Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopter during flight and landing; U.S. Army soldiers jump out of the helicopter. Patrolling team of soldiers rush through rice paddies. A soldier loses balance and falls in knee deep bog. Soldiers arrest natives of a village. An old couple on their knees folds their hands and begs for mercy. Soldiers round woman and children on gun point. Soldier searches shacks of natives. (Vietnam War period).
Various uses of General Motors Company trucks in daily life. A truck driver collects empty milk jars from houses and arrives at a St Louis Dairy bottling plant (dairy established 1868 according to sign on truck). Large jugs and bottles refilled and truck drives again for delivery of milk at households and in a town. A baby drinks milk in a bottle.
Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service at various places in United States. Several hot air balloons inflated at ground at a school in Port Omaha, Nebraska. Eight balloons launched in air, one of them rises high. Students at the Ross Field, Arcadia, California. A big observation balloon moved out of the interior storage by the students. They attach a basket to the inflated balloon. Gasoline driven winch releases wire and balloon rises high in air. The Airship ship School. Langley Field, Hampton Virginia. A dirigible ZDUS.-1at the school. Students haul the dirigible out of its hanger.
Students of Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service, training on balloons and dirigibles at various places in United States. Dirigibles ZDUS-1 and C-2 flying over countryside, farmlands and over a river. Student operators in the control room of ZDUS-1 communicate with members at various stations. Uniforms and equipment of the operators. A person in flying uniform cooks eggs and potatoes on a stove at the rear of airship. Crew members eat food inside cabin compartment.
Greek- Turkish feud leads to uneasy conditions in Cyprus. Greek students during a demonstration against British and United States proposals that NATO troops help maintain a truce between Greeks and Turks. Students with banners angrily demonstrate on roads. President of Cyprus addresses a crowd. The United States embassy in Cyprus where bombs were thrown. A man inspects the damage to equipment and building. Cars and jeeps damaged by bombs thrown on U.S. ans British embassies. United States evacuates its citizens from Cyprus. People climb stairs to get into a United States airplane.
Launching of United States Navy Ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) from New York Shipbuilding Company yard in Camden, New Jersey. U.S. military and naval officers lined up on the deck of the ship. Commissioning ceremonies underway. The ship slides down the ways into the Delaware River. Boats sail near the ship in water. United States warplane aircraft fly over the ship.
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