U.S. Marines advance through a jungle in Khe Sanh, Vietnam. A Marine in foul weather gear, smoking a cigarette, prepares to pull the pin on a smoke grenade, to mark a landing zone for medivac. Green smoke rises. Helicopter in flight overhead. Marines carry wounded comrade to landing site, where helicopter has landed. Marines unload "C" rations from UH34D helicopter and place the wounded Marine aboard the helicopter. They help one ambulatory wounded Marine to board. As helicopter takes off, gunner with M-60 machine gun can be seen in open door. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army 1st Infantry division soldiers get off CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Operation Cedar Falls in villages of Ben Suc, South Vietnam. Jeep unloaded from another CH-47 helicopter. Villagers leave their homes and walk along road. Soldiers cautiously cross field. A combat photographer walks along with them. Soldiers fire M-60 machine guns and M-14 rifles into brush. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Marines firing 81mm high explosive rounds out in Danang, Vietnam. Other mortar crew does the same. Marines carry boxes of 'C' rations and stack them near other Marines. Marines kneel in grass field near 60 mm mortar which he loads and fires out. Marine loads high explosive round into 60 mm mortar tube and fires it out. Marines carry wounded Marine on stretcher. Wounded loaded aboard UH34D helicopter. Walking wounded Marine assisted by Marines across grass area. UH34D medivac helicopter takes off. Marine with cart belt, canteens and pack seated on ground, fires his M-16 rifle toward wooded and bushy area in the background. Marine fires his M-60 machine gun. Assistant machine gunner untangles belted ammunition. Marine fires his M-79 grenade launcher out. (Vietnam War period).
A technician sits in front of an oscilloscope and takes readings. Rotating figure appears on scope. Tracks of subatomic particles seen in a cloud chamber. Scientists at an atomic pile. Animated representation of an atom. Image of the earth in rotation. An advanced version of the atomic pile in which Enrico Fermi achieved the first sustained nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago, in 1942. Images of famous scientists, including: Albert Einstein speaking into a microphone; Otto Hahn, of Germany at a microphone; Niels Bohr, of Denmark; Madame Curie; and Hideki Yukawa of Japan. Technicians removing vials of radioisotopes from nuclear reactors. International students studying in classroom and laboratory at a nuclear institute. Elevated famous landmark views and vehicle and bicycle traffic in city of Copenhagen, Denmark. U.S. President,Dwight D. Eisenhower, delivering what became known as his "Atoms for Peace" speech at the United Nations, December 8, 1953, where he proposes formation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). View of the hall and attendees listening. UN Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjold, taking notes. Attendees applauding President Eisenhower. Scientists from 16 nations arriving and greeting one another at the first International Congress of Nuclear Engineering, held at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) on June 20, 1954, hosted by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Views of the first atomic library established in November, 1954, and translations of its technical papers being readied to be sent to various nations,beginnning with Japan.
Delegates visit U.S. for training. Machines shown to the delegates. A hand shows a book. Title reads "Atom for peace". Pages of the book turned. 'Technical Library' sign outside a building. People from Italy, Venezuela, India and Pakistan at training. Sign reads "Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies". Delegates share their training knowledge with colleagues in own countries. Sign outside the institute for nuclear studies in Italy.
Cuban captives released after being ransomed, return to Miami. Cuban prisoners caught during Bay of Pigs Invasion arrive in the United States after the U.S. paid ransom money to the government of Fidel Castro. Large crowd gathers at Miami airport. Men, some injured, exit from a parked Pan American passenger airplane. A man on crutches. He meets his relatives. Photographers stand on side. Cars leave.
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