As part of Operation Cobra, elements of United States 2nd Armored Division with infantry, tanks and armored vehicles enter Canisy, France during World War II. Views of soldiers loaded on tanks, armored vehicles and trucks. (Troops in half-track wear the rare camouflage uniforms distributed mainly to the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division.) German prisoners of war march along side of road, guarded by U.S. soldier.
S-2D aircraft in flight from Naval Air Station in Point Mugu,California. United States Navy Grumman S-2D Tracker anti submarine warfare aircraft in flight drops flare towards water. Sparks fly off the flare. Parachute extends and flare drops into the water. USS Coontz (DDG-9) docked in the Pacific Ocean.
2nd Anniversary Operation Skywatch in the United States. United States Air Force General Nathan Farragut Twining seated at desk. He speaks during the 2nd Anniversary of Operation Skywatch.
Space research programs by the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Animation depicts a network of tracking stations that monitor space probes on a manned satellite and astronauts in an orbit. The status and the position of space vehicles and scientific data are transmitted from the tracking stations to the mission control center. Scientists, engineers and technicians draft the data. Satellite Explorer 1 is launched. Scientists inspect a space vehicle. They demonstrate space probe Mariner 2. Missile Mariner 2 is launched to planet Venus. A satellite antenna gives signals. Men at work in the NASA control station.
Nixon and Kennedy debate questions regarding relations with Communists during the third Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in the United States. Douglass Cater of Reporter magazine asks Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M Nixon to comment whether there was a valid criticism of his statement of foreign policy. Nixon answers and states that the criticism is not valid. Regarding Indochina, he says that the U.S. would not have tolerated Indochina falling under Communist domination. And as a result of that the civil war there ended. He states that he supports the President's position and thinks that the President was correct in ordering the U-2 flights. Referring to Quemoy and Matsu he states that he objects to the constant reference to surrendering these islands. Democratic candidate Senator John F Kennedy disagrees with Nixon's statement on Indochina and states that reason Indochina was preserved was the Geneva Conference. On the question of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft flights he states that he has never criticized them and never suggested stopping of espionage. On the question of keeping the Communists in doubt about the U.S. defending Quemoy and Matsu he states that the U.S. should meet its commitments to Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pescadores. He concludes by saying that he disagrees with Nixon as Nixon is extending the administration's commitment.
U.S. 1st Army, 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division soldiers attack on Mechernich, Germany during World War 2. U.S. soldiers move along street. Civilians watch. Soldiers break down door of house and enter. Soldier directs civilians and German officers by wave of hand. Woman unlocks door of house and soldiers enter. German Army prisoners, including one who is a young boy soldier, being searched by soldiers. U.S. officer speaks with civilian.
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