U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
Japanese aircraft tackle the U.S. Army invasion in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Low level attack by Japanese aircraft. Explosions and fire shots in the sea by the aircraft. U.S. aircraft fire. A U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat returns to its carrier safely. Another F6F aircraft lands on the flight deck of USS Enterprise and crashes. The pilot is safely removed after the fire extinguishes. Japanese aircraft wrecked by U.S. airplanes.
The 1960 Presidential Election in the United States. A helicopter landing on a field in Pennsylvania. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower with officials disembarks from the helicopter. Photographers taking pictures of the President. The President shaking hands with a few officials. Cars parked outside a building. The Barlow Firemen's Hall building. President Eisenhower standing with the officials inside the hall. Photographers taking pictures. A clock showing 7 O' clock. The President takes a ballot paper from an officer at a polling station and goes inside an area separated by a curtain and casts his vote. The President puts the ballot paper in a ballot box. President's wife Mamie Eisenhower casting her vote in the voting booth. Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. and his wife at a polling booth in Maryland viewing polling procedures. A woman officer showing a voting machine to the dignitaries. Republican Presidential candidate Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon cast their votes at a polling station in a town in California. They put ballot papers in a ballot box. Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy casting their votes at a polling booth in Boston, Massachusetts. Several reporters taking pictures at the booth. Boards on buildings indicating a legal holiday on the election day. People entering a building to cast their votes. Burmese Ambassador to the U.S. at a polling booth in New York. View of Burmese officials. People in a queue at polling booths on the election day to cast votes. The U.S. flag and people at a polling booth.
A training film titled 'Gas and Gas Mask' shows how lethal gas is disseminated from gas cylinders and artillery shells in Europe by Germany during World War 1. German soldiers wearing gas masks move out from a trench through a screen of smoke or gas.The soldiers in prone positions advance through poisonous gas smoke and carry square shields. American forces demonstrate use of liquid fire (flame thrower) like that used by German troops to spray liquid fire in the trenches. Condensed gas in a cylinder. The cylinder lying on the ground in a horizontal position. A U.S. Army soldier wearing a gas mask opens the knob of the cylinder. The gas comes out. A gas cloud is formed and moves in the direction of the wind. A soldier holds a German gas shell. A large number of gas shells are exploded. A U.S. soldier demonstrates two different forms of gas masks. The first is a basic scarf which holds a small pad of cotton soaked in soda solution. He puts on the scarf mask. Next he puts on a more advanced "Gas helmet" (early gas mask).
U.S. 44th Infantry Division parade at Fort Dix in New Jersey. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox and U.S. Lt. General Hugh Aloysius Drum shake hands with other officers. Secretary of the Navry Frank Knox with General Drum stand on a platform. The U.S. Infantrymen stand in a squad. The soldiers parade. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Lt. General Drum and other officers review the parade. The soldiers carrying a United States flag march. The soldiers in cars advance during the parade. A banner on a platform reads '78th Division Veterans' Association'. (Secretary Knox served as a major in the 78th Infantry Division during World War 1.) The trucks towing artillery advance and soldiers seen on the trucks.
A film report depicts the role of a navy chaplain in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Marines walk advance in the grassy area. The Marines move from the bushes. They cross a river. A troop fills his can with water from the river. The Marines advance in the wooded region. A close up of a U.S. Marine in the wooded region advancing. The close up Marines seated in the wooded region. A Marines reads a Bible. A chaplain alongside a river in a sandbagged revetment, prepares for religious services. He sets a crucifix and chalice on a small altar. Marines arrive for church service and kneel. The stand with heads bowed as the Chaplain leads in prayer. Another Chaplain (a Captain) in fatigues and combat helmet. A chaplain in white robe conducts services on a sandy beach. A Jewish Rabbi Chaplain conducts services. A Marine in an M50 Ontos Tank Destroyer with six 106mm recoilless guns, crosses a river. A U.S. Marine UH-34D utility helicopter. U.S. Navy Chaplain LT Fr. Vincent R. Capodanno, is seen seated inside the helicopter.
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