A documentary depicts combat activities of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division during World War II. 'APO Tokyo' written on a tank. U.S. troops on tanks and jeeps enter Tokyo soon after end of World War 2. The jeeps and U.S. military vehicles driven on a war torn street of Tokyo. A sign board reads '1st Cavalry Division, First in Tokyo'. Two soldiers stand in front of the board and shake hands. The troops carry guns and flags of the Cavalry Division parade. Insignia of the 1st Cavalry Division.
Depicts activities of U.S. Navy personnel aboard a warship in the Pacific Ocean. USS Lexington (CV-2) aircraft carrier underway. Biplanes of the U.S. Navy flying overhead. An airplane in flight. The airplanes parked on the deck of the carrier and crew around the planes. An airplane takes off from the deck. The airplane in flight. The airplanes in flight and in formation. The carrier underway. An airplane lands aboard the aircraft carrier.
West Point Military Academy cadets being shown the latest war equipment at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The cadets stand in a circle and a tank in the foreground. A cadet seated inside a M2 Light tank (nicknamed "Mae West") and drives the tank. The cadets applaud. The cadets watch the tank as it rolls on the ground. A tank rolls down a slope into water and splashes water up toward the cadets. Demonstrations of heavy artillery guns and howitzers: Soldiers load shells in a large field gun. They fire the gun and cadets close their ears with fingers. Another large field gun fires and cadets stand around the artillery. The last gun demonstrated is possibly an 8 inch gun M1888 and is shown on a disappearing carriage that retracts the gun back and down following its recoil after firing.
The Medal of Honor awarded to a soldier in Lich, Germany during World War 2. Pvt. Harold A. Garman of Albion, Illinois, stands wearing a Medical Corps helmet. U.S. soldiers parade in the background. A marching band plays music. Troops march shouldering arms. The soldiers wear Medical Corps helmets. The soldiers stand in formation. Pvt. Harold A Garman walks forward escorted by an officer. The officer salutes. Commanding General of U.S. 5th Division, S. Leroy Irwin and Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army, George S Patton, Jr. come forward escorted by a U.S. Army officer. Pvt. Harold A. Garman and both the Generals stand at attention. The officer reads the award citation. General Patton presents the medal of Honor to Pvt. Garman. General Irwin shakes hand with Pvt. Garman. General Irwin, General Patton and Pvt. Garman stand together.
Treadway bridge across Neckar River, at Heilbronn, Germany, struck by German artillery fire in World War 2. A Brockway B666 Treadway Bridge Transporter, of the 169th Engineers Treadway Company, is seen burning after being hit by German artillery fire. A burning pontoon on back of the truck.The truck and pontoon bridge burning. Smoke rises due to fire. '7A 196E' written on the bumper of the truck. The tires of the truck burning. A view of of the truck and bridge burning.. A U.S. soldier walks past the burning truck.
U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen in American Red Cross uniform speaking to an audience (unseen) during World War 2. She tells a joke about an American soldier fighting in in the Pacific, against the Japanese. Montage of unconnected scenes. Eleanor Roosevelt entering a building displaying a large American Flag; conversing with Vice President Richard Nixon;in a gathering outdoors with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru;meeting with children in a school; speaking at a Democratic National Convention. Pictures of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, as a child, circa 1891; with her father in 1892; At the home of her Grandmother, with a pony; Visiting the home of her Uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, Long Island. Theodore Roosevelt rowing a boat. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1902. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (her 5th cousin) in a top hat. The two of them courting. Picture of Sara Roosevelt, Franklin's mother, with Franklin and Eleanor in 1904, the year of their engagement. The couple's formal wedding picture. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, at their wedding in 1905. Scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt with her mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in the early years of Eleanor's marriage to Franklin Roosevelt.
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