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U.S. 7th Army in West Germany during the Cold War
A large field in Germany, filled with American tanks and armored vehicles. Closeup rear view of tank driver in turret of American M36 tank destroyer (rear view). More U.S. Army armored vehicles moving during maneuvers along roads in Germany. Closeups, from front and rear, of U.S. soldier in turret of one. American soldiers preparing a mortar for firing. Soldiers prepare an Honest John surface to surface missile for launch. Supporting vehicles contain launching equipment, including including rail of tubular steel. Next, soldiers stand next to the missile with its launching rail raised slightly. Closeup of soldiers atop the missile making adjustments. The missile is launched with fiery wake. American soldiers launch and board small boats, powered with outboard motors, to cross a river during their maneuvers. They arrive at a river bank and climb it. Complete change of scene German commercial industrial activity. ships are seen in a harbor. On the shore in the background are numerous cargo handling cranes and other equipment. View, from floating dock, of passenger liner being towed by a tugboat. Views of slips lined with cargo-handling cranes. A large ship docked next to cranes and other equipment. Steam rising from a large funnel. Workers enter a steel mill. Inside the plant, men work with molten steel. Outdoors men are seen fabricating something from steel sheets. A large machine shop is seen not in operation except for a supervisor instructing a trainee. Views of a German Isetta microcar leaving the factory. A dozen new Isetta cars parked in factory lot. Complete change of scene, again. German farmers (men and women) are seen raking a field using hand implements. A threshing machine is operating. A mother and small son churning butter with wooden hand implements in their kitchen. A German family seated all together at a meal. West Germans gathered at an amusement park with a ride called: "Auto Scooter," and a merry go round behind them. They watch a team of decorated horses pulling a wagon filled with beer barrels, on which women in traditional country costumes ride. The barrels bear the Crown and HB mark of the Hofbräu München beer company. Women beer hall employees in serving uniforms raise beer mugs as they ride a decorated wagon. In a Munich street, two persons dressed as beer mugs parade followed by Bakers in working white uniforms carrying giant facsimile pretzels and roast turkeys. Next, are a contingent of men dressed as dignitaries of the past. The parade passes the Schottenhamel Festhalle. Camera focuses on amusement park patrons enjoying various rides. A couple sits at an outdoor table drinking mugs of beer.
U.S. President Eisenhower appreciates work of military chaplains at Rose garden in White House in Washington D.C.
Members of Military Chaplains Association arrive to meet U.S. President Eisenhower. He appreciates the work of military chaplains at Rose garden in White House in Washington D.C. The members of the clergy attached to branches of the armed forces are praised for their work by U.S. President Eisenhower. U.S. President Eisenhower presents a citation to Navy Secretary Thomas for his work.
U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Squadrons on Green Island Atoll in South Pacific during World War II.
Start of film shows several U.S. Navy PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats clustered around a larger ship close to Green Atoll in the South Pacific, during World War 2. Views from a boat moving past the large camouflaged boat. The camera boat continues moving along the shore, where small tents are pitched. dense jungle covers the atoll. A landing craft (Higgins Boat) moves across the path of the camera boat. Other boats of various sizes are seen, including one with a torpedo on deck and one anchored that has a large tarpaulin tent across it, and clothes drying on a line. A PT boat passes, with crew on deck and some clothes drying on an improvised line. Distant views of several PT boats along the coast. A camouflaged PT boat passes close to the shore. Crew members from PT boat 237 are seen descending a landing net to recover the body of a PT boat captain killed in action with the Japanese. (Reportedly, a motor mechanic, who later joined the crew of Pt 237, identified some of those seen as: blond man kneeling and holding cargo net Is Olson. Slender shirtless man at far right is Bobby Leonard. Man hanging on cargo net is the skipper of 237, Lieutenant Airigo. Man at bottom right of cargo net is Al Navarre.) Camera boat moves toward the shore where a large group of sailors are waiting. Next, sailors are seen loading heavy boxes from a truck, and placing them aboard a boat backed up to the shore. They also unload something from the boat and place it in the truck. Trucks on the sandy shore are servicing PT boat 160, which has a tarp canopy overhead to protect from the sun. Change of view shows jeeps moving near a camp on shore displaying a sign reading: "Camp Tenron." Nearby some sailors stand on a raised wooden structure displaying a large painted sign showing a PT boat racing through the water and reading: "Motor Torpedo Squadrons, Green Islands." One sailor sends a signal by means of a shuttered signal lamp. Sailor ride on a truck carrying 55 gallon drums, as it enters Camp Tenron. A sailor on the raised structure looks through a telescope. Sailors on a PT boat using a line to recover something from the water beside their boat. The boat contains tarps and clothes drying on lines. A PT boat heading out on patrol. Sailor on the wooden platform uses semaphore flags to signal. On shore sailors haul boxes from a pile. Sailors seen on a chow line shaded by trees and a tent. Next, they are seen seated at tables set up under a large dining tent. Closeup of a few eating at a table.
"Adak History" summarizes history of U.S. military base at Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands.
U.S. Military establishes military bases at Adak Island Aleutian Islands. Footage of U.S. Army forces landing n Adak Islands in 1942 for defensive actions against Japanese Forces occupying nearby islands. Director of MWR at NSGA (Naval Security of Group Activity) Bob Winckler talks about military bases at Adak Islands. Wartime relics and weathered fortifications from World War 2 are shown. U.S. war planes and submarine nets seen. Artillery seen. A board reads 'This submarine net is listed on the National Historic Register, please do not disturb'. PT torpedo boats and PBY planes Bases on Adak. PBY Catalina planes seen. Civilians seen.
Battlefield scenes of U.S. Marines combating Japanese forces on Eniwetok Island during World War 2.
Stark battle landscape during battle of Eniwetok. U.S. forces taking cover as Japanese resistance continues. Dead Japanese soldier on the battlefield. Burned body of a dead Japanese soldier half emerged from a fox hole. U.S. marines attack Japanese in a cave entrance with hand grenades. Flamethrowers project a long stream of fire. Fire and smoke seen. A marine walks to a motionless Japanese soldier, pokes at him with rifle, then shoots him. U.S. Marines carry wounded down the beach in Eniwetok Island.
U.S. Troops formally depart from France
U.S. Troops formally depart from France. Brief ceremonies mark the closing of U.S. Military Command Headquarters at Saint Germain-En-Lay in France. 26 Thousand NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Troops leave France by order of French President De Gaulle. U.S. and French Flags are lowered together.
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