Activities of U.S. soldiers in the United States during World War II. U.S. soldiers demonstrate the operation of grenades mounted on M-1 Carbine grenade launchers. The soldiers fire white phosphorous grenades. White phosphorous shells explode. Four soldiers fire grenades at a medium tank during a field test.
Views from a U.S. warship firing its guns at Saipan, Mariana Islands, in World War 2. Smoke rising from strikes along the shoreline. At TC:00:17, a smoke ring can be seen from a gun. View from deck above pair of 5-inch guns firing. A twin Bofors 40mm gun, quiet, but ready for action. Shell explosion raising water near the ship. A huge fireball rising from a shell strike ashore. A flush deck destroyer near the camera ship. Empty shell casings littering a gun deck. Sailors directing water hoses on gun batteries to cool them. Sailor Fire fighter dragging a hose up to a gun battery where another sailor uses it to cool gun barrels. Gunners throwing spent shells into a well on deck. Series of explosions in the water near the shore. The Heavy Cruiser, USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in Dazzle camouflage paint, nearby. Sailors eating rations on camera ship deck. A battleship in camouflage paint, firing heavy guns at Saipan. Sailors aboard camera ship looking over the railing at something of interest. Behind them are stacks of spent shell casings. View of OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on catapult aboard the camera ship. Glimpse of what appears to be a triple turret of 6-inch guns. A Navy pilot, in flight gear, walks on deck, where sailors are stacking spent shell casings. Empty plane catapult in background.
Representatives of various groups meet with U.S. Consul at the American Consulate Building in Casablanca, Morocco, in World 'War 2. 1942 model cars parked in front of the consulate building. A brass plate on building reads 'American Consulate General.' Attendees stand around a conference table as U.S. Consul, Russell Mott Brooks, enters the conference room accompanied by several members of his staff.. He motions to visitors to sit, as he sits at the conference table, flanked by intelligence officer, Jerome s. Nusbaum and another staff member. The visiting leaders are seated across from him. Several persons occupy chairs away from the table. Brooks begins by making a few remarks. He then listens to what the various leaders have to say. One speaks briefly. Then a lawyer, wearing French legal robes with a white jabot round his neck hanging down the front of his robes, makes what appears to be an earnest appeal of some kind. Among others participating is a man in a robe, wearing a fez. A woman secretary makes notes during the discussions.
Amphibious landings of U.S. troops in Anzio, Italy during World War II. German prisoners stand and talk in the custody of U.S. soldiers. The prisoners drop their effects on piles.
U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower calls for a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, United States. Dignitaries disembark from a car at Camp David. United States Secretary of the Treasury George Magoffin Humphrey, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and other cabinet members arrive for the meeting. The President gets off his car. He is greeted by officials. The President is joined by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles . The cabinet seated for the meeting.
View from aircraft landing at Leeward Point Airfield, Quantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S. troops exiting C-135 transport aircraft. U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) headquarters charting planned airborne alert missions of SAC bombers, during Cuban Missile Crisis. SAC crews in briefing rooms. Aerial view of a United States Navy nuclear submarine partially submerged. Bomb and missiles being loaded on SAC aircraft. Flight of two F-104 starfighter aircraft taking off. B-52 Bomber taking off. B-47 Bomber landing with drag chute deployed. Ground crewman with lettering on shirt identifying location as Air National Guard Permanent Training Site, Volk Field, Wisconsin. Two F-104s parked. Air Force personnel going in and out of Air Field Headquarters building. Door marked: "Headquarters Air Defense Command." A C-121 Airborne Command aircraft, with large radar hump on top, is seen in flight. A sign reads: " Headquarters Montgomery Air Defense Sector" and Air Force personnel are seen at control stations inside. Sign at Langley Air Force Base, in Virginia, reads "Headquarters Tactical Air Command."
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