A preliminary meeting of U.S. and British staffs in Malta prior to the Yalta Conference during World War II. Officers and enlisted men work in a U.S. joint communication center. Men work on papers and typewriters. Stenographic Secretary, U.S. Joint Chief of Staff, Secretariat, Navy and Army personnel transcribe and type notes of the conference. Colonel C. R. Peck and Lieutenant Colonel W.W. Chapman, Jr. in the office of Secretariat.
United States House of Representatives and Senate elections in the United States. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess arrive to cast their votes. The President and the First Lady cast their votes. Other leaders arrive and cast their votes. Thomas Dewey shakes hands with a man. A man casts his vote and smiles. Another man reads a newspaper. U.S. Congress in session after the election. Exteriors of U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.
U.S. 23rd Infantry Division sniper school in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldier students lined up at a range and fire rifles. A soldier in an emplacement. A soldier seated in a jeep as he speaks over a field phone. A U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter in flight. A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter and a CH-54 Tarhe helicopter with a sling load in flight.
A film about uses and importance of weapons since old times in the United States. Men fire rifles during a competition in the United states. Men fire at trees. An instructor briefs soldiers about M-1 rifles. He weighs a rifle and speaks about the use of sling and means of firing the rifle. A soldier demonstrates the use of the rifle. An M-1 rifle being loaded and fired from a prone position. The soldier reloads the rifle and fires at a target. Cartridges being reloaded and fired at a gasoline can. Fire arises after firing.
U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur and other officers in Buna, New Guinea during the Battle of Buna-Gona of World War II. A two-engine bomber lands on an airfield. U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur getting out of the aircraft. The General is greeted by several officers and a Private. General MacArthur talking to U.S. Army Air Force Major General George C. Kenney and a Brigadier General. Several officers and soldiers waiting at the airfield. A vehicle parked on the field. The General and other officers get into the vehicle. The vehicle moves away with another vehicle following it.
U.S. President Richard Nixon and President of South Vietnam Thieu in Midway Island during Vietnam War. U.S. President Nixon walking with the South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu and other officers to the aircraft. The Presidents shake hands beside the aircraft. Members of the press taking photographs in the background. The President shaking hands with the officials getting into the aircraft. The President getting on to a platform. The Presidential aircraft in the background. The President waves to the crowd. President Nixon speaking at the microphone. U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers, a Navy officer and other officials beside the President on the platform. The President, during his speech, introduces Secretary of State William Rogers and an officer. The Navy personnel and the officers among the crowd. The Color Guard in the far background. The President speaking at the microphone on the platform. The officials standing behind the President. The officials getting down from the platform. President Nixon walks to the end of the platform and receives honors. United States Marine Corps band seen at a distance. President Nixon shaking hands with a few persons among the crowd. Photographers taking pictures. President Nixon waving to the crowd as he walks with other officials to the Presidential aircraft Air Force I. Small children waving to the President. The Navy personnel and their families standing in a roped off area watch the President.
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