U.S. Army personnel train at the MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) Recondo School in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Rear view of a U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) helicopter in flight overhead. A U.S. soldier rappelling down line from UH-1B, he touched down. UH-1B approaching, soldier dangling from rappelling line. Face of man talking on phone to 'copter. Three soldiers in camouflage gear in the jungle. UH- 1B approaching, close to the ground. The chopper on ground, lifts off. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army personnel train at the MACV (Military Assistance Command Vietnam) Recondo School in Nha Trang, Vietnam. U.S. soldiers in the undergrowth with M-16 rifles. A soldier steps over wires leading to booby trap. Three soldiers, move cautiously in a clearing, another joins the group. Soldiers in a fire fight, small explosions in the background. Soldiers crouched in the jungle. A soldier talks over the radio. Another signals with a small hand mirror. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois (Huey) on a low fly over. Soldiers run out of the jungle towards the waiting helicopter, filmed from inside the helicopter as the soldiers board the helicopter quickly to avoid enemy fire. The jungle terrain as the chopper lifts off. A UH-1B low in flight. (Vietnam War period).
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (also called King Abdulaziz) and Royal party enroute from Jidda, on the U.S. Destroyer Murphy (DD 603) late in World War 2. The Great Bitter Lake in the Suez Canal. King Faisal with U.S. interpreter, Colonel William Alfred "Bill" Eddy, a U.S. marine officer,sipping tea or coffee with the king. Arab dignitaries seated on the deck. Carpets are seen spread on the ships deck for the king to walk upon. Live sheep are penned up in box on deck, as provisions for the King and Royal party. Views of the American Cruiser, USS Quincy , as the Murphy approaches. Guns on the deck. A flag of the United States. King Saud and his party descend a gangplank to the deck of the Quincy, while a band plays and sailors and officers salute. The Quincy then proceeds towards Alexandria, Egypt. Sandy banks of Suez Canal.
U.S. cadets on a Cuban gunboat in Miami, Florida. U.S. soldiers march at port. A Cuban gunboat at the port. U.S. cadets and officers embark the boat. Sailors lean on the rails of the boat. Cadets on deck wave. The boat leaves the port.
General activities on USS Hornet in the Pacific show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. A bomb comes up on a small elevator U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle wires a Japanese medal on the bomb for its return to its originators. A medal on the bomb. U.S. Army Air Forces men seated around the bomb. Lt Col. James Harold Doolittle and U.S. Navy Captain Marc A. Mitscher near the bomb. Close up of Marc A. Mitscher. (World War II period).
The Liberty L-12 engine. Scenes of its manufacture in American war plants. U.S. Air Service crews training in DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft. An airplane falling and crashed, with wreckage seen on ground. Head of the U.S. Army Air Service, General Patrick, and General Billy Mitchell, presenting medals to Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and other fliers of the U.S. Army 94th Aero Squadron, in France, during World War 1.
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