A Ghanaian student walking to her university in the United States. Sign reads “Chapel Hill site of the University of North Carolina which first opened its doors in January 1795”. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus grounds (Bell Tower, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States). The Ghanaian student joins with a group of white female American students on their way to class. A book (Theatres and Auditoriums) on table. A professor conducts his lecture. Cigarette smoke in classroom as student watches lecture. The African student opens and writes on her notebook. A Japanese student listens to the professor. The professor points to a diagram on the board using a ruler. American students walking on campus. Ghanaian student walks to the university scene and costume shop. Sign reads “The Playmakers Scene Shop and Costume Shop”. The Ghanaian student looks at costume sketches with other costume design students. A professor assists the students during their practicum. The professor and a student insert pins on a mannequin. Ghanaian student talks to a girl wearing glasses. The professor helps the Ghanaian student with sewing costumes. Sign reads “Department of Dramatic Art”. A woman enters the door of the department. Theater Arts students in costume rehearse for a play. Students working with sounds during a television production course. Ghanaian student with headphones during her practicum. An actor dancing on stage. Ghanaian student directs a live presentation of a school play while her professor acts as a cameraman using large video camera on tripod. “On The Air” sign turns on. Theater Arts students acting in a Shakespearian play. Ghanaian student acts with a female professor in a modern play in front of other students.
United States Commodore Ben Wyatt, the military governor of the Marshall Islands, sits under a tilted coconut tree as he addresses the natives of Bikini Atoll. James, Commodore Wyatt’s interpreter, speaks to the locals about U.S. planning for nuclear weapon testing in Operation Crossroads. “Alright now James tell them that the United States government now wants to turn this great destructive force into something good for mankind” Commodore Wyatt asks his interpreter. King Juda, the leader of the native tribe, stands up and talks to his people. The interpreter speaks to Wyatt. King Juda gives his answer that his tribe will gladly move to Rongerik Island, as advised by the United States Navy. United States Navy personnel using clapboard before shooting scenes. Children sit near a United States Navy personnel and James the interpreter. A boy sits on top of an oil barrel. King Juda stands and talks to the tribe. The interpreter speaks to Commodore Wyatt. Commodore Wyatt stands and said “Tell him that’s fine, everything being at God’s hands it must be good”. King Juda nods in agreement. Interpreter speaks to the locals. Commodore Wyatt tells his interpreter that they will proceed with the plans for the relocation.
Aerial bombardment of Vietcong positions during the Vietnam War by a B-52 bomber aircraft. Explosions and smoke pillars rise from jungle bomb target sites. United States Air Force aircraft bursts into flames mid-air and pilot is seen having ejected successfully from the aircraft. U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant air rescue helicopter searches the jungle crash site. Air rescue helicopter pilot looking down and talking. A rescuer is lowered down from helicopter. A downed Air Force pilot is rescued by helicopter team. Rescued U.S. Air Force pilot relieved after rescue.
U.S. Air Force Martin B-57 Canberra bomber flight crews with personal equipment leave the 8th Bomb Squadron building in Danang Air Base, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. 8th Bomb Squadron emblem on display beside the door. Guard salutes to the crew as they pass by him at the entrance to the B-57 bomber aircraft ramp. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel E. Farr II and Captain W.J. Boyington walking to a Martin B-57B bomber parked in corrugated steel revetment. “U.S. Air Force” written on the nose of parked Martin B-57B bomber (0-21592). Lieutenant Colonel Farr stops and looks at flight log with crew chief as navigator boards aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Farr checking flight log with the crew chief. Extreme close-up view of the pilot's face. Lieutenant Colonel Farr and crew chief walking toward aircraft. The crew perform preflight inspection of tail and napalm tanks.
United States Army 87th Infantry Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. awards field commissions to four enlisted men in Libramont, Belgium during World War II. The four U.S. Army soldiers stand outdoors in the snow. General Culin pins a bar on a soldier’s collar. General Culin and the soldier shake hands and salute each other. A bar on the soldier’s collar. An aide removes the stripe from a soldier’s sleeve using a knife during the promotion ceremony.
A German Luftwaffe military aircraft parked in front of a weather station in Germany in the late 1930s. A German man releases weather balloon at the weather station. The weather balloon flies away. A German Aeronautical scientist using telescopes to watch weather balloon’s flight. Scientists setting up equipment in garden. A scientist uses a camera to record a propeller running on high speed. A materials scientist pulls out a cross from the ground.
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