U.S. President Roosevelt discusses U.S. stance as World War II expands in Europe. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Pan American Congress in Washington D.C. He decries the invasion of 3 more independent nations by force of arms: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg. President Roosevelt states that America is shocked by the German attack. State Department and cabinet officials arriving at the White House to discuss U.S. strategy in war crises. Officials converse with each other outside the White House.
U.S. 3rd infantry troops advance in a valley of Germany during World War II. U.S. military tanks advance. German prisoners, hunched over to avoid fire from their own troops, are rushed to safer areas. 1500 German prisoners of war captured by the 3rd Army in Germany. Military trucks arrive. Dead bodies of German troops and horses lying on the ground. Rocket attacks on the European front. Multi-banked firing units give support to artillery. The rockets are fired from a remote-control box. Troops fire guns. U.S. forces uses mobile rocket projectors into German towns.
U.S. 1st infantry Division cross river during exercise Return of forces to Germany III (REFORGER), in Europe. U.S. M-60 tanks and M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APCs) cross Armored Vehicle Launch Bridge (AVLB). Chaparral missiles mounted on carrier drives past spectators in the foreground. U.S. Army General Michael Shannon Davison, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe, holds a press conference.
Philippines Campaign in Philippines during World War II. U.S. officials, including a woman, visit tents on battlefields in Philippines. An officer takes pictures of the officials. The officials visit the wounded U.S. soldiers inside a tent, to be evacuated to U.S. The officials converse with the U.S. Army personnel. A sign board reads 'Registrar, Evacuation' outside a tent. The officials leave the area.
Operation and installation of an Army-Navy aircraft Gun Camera in U.S. Curtiss P-40 and U.S. Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft in the United States. Aromere in the cockpit cleans the lens using a soft cloth.He gives details about the adjustments of lenses,filters,light conditions and operating speed. the operating speed is adjusted by turning the index ring.The aromere holds the film magazine and explains its mechanism.He exists the cockpit once the camera is installed and ready for use.
United States expands help to South Vietnam in their fight with the Vietcong rebels, early in the Vietnam War. United States Marine Corps land on the Vietnam shore. Landing crafts and amphibious vehicles reach the shore. Marines advance inwards from the shore. Military vehicles offload from the landing craft vehicles. U.S. helicopters patrols in search of Vietcong. South Vietnamese soldiers in jungles. Aerial view of U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II fighter from the USS Enterprise in formation, with USS Enterprise aircraft carrier (CVN-65) visible below. Aerial view as U.S. aircraft attack ground targets. Explosions on ground as targets are hit by fighter jets. Aerial view of two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers in flight, with bomb bay doors open and bombs raining down on targets. View of explosions on ground as bombs hit target.
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