Sign at Headquarters, U.S. Army, 2nd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, in Dong Tam, Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. View of U.S. and Vietnamese Army vehicles moving about on dry dusty roads at the base. Brief view of the base's Brown Water Navy Riverine waterfront with two armored troop carrier boats, flying American flags, tied up at the dock.
United States soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 60th Infantry and 9th Infantry Division walk across a field with a few Viet Cong suspect. Soldiers sit. A boy stands before a soldier. He writes on a paper with identity card before him. A soldier clicks pictures. Soldiers question and check identification cards of the suspects. Viet Cong sits on ground. Soldier calls another Viet Cong and questions him. (Vietnam War period).
Camera pans over French soldiers in several trench locations along the Marne line during World War 1. Some are also seen digging new trenches next to a road. Several French troops and a farmer stand near two French Schneider tanks, one with a White diamond painted on its side. In far background troops are seen marching single-file. Scene switches to American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) moving single-file along a tree line. The film is destroyed between time code: 01:23 and 2:02, where it picks up again showing American soldiers gathered in a clearing in the woods. Horses and wagons, trucks, and a staff car are also seen. Next scene shows a long line of U.S. troops and trucks clogging a road. German prisoners, including some ambulatory wounded, walk past French canvas-covered wagons, and are seen near French soldiers. French troops with wagons pulled by donkeys, pass German prisoners of war, and enter the town of Longmont. Mounted French soldiers pull a caisson. The destroyed Abbey of Longmont is seen in the background as mounted French soldiers ride into the town. More German POWs walk towards the rear, past them. More views of the destroyed Abbey. A contingent of French troops with wagons and caissons advances toward the front.
United States ship Maumee (AO-2) is launched at Mare Island Navy shipyard in Vallejo California. Miss Janet Crose, sponsor, smashes bottle onto ship bow to christen the ship. Builders, dignitaries, and naval personnel wave and cheer from port as the ship slides down ramp into water.
2nd battalion 175th Infantry Regiment troops prepare to leave Aldenhoven, Germany. Soldiers sit in a jeep. Jeep goes past ruins of a house. Men stand besides the road. Troops load bed rolls on jeep. They load ammunition and supplies into jeeps as they prepare to leave. Soldiers hold ammunitions. Ammunitions placed in the jeep. Soldiers carry shells and boxes. Soldiers load supply and get into jeep. Troops carry and arrange ammunition in jeep. Houses in the city. (World War II period).
Bar association meeting at the office of War department special service division music section, at 42 west, 44th street, in New York. Dignitaries in meeting include the Music Sub Committee of Joint Army and Navy Recreational Activities Committee. Left to right Chief Petty Officer Richard Stabile, Chief Band Master In Charge of music, 3rd Naval District; Lieutenant Marie E Larson, Special Service Division, music section; Colonel David S Barry, Officer in charge, Special Service Division, U.S. marine corps; Harry Fox; Lieutenant Colonel Howard C Bronson, Officer in charge of music; Captain Harry Salters, Music Section, Special Services Division, War Department; Colonel J Burt Webster, Chief Chaplains Branch , 2nd Service Command, Colonel Bronson and Commander Sharpe. Dignitaries discuss, they see the pamphlet and exchange papers. They listen and look talk to each other. (World War II period)
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