Electromagnetic Hazards Group conducts ball lightning tests under Project Tesla, inside a hangar at Wendover Air Force Base in Utah. Researchers fix attachments onto a model advanced development composite aircraft for testing. They place the aircraft model on the test stand. The U.S. Air Force Flight Dybamics Laboratory Electro-Magnetic Group bus inside the hangar. Researchers climb into and out of the bus. A researcher sets up a camera near a halogen lamp.
Mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Paris, France during World War II. A long column of British and U.S. prisoners of war marched through the streets of Paris under German guard. French policemen and civilians stand by and watch. The prisoners marched through commercial areas. German soldiers keep guard. French civilians strike and kick the prisoners as they pass. The prisoners lined up.
Myron T Herrick, the U.S. Ambassador to France, greets Charles A Lindbergh. Herrick waves an airman's helmet from a balcony as the crowds watch from below. A large crowd awaits Lindbergh's arrival at Herrick's residence. People watch as Lindbergh waves the French flag.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh in England. A large crowd awaits as Lindbergh arrives at the U.S. Embassy in London. Officials and officers greet him at the entrance. He is lead inside and greeted by other officials.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt warns of an increasing danger of armed conflict (increasing danger of war leading up to World War 2). Roosevelt's motorcade on the streets of Chicago. A large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the President. Confetti rained on the motorcade. Soldiers salute as the motorcade passes by. Policemen on motorbikes lead the motorcade. People gathered at the venue to hear the President's speech. A board advertises candy bars 'Baby Ruth, Butterfinger" in the background. President Roosevelt with officials on stage. He addresses the crowd. Excerpts from his speech are interspersed with scenes of war and conflict elsewhere in the world during the late 1930's. Roosevelt speaks of recent events of "international lawlessness" including in the last few years "unjustified interference in the internal affairs of other nations." Scenes that follow include aerial bombings, naval attacks, and war: Scenes of war carnage during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936: Ethiopian soldiers on horseback cross a bridge, Italian forces fire artillery from a hill, aerial view as aircraft drop bombs. Italian soldiers pass a burning, smoldering building and overtake an Ethiopian position, with many Ethiopian soldiers lying dead. Ethiopian citizens in area of a war torn village. Bomb damage and war casualties on the street. Italian soldiers collect dead bodies and load them onto a truck. A ship quickly sinking after attack by a submarine. Scenes from battle during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 or 1937. Spanish nationalist and rebel soldiers engage in a battle in a village. Spanish prisoners are marched. Nationalist soldier fires machine gun from a balcony emplacement. Dead body on a road. Soldiers behind a barricade fire at opposition and carry wounded on stretchers. President Roosevelt concludes his speech with, "America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace." People applaud.
U.S. Marines advance during Operation Prairie in Vietnam. The Marines wade through a river. PFC (Private First Class) with utilities, cartridge belt, canteen, packs, camouflage helmet, carrying a M 14 rifle, walks through the river and out. A Marine and corpsman move through swift water in shallow river. Marines move over rocky bank in background. Marine carrying M-60 machine gun on shoulder and smoking cigarette walks through river. A Marine carrying .45 caliber pistol in his hand moves from heavy undergrowth into deep muddy water. He is assisted by another soldier in moving up onto bank as seen through grass. Marines carrying M 14 rifle and ammo can move from heavy undergrowth into deep muddy water. (Vietnam War period).
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