U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower arrives in Washington DC, United States after his recovery from a heart attack . The First Lady of the United States Mamie Doud Eisenhower and the President disembark from an aircraft. A crowd waves to the President. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower and his wife Barbara Jean Thompson greet the President. U.S. Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon and former U.S. President Herbert Clark Hoover greet the President. The President addresses the crowd. Children in front of a car on a street wait to welcome the President. The President arrives at Gettysburg. A crowd gathered to welcome him. The crowd presents birthday wishes to Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
Film about the development of the XSM-65 Series A missile and the testing at Point Loma in San Diego, California. Animation depicts the nose of the XSM-65 Series A missile being separated and enters the earths atmosphere. The hydrogen oxygen wind tunnel being used to test the missile nose under specified temperature and wind velocity conditions. Another high power hydrogen oxygen wind tunnel used for testing. An arc heating apparatus used for testing. A resistance heating unit. A induction heater on stand. A technician works on a solar furnaces. A technician controls the pressure with which the water is forced into a porous metal. The water being converted to super heated steam in a furnace. Animation depicts the stem acting as an insulating layer. A scientist notes the water pressure and flow rate. A thermo couple device on table. A gauge. The scientist measures the heat transfer rate.
Vehicles loaded and unloaded from the U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980) in Da Nang, Vietnam. View of a port bow. The U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980) at the bridge ramp at Da Nang. An Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) moves over the ramp to be loaded aboard the Landing Ship Tank (LST). The supplies to be loaded on the Landing Ship Tank (LST). Three personnel seated on the Armored Personnel Carrier being loaded into Landing Ship Tank (LST). A civilian truck in foreground. The side of the truck reads 'Da Nang'. The rear section of the Armored Personnel Carrier loaded into the Landing Ship Tank (LST). The Armored Personnel Carrier on ramp. A monkey on a man's shoulder. Men sit on top of the personnel carrier. A heavy duty forklift passes. The APC moves on ramp. A man directs APC as it backs onto the ramp. The driver seen in hatch. The personnel on ramp. Medium tanks parked ready to be loaded. A U.S. Navy Lieutenant in flak jacket and visor cap stand on the loading ramp. The APC offloading from ship. The crewmen on bow of ship observe the offloading operation. Threads of APC as it offloads from LST. Picture of a roadrunner painted on the side of the personnel carrier. The personnel carrier offloads from LST.
U.S. Army vehicles on the beach and ships underway in Vietnam. Two Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) under way on a river. Debris on a beach. Coiled barbed wire. Damaged C ration cartons strewn about beach. Exhaust comes from Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) up to beach. The LCM at beach loaded with tanks. Two soldiers walk on beach with rifles over shoulder. LCVP on river. View of the Cua Viet River. The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) under way on river. Officers and men on bridge of U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980). An officer speaks over bull horn. Jeeps and trailers move over deck of LST for offloading. Vehicles offloading from Landing Ship Tank (LST). Jeep moves over beach to parking area. LCM-8 moves up alongside. The LCM-8 on the beach. A man in dungarees, flak jackets and helmet works. The LCM-8 loaded with tank turns around and moves out into the river. LCM-3 underway on river. Soldiers relax on deck of U.S. Navy USS Meeker County (LST -980). An LCM loaded into the ship. Soldiers roll the metal pole to load the LCM. The soldiers work on the LST. Tanks and vehicles on beach. UH-1B Iroquois helicopter in flight over water. Rolling debris over the area. Beach area being eroded by heavy surf. Surf rolling in towards the beach. Vehicles parked on the beach. A causeway in the foreground. (Vietnam War period).
The U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division troops pass through jungles of A Shau Valley in Vietnam U.S. 327th Infantry Airborne regiment, 101st Airborne Division troops wait at the pick up zone. Smoke grenades explode designating the troop pickup zone for pull out. A U.S. Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter approaches and lands. Soldiers embark the helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Other soldiers embark another helicopter and the helicopter takes off. Another group of soldiers arrive at the pick up position. Soldiers explode grenades designating pick up position.
United States Army General William C. Westmoreland at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. General William C. Westmoreland shakes hand with U.S. armed forces men (GIs) and then enter a dining hall or mess hall. He goes through the serving line. He drives away in a car. Vietnamese and U.S. flags in front of the headquarters building. William C. Westmoreland with Commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing Colonel Woodward E. Davis arrive at flight line and meet officers.
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