View of City Hall building (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) in Los Angeles circa 1950. Camera view pans down to shops and other buildings in the 200 and 100 blocks of North Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Pedestrians cross the street. A sign reads 'No Parking'. A road is lined on either side by trees. Various views of Los Angeles landmarks: A sign reads 'Hancock Park, La Brea Pits'. View of Griffith Observatory (2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States). Scenes in Chinatown and view of Grauman's Chinese Theatre (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with visitors looking at movie star names in cement of sidewalk on Hollywood Walk of Fame. The photographer takes pictures. A license plate on an out-of-town vehicle, from Idaho, reads 'World Famous Potatoes' and contains a picture of a potato.
America declares war against Germany during World War I. A report in ' New York Tribune ' is pictured. President Woodrow Wilson at his desk in his office in Washington D.C., United States as he declares war against Germany. A copy of Joint Resolution declaring war against Germany. General Pershing reaches England and then France where he visits Napoleon's tomb, Les Invalides along with other French officers. United States Secretary of Navy, Josephus Daniels and Assistant Secretary of Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt as America joins the war. Allied ships underway at sea. United States battleship New York at sea. Sailors aboard a ship. Admiral Rodman addresses the crew aboard a ship.
United States enters World War I. A map of Europe. Belgian refugees along a road in Europe. Damaged buildings and an explosion occurs. Men aboard a German U boat at a port. An American ship underway at sea. Docks being strafed by Germans and smoke rises. Cars carrying President Woodrow Wilson leaves for the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Woodrow addresses the Congress and declares war against Germany. People in the streets as they carry banners and American flags. The United States Capitol.
A documentary about deployment of United States 430th Tactical Air Command Fighter Squadron in Takhli, Thailand during the Vietnam War. A man of United States 430th Fighter Squadron gets up in the morning and wakes up other pilots as they sleep under mosquito nets. Men get off their beds. A pilot takes out a can from a refrigerator and drinks from it. Men brush their teeth in an open area and gargle out the water on the ground. The pilots get into a jeep and arrive at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base and put on their flight gear. A pilot carries helmet to the base. The pilots climb into the cockpits of United States F-100 D aircraft. Men preflight the aircraft. Men inside a room as they rest and a pilot runs out of the room.
A news conference in Washington D.C., United States about American soldiers held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam. The United States Secretary of Defense, Melvin R. Laird, addresses the press at a conference as he stands behind a podium with the Department of Defense insignia on it. A board in the background reads ' United States POWs and missing in action personnel ' . The Deputy Secretary of Defense Richard G. Capen at the podium as he addresses the press. A board placed next to Capen with pictures on it. A sign on the board reads ' LCRC inspection '. An officer stands near the board. A chart on the board displays the statistics indicating the number of prisoners of war and missing persons in Vietnam. Another chart on the board reads ' duration of captivity ' . A picture of a captured soldier on the board. A picture released by North Vietnamese bears the title ' Identity '. (Vietnam War period).
Dramatized documentary released during World War II depicting Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Aerial view of Island of Oahu, Hawaii. A goods train moves on a railway track. Military trucks enter Hickam Air Force Base. Aircraft parked on an air field. A native fishes on the riverside. A naval officer speaks to a group of United States sailors. A clock on the Alho Tower. A fleet of Japanese aircraft advance towards the island. Japanese aircraft bombard the island and attack United States ships. Explosions on buildings and Wheeler Field. Japanese fighter planes bomb Pearl Harbor. The battleship USS Arizona goes up in flames on being hit by a Japanese bomb. United States crew members prepare to fight. U.S. sailors fire at Japanese aircraft. Japanese aircraft leave wreckage and destruction.
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