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.
Wreckage of an aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunisia during World War II. A man holding a piece of plexiglas in his hand. A wrecked 3-motored Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft on an airfield at the airport. '601-5' written on the aircraft. A captured German Volkswagen type 82 Kübelwagen drives up beside the wrecked aircraft. A few U.S. officers get out and inspect the aircraft. View of wrecked German and Italian aircraft on the airfield. A USAAF 97th Bomb Group, 340th Bomb Squadron, B-17F 42-5402: B-17F-50-BO Flying Fortress taking off from the airfield. Abbreviated tail number '25402' seen on tail. Several wrecked aircraft on the airfield. Another B-17 aircraft takes off, displaying a large shield image on its tail This is followed by a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell taking off. The wreckage of aircraft spread on the airfield. A few U.S. soldiers walking into a deep bomb crater and inspect the nacelle and the motor of the aircraft. Two soldiers beside another wrecked Italian Camo 6 - Savoia-Marchetti SM 81 Pipistrello aircraft. The aircraft is painted in camouflage paint and bears the number 605-7. One of the soldiers looking into the fuselage of the aircraft. A wrecked German aircraft on the airfield. The aircraft damaged completely. View of parts of the wrecked aircraft.
U.S. Marine Corps in the United States, performing drill maneuvers on the grounds of the US Marine Corps War Memorial (also called the Iwo Jima Memorial), in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC. The United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon performing complex drills. Spokesperson indicates that all members of the Platoon are veterans of the Vietnam War. The Marines standing in formation and performing soloists routine. People seated on the grassy ground in a roped off area. A man recording the event with a movie camera. The Marines standing at attention. An officer standing in front of the Marines performs drill movements with several spins of rifles. The crowd watching offers applause. Audience includes men, women, and children in 1970s clothing fashions. Senior navy officers watch the drill. The officer standing in front of the Marines gives a command and the U.S. Marine Corps band starts playing and marching. A large crowd watching the Marines' performance. The USMC band marching and the Marines holding rifles marching in formation. The Marine Corps War Memorial in view at dawn or dusk.
The U.S. Army Chaplain Corps in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. U.S. Army soldiers walking through several trees. The soldiers in a tent area. A Red Cross sign on one of the tents. A soldier comes out of a tent. U.S. Army Chaplain Corps insignia on a soldier's hat. A few soldiers standing beside the tents. One of the soldiers writing in a note pad. Several tents among trees in view. The soldiers beside the tents. They are talking. One of the soldiers beside a tent leafing through a small notebook and shows it to another corp.
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