President Ronald Reagan addressing people at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany. Large crowd gathers. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. Crowd applauds. He talks about the 1971 agreement and that the Eastern and Western part of the city should work together for its overall development. He talks about the removal of the wall, International cooperation and about the air service to Berlin to be made more commercial and easier. He also says that the U.S. is always ready to help Berlin. He suggests programs to be organized for the young citizens of Berlin and that the 1988 Olympics should be organized in Berlin.
During Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War), coalition airplanes fly over Kuwait and Iraq. They drop bombs on targets. Includes views from aircraft cameras. Fire and smoke from targets. Tanks in the desert. Soldiers in the cockpit of the airplanes. Missiles being fired from U.S. ships.
Aerial and ground views of destroyed tanks and other Iraqi military vehicles on Highway 80, known as the "Highway of Death" during Operation Desert Storm or the Persian Gulf War. Many charred and smoking vehicles on the road , retreating from Kuwait to Basra, Iraq. Smoke arises from the destroyed tanks. Parts of wrecked tanks and other military vehicles. Aerial view of the wreckage in the desert. Iraqi soldiers in a group waving white flags of surrender. Soldiers seated in a meeting with U.S. General Norman Schwarzkopf. Officers eat food and discuss and then stand and shake hands.
Cadets in uniform march in formation at the Naval Aviation Academy in Pensacola, Florida. They march in front of the buildings of the Naval Aviation Academy. They learn discipline, team work and spirit of service in the Academy. Cadets on the ship at sea trained about the working of the ship. They learn signaling and about guns use. They learn to operate the ship . Cadets in cockpit of a plane. The plane taxis in water. They learn various hand signals like bringing up left wing and turn left. Plane in flight. Other planes take off.
Cadets of U.S. Navy Aviation Academy get acquainted with catapult takeoffs and practice mock carrier landings. View from aircraft making a carrier landing. Backseat views of aircraft performing aerobatics, including slow roll, Immelman, and double snap roll. Graduation day and cadets receive their Navy Wings of Gold.
Experiments with chlorine gas for influenza immunizations in United States. A World War I tank sprays gas in a field. View of American soldiers during 1917 to 1918 period of World War I, in a trench, wearing gas masks, and firing rifles at enemy positions. Post war tests on use of Chlorine gas to control the flu (emerging from 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic), inspired by low rate of influenza among United States soldiers exposed to chlorine gas during the war. Man enters a chlorine chamber at the Chemical Warfare Service. A chart on the wall showing results on symptoms after exposure in chlorine chamber. A woman in 1920s hat carrying a tissue is treated with chlorine gas. A testing apparatus on a table. Group of patients sit together in a chlorine chamber being exposed to the chlorine gas. A business man in a suit receives a portable chlorine gas treatment in his office as he is too busy to visit the chlorine chamber.
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