A political advertisement in the United States prior to the 1968 Presidential Election promotes Republican party nominee Richard Nixon. Still images show U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey becoming a Democratic nominee at a tumultuous convention in Chicago, Illinois which was marred by disorder. Images of violent confrontations between antiwar protesters and police in the United States during the 1960s. Images depicting poverty in rural are urban areas of the United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
Recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts from the spacecraft Columbia floating in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy Sikorsky Sea King SH-3D helicopter #66 airlifts the astronauts back to the USS Hornet (CV-12). A navy band plays on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Sea King SH-3D helicopter lands on the deck of USS Hornet with the 3 Apollo 11 astronauts inside. The helicopter is moved from the flight deck to the hangar deck by elevator. U.S. President Richard Nixon watches the activities in the company of George Mueller, NASA chief of Manned Space Flight.
U.S. soldiers of 29th Division Replacement Training Center near Alsdorf, Germany during World War II. U.S. officers study maps of a maneuver area. An officer lectures a group of soldiers near a damaged German pillbox of the Siegfried Line.
The Nazi Wobbelin (Wöbbelin) concentration and extermination camp in Ludwiglust, Germany, four days after the camp's liberation during World War 2. Shows atrocities committed by the Nazis. Dead victims of the concentration camp lying on the ground. German civilian women exit a barracks building where they had been forced to view the victims. U.S. soldiers in a line to enter a building of the concentration camp. U.S. Army photographers take pictures of the bodies. A dead Wobbelin Concentration Camp victim lying on the ground.
UNWCC (United Nations War Crimes Commission) officers visit the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. Officers including Mr. Oldham from Australia, Mr. Staurvopolos from Greece, Wing Commander Hopkins from Canada, Lieutenant Colonel Hodgson from the US, Commander J. Latta and Lieutenant Prowse of Admiral Stark's staff arrive at the camp. UNWCC officers examine ovens used for cremation of victims. A pile of dead bodies of Jewish victims. The ovens in which the bodies were burned. Human bones inside an oven. A monument commemorating 51,000 Jews who died in the camp.
U.S. 20th Armored Division near the Dachau concentration camp in Germany towards the end of World War II. U.S. infantrymen cautiously advance through broken fences, backyards and across fields.
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