Aerial view of Dachau concentration camp with buildings and people, soon after its liberation near end of World War 2 in Europe. Gates of the camp with a Nazi swastika on its top. Starved inmates from Czechoslovakia, France and Holland at the camp. Bodies of dead prisoners in a railroad train car boxcar. Men pile up bodies onto a truck.
Japanese Judy plane also known as Yokosuka D4Y aircraft bursts into flames while in flight in World War 2. It crosses bow of a United States aircraft carrier and explodes on starboard side. United States F6F aircraft in formation. Men on the deck of an aircraft carrier, bombs transferred from an ammunition ship. Men unload bombs and carry them for storage. Men unload ammunition cases from a net.
Activities of United States 94th Aero Squadron on in France during World War I. Major General Hunter Liggett and U.S. officers discuss a map. General Liggett leaves and French officers join the U.S. officers looking at the map and shake hands. U.S. Officers stand with Professor Henry Seidel Canby from Yale University. Large group of U.S. airmen gathered around a German aircraft that was shot down on October 2, 1918, by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Lieutenant Reed Chambers. Some of them sit while others stand around the plane. United States 101st Infantrymen lined up as a band plays. General Edwards and other officers salute. General presents Squadron members with Distinguished Service Crosses. He pins medals onto their uniforms. Eddie Rickenbacker with aircraft in the background. Officers pose with a plane in the background. An officer smokes a cigarette as he stands against the nose of an aircraft.
A U.S. military truck with smoke screen mechanism doing tests in the United States during World War 2. Men on a tower find out the direction of the wind with a balloon. A wind wane also indicates the wind direction. A man turns on a button to lay the smoke screen. Smoke rises and engulfs the area in a blanket of smoke capable of covering military installations and operations with protective camouflage so it can not be seen by enemy aircraft.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.
Review of the 1958 baseball season. Clip opens with Ebbets Field in Brooklyn and Polo Grounds in New York sitting empty after the Dodgers and Giants left for the West Coast. The teams are welcomed by parades and thousands of cheering fans in Los Angeles and San Francisco respectively. The season ends with the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees in the World Series for the second straight year. In game 7 at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Bill Skowron hits a home run to give the Yankees a 6-2 lead. Mickey Mantle catches the final out in center field as the Yankees clinch the game and series and celebrate as they run to the dugout.
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