Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The eruption damages the town of San Sebastiano. A view of the crater of the volcano. Huge billows of smoke filled with cinders and ash rise up in the sky. Smoke rises from mouth of the crater. Columns of boiling smoke. Smoke, ash and lava due to eruption of the volcano. Aerial view of towns at the base of the volcano.
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. The eruption damages the town of San Sebastiano. A view of the buildings at the base of the volcano. The crater of the volcano. Huge billows of smoke filled with cinders and ash rise up in the sky. Smoke rises from mouth of the crater. Columns of boiling smoke and ash. Lava pours from the cone due to eruption of the volcano.
People milling about near the base of a tall white monument with a Soviet T-34 tank perched on its top. A busy area in front of a big-city train station. It displays Russian and Chinese Nationalist flags. Smoke rises up from chimney behind the train station building. Closeup of smiling multiethnic civilians wearing warm coats standing in a group. The rear of a multistory building displaying posters of Chiang Kai-Shek and an unidentified official. A huge "V" hung over center of building, with sign in large Chinese characters on roof above it. View of front of building. It appears to be a headquarters. Some small obstacles placed on street in front of the building and some sand bags near entrance. Local Chinese troops walking in the street. A large poster on the street, showing Soviet and Chinese soldiers shaking hands. It contains message: "НАРОДЫ СССР ИКИТАЯ СОЕДЯИНЯИТЕСЬ" (PEOPLES OF THE USSR AND CHINA UNITE). Message is also written in Chinese above the picture. Many passengers are seen getting off train at open air depot. Men stand on top of the railroad cars, offloading bundles from train roof, with ropes. View of wide street with an official building at end. Flags from posts at sides of gated entrance. Donkey pulling a cart and a man with a hand cart seen on street. Crowded outdoor "camping" area, with many wooden tables and chairs, and multiethnic people cooking and eating. A market place, with donkeys standing by heavily laden carts. Owners wait to offload their goods for merchant buyers. A young man displays a huge bowl of rice. Workers on roof, making repairs to bomb-damaged building. Several pedestrians and animal drawn carts seen on the main road from the Headquarters. A jeep and a truck, with American White Star insignia on it, are seen in driveway of building. Sandbags at corner of building. Complete change of scene and time. Large central plaza with tall monument in center. Snow on the ground. Horse-drawn carts pass in front of an imposing building adorned with a huge "medal" containing a bas-relief of Josef Stalin; a huge Red Star, on the roof; and a large sign in Russian reading: "ОСВОБОПИТЕПЬНЦЕ" (Liberator). A Russian officer and two Russian soldiers with weapons. Soviet Lieutenant General Vasily Chuikov, special advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek in 1941, shakes hands with a Chinese one-star General in World War II. Another Chinese officer, in plain uniform, stands near.(Latter has injured nose.) [Important Note: This film appears to include segments from various unrelated places and times ]
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Air Defense exercises in Southern Europe. United States jet fighter aircraft Sabre Jet and Thunderjet aircraft participate in the exercise. A Republic F-84 thunderjet aircraft stands stationary on an airbase. A pilot seated in the cockpit. The plane taxis. Activities on the air base for preparation of the Air Defense exercises. A fuel tank advances towards the aircraft. Refueling of the aircraft. The pilot seated in the cockpit.
United States jet fighter aircraft F-100 Super Sabre and F-84 Thunderjet aircraft participate in air defense exercises in Southern Europe. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Air Defense exercises. An instructor briefs the pilots in a room. The pilots wear flight gear. Automobiles on the air base. The planes are inspected before the flight. The pilots seated in the cockpit. The pilots lower the aircraft canopies. A man fires a rifle. An officer looks through binoculars. Men seated in the control room. Planes in flight. A plane takes off. Several planes take off. Planes in flight in formation.
United States Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 7th Fleet land on a beach in South Vietnam. U.S. Marines will guard the area around Danang Air Base. Vietnamese soldiers set down landing mats on the beach. Vietnamese and U.S. officers on the beach. They salute and shake hands. They wait for the arrival of the U.S. Marines. Commanding Officer of 9th U.S. Marine Brigade Brigadier General F.J. Kach talks with Major General Key of Vietnam I Corps. Vietnamese schoolgirls carry floral wreath and walk across the landing mats. The girls pose in a group. Surf rolls up on the beach. Cameramen stand on the beach to take photographs. (Vietnam War period).
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