WC-121N of U.S. Navy Early Warning Squadron Four (VW-4) starts engines, taxis out, and takes off from the U.S. Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. Aerial view of the aircraft in flight. The film title,"Hurricane Hunters," and credits appear. A VW-4 crew is seen bracing themselves inside a WC-121N aircraft as it encounters turbulence on a mission.
U.S. Army Sergeant York passes away in the United States on September 2, 1964. Scenes from the life of Sergeant York. Alvin York seen flashing the 'V' for victory sign. York in the front yard of his home. Newspaper headline reads, 'War with Germany.' World War I newly drafted men in civilian clothing marching along with tags pinned to their civilian clothes. World War 1 new recruits undergoing physical examination as they enter the U.S. Army. Soldiers standing in formation learning to drill. Closeup of front of artillery piece as it fires. Trench fighting against the enemy on a World War I battlefield. A soldier hurls an explosive toward no man's land. Soldiers rushing out of trenches going "over the top" to charge the enemy. Sergeant York in uniform during WWI. Later in life, Sergeant York is seen seated in a car with his wife as photographers scramble to take photos. Sergeant York at the White House with his family. York receives a citation from the Gold Star Mothers Club and then gives a short speech.
A film titled: 'We're in the army now' on the Women Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States. U.S. soldiers fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. Smoke from bombardment and firing. The soldiers advancing on a battlefield. U.S. Army General George Catlett Marshall seated at a desk in his office. He speaks about the contribution of the WAAC in World War II. A woman of the WAAC standing nearby.
U.S. Army 44th Division honors American actor and U.S. Army First Lieutenant Audie Murphy at Fort Lewis in Washington. Audie Murphy along with officers standing and being greeted by people. He gives an autograph to a woman. Soldiers march in formation. Murphy and other officer review them from a reviewing stand. Mechanized units and tanks parade.
U.S. Navy maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea. U.S. Navy Grumman S-2D Tracker aircraft, with lower fuselage radome and Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD) tail stinger extended, making low-level passes to over submarine at periscope depth. Camera holds on periscope until it disappears under water.
The opening of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon present at the ceremony. American country music singer Roy Claxton Acuff gives a yo-yo to the President. He tries to use the yo-yo. President Nixon seated with his wife and other officials in chairs. People applauding. Acuff sings a song. President Nixon approaches Acuff and talks to him.
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