U.S. Army Air Force pilots board and fly bomber aircraft in Cassino, Italy during the Battle of Cassino of World War II. Pilots are briefed on a large outdoor map. Red Cross girls hand out donuts and coffee. A US Army Air Force Douglas A-20 Havoc bomber with nose art name "Boomerang" warms up, taxis and takes off. Another A-20 with nose art name "Spam" is seen. Six B-26s in flight, including close up aerial view of A-20 with name "Spam" in flight.
Burial of U.S. soldiers who died during the Battle of Monte Cassino in Cassino, Italy during World War II. A dead U.S. soldier on a stretcher. Italian civilians dig graves in a cemetery. Shell explosions on a village. Smoke from shells covers the village.
Funeral services for former U.S. President John F. Kennedy in Washington DC. A horse-drawn caisson with President Kennedy's flag-draped casket moves along Pennsylvania Avenue and heads for the U.S. Capitol (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). United States President Lyndon Johnson, former President Kennedy's wife Jacqueline Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy get off a car outside the Capitol. President Kennedy's casket lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda. President Johnson places a wreath in front of the casket. Jacqueline Kennedy moves towards the casket along with her daughter Caroline. Thousands lined up outside the Capitol to view the casket. People cry in the Rotunda of Capitol. The cortège to Saint Matthew's Cathedral (1725 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States) shows dignitaries and leaders from all over the world walking along a road. The casket is carried by pallbearers into the cathedral for a Pontifical Funeral Mass followed by dignitaries. Priests conduct the ceremonies in the cathedral. Richard Cardinal Cushing conducts the Pontifical Requiem Mass. The casket is carried back to the caisson by the pallbearers.
U.S. Army Air Forces Chief, General Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, steps from his car and walks up the steps of the Pentagon, in Washington, DC, the United States during World War II. Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General George Marshall arrives separately and enters, carrying a briefcase. Cameramen photograph them entering the Pentagon Building.
U.S. soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division in Bong Song in South Vietnam during Operation Pershing of the Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers round up Vietnamese civilians in search of Viet Cong guerrillas. A village is set on fire.
A film titled 'Aerial supply to Burmese outposts' based on establishing and supplying observation posts of the Allies in jungles at Assam-Burma frontier during World War II. Animated map highlights China, Burma and Assam in India. The Patkai mountain range is highlighted on the map. A U.S. airplane in flight over the mountains. U.S. troops prepare for a journey to an observation post. Initial equipment are loaded on a jeep trailer. The jeep passes along a bamboo corduroy bridge built by Indian workers. Second stage of journey shows equipment loaded on elephants. The elephants are driven along a jungle road. Native people are employed to carry equipment further. The native people are inspected before they begin the journey. Men and women carry equipment on a hillside.
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