slowly on a railway track. View of cars, taxis, and trucks on a busy highway in traffic, with the truck emitting smoke from exhaust. Industries, trains, trucks and various other vehicles emit greenhouse gases in excess which warms the atmosphere. A climate scientist speaks, saying, "We must, as soon as possible, undertake action to both limit climate change, and to learn how to adapt to it. We know what to do to eliminate climate change. We have to reduce the emissions of certain gases which are affecting our atmosphere. It's a matter of getting policies together which will tell us how to do that in a relatively short time scale." Low aerial view of a city with low mountains in background. Wheat harvesting machine pouring wheat into truck. Aerial view of a coastline including a ferris wheel near a beach. Workers in a African nation digging soil in a farm field. A dry and barren farm field. Another scientist speaks, saying "We think we have about a ten year research window to do the necessary research to really understand the greenhouse effect, and where we may have problems, where we might have benefits, and then hopefully how we can adapt to this." Views of a sunset partially obscured by clouds or smog. View of an industrial harbor.
100th Birthday celebration of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. Fireworks around the newly renovated and re-lit Statue of Liberty in New York harbor on July 4, 1986. French President François Mitterrand approaches a podium and says "Happy Birthday United States and Happy Birthday Miss Liberty." U.S. President Ronald Reagan with First Lady Nancy Reagan smile and clap. President Reagan delivers a speech. Chief Justice Warren Burger leads an oath taking ceremony for new U.S. citizens on Ellis Island. Citizens nationwide at different locations take part in the ceremonies and say the Pledge of Allegiance together, including in San Francisco, Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Orange Bowl in Miami and Washington DC. View of tall sailing ships and other boats in New York Harbor. Celebration and fireworks near and around the Statue of Liberty.
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