U.S. 81st Division, 323 Infantry Regiment troops at Ulithi Atoll in Caroline Island during World War II. U.S. fighter airplanes fly over a jungle. A tower in the foreground. A soldier and an officer placing a U.S. flag on a telephone pole. The U.S. flag is raised atop the telephone pole. The flag flatters due to wind.
U.S. Marine camp and village scenes in Haiti,West Indies. Truck loaded with men drives through street. U.S. officers walk through field. Officers raise American flag atop flag pole at the camp used by U.S. Marines during installation. Officers walk in the camp area. Buildings in the background. Men haul trolleys on field. Trees in the background. Women and children stand outside their straw huts. People move on horseback.
Shows U.S. Marines in Haiti,West Indies. Civilians on horseback move on streets. U.S. Marines on guard. Workers load sacks on cart. A U.S. Marine fights with bandits. Civilians walk on street. Women fill water at the City Fountain. The monument of Jean Jacques Dessalines. Haitian native sells goods in the marketplace. Haitian Fire Department members show a piece of fire fighting equipment. Civilians bath and wash clothes in an irrigation canal. U.S. Marine signals by means of semaphore from a high balcony to the harbor. Boat docked at sea. Mountains in the background.
A soldier (PFC Ed Griffiths) arrives in new assignment with the U.S. Army in Washington DC, United States. U.S. Army Sergeant Stuart Queen in his office. Military MATS C-131 (Convair 240) airliner in flight over Washington DC area with PFC Griffiths and other personnel aboard. Army personnel seated in the aircraft. The captain makes arrival announcements. Aerial view of the Washington Monument , the National Mall, Lincoln Memorial, and Potomac River and the Capitol. Military Air Transport Command C-131 parked and passengers descending stairs upon arrival in Washington, DC. They exit the Operations building and look for ground transportation to their destinations. Soldier gets into a taxi cab. He looks at the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Monument, across the Potomac River, as the cab drives, along the George Washington Parkway, past them. He arrives at the U.S. Army Military District of Washington Headquarters, at Fort Myer, and reports for his new assignment in Headquarters Company, U.S. Army. The Sergeant in charge introduces Sergeant Stuart Queen to the soldier. He is warmly welcomed.
The third Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in the United States. Roscoe Drummond of New York Herald Tribune asks Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M Nixon to comment on declining economic growth and what steps he would take to improve it. Nixon answers that he is not satisfied with the economic growth of the U.S. He compares the nation's growth rate during the Truman Administration and the Eisenhower Administration. He urges for the development of private enterprise sector of the economy. He talks about his program of tax reform which would stimulate more investment in U.S. economy. He talks about the upliftment of the distressed areas and full utilization of resources of those areas. He talks about the adequate use of talents of the Americans and their civil rights. He concludes and states that there has been a continuous development of American economy in the past years. Democratic candidate Senator John F Kennedy states that Nixon has pointed a rise in food prices in his proposed agricultural program which is not true. He comments on the statement given by Nixon on aiding distressed areas and education. He says that the bills of these program have been opposed by the administration. He talks about the lowest rate of economic growth during this administration.
U.S. President Richard Nixon visits Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army jeep carrying President Nixon drives through mud at a U.S. base. President Nixon greets U.S. troops. A soldier photographs President Nixon.
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