Liberty ships on the waterway of the Persian Gulf. Heavy trailer trucks being unloaded from liberty ships. U.S. tank being unloaded. Native men loading the supplies onto trucks. Russian men and American men checking the supplies. Natives unloading supplies on loading platform. (World War 2 period).
United States President Woodrow Wilson and his party enter a car and leaves the White House in Washington DC for his Summer White House (or "Summer Capitol"), Shadow Lawn, in Long Branch New Jersey. Well-wishers at the White House stand and wave as the car departs the dirt road driveway of the White House, and a 2nd car with a security detail follows. View of Shadow Lawn, the estate of Joseph Benedict Greenhut. (The estate shown here was originally built in 1903 by John A. McCall of New York Life Insurance Company. He sold it to Greenhut. It was later destroyed by fire, and a mansion belonging to F.W. Woolworth President Hubert T. Parsons was built on the site. That estate is now part of Monmouth College). Large group of people gathered on the front lawn of Shadow Lawn to hear President Wilson speak at a 1916 campaign event. He is introduced and then approaches the podium as people cheer. The estate and podium area at the front of a soaring exterior portico is decorated with many American flags and swags.
A huge crowd gathered at City Square, Seoul, Korea. The Koreans celebrate the anniversary of their World War 2 liberation from the Japanese. The Korean and American officials applauded. Citations are issued to those who helped in liberation. (Korean War period.)
United States Boeing B-52 Stratofortress takes off from Edwards Air Force Base. The B-52 carries X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft releases. X-15 aircraft in flight reaching 2,905 MPH. The X-15 landing on the dried lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base. Pilot, Major Bob White, seen climbing out of the cockpit of the X-15, and talking to NASA officials.
Adolf Hitler reviews troops at Dunkirk and Ypres near end of Battle of France in World War 2. He drives in a car through the ruins in a jeep to visit his soldiers. Wreckage and rubble in Dunkirk and Ypres, Belgium. He passes by Cathedral of St. Martin in Ypres. Adolf Hitler confers with officers. He eats with German soldiers in a field kitchen. Hitler then visits a World War I German cemetery.
United States tanks on a road in France during World War 2. United States infantry and tank units in France. Sand bags are packed tight around a tank to fortify and dampen effect of enemy fire. U.S. tanks camouflaged, first with painting (a tank with lettering 'Warhawk" on the side is shown); then with branches over top to help conceal it. Nets and haystacks used for covering and obscuring tanks. Snow covered fields near St Vith. Tanks painted white with a whitewash to camouflage for winter battle. Tanks with lettering on side, "Kathleen", is whitewashed. A tank hits mines and explodes. A British tank outfitted with flails is used to find and detonate land mines. An explosive 'Snake' deployed in a field and used for demolition of enemy mines.
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