German soldiers relax in occupied France during World War 2. Soldiers play music directed by a conductor. Soldiers play leap frog on a beach. German soldiers splash around and swim in a lake. Soldiers relax with nurses at a hospital. Nurses among soldiers. German soldiers relax at an outdoor cafe here (with no sign of any French people around) and they drink draft beer poured by two women. A German soldier talks to a little boy. German soldiers observe the view over a river and ravine from an elevated position.
German airmen mechanics perform maintenance inspections on a Messerschmitt Bf-109 aircraft in occupied France, during World War 2. They rearm it with machine gun ammunition and install a gun camera. One ground crewman paints a tally mark, for a mission, on the aircraft tail. A German flier feeds a pet bear, while others look on. Another pilot plays with two pet dogs, while being photographed by a movie camera (cameraman seen only by his shadow). German soldier reports the sighting by telephone. German pilot dons life vest and climbs into the cockpit of his Bf-109. Several Bf-109s take off. Gun camera view from German fighter aircraft firing from headon and below, at a British Spitfire aircraft. German pilots on the ground look up as two British Spitfire aircraft buzz low over nearby buildings. Group of German airmen gather to watch dogfights between German and British aircraft. Closeup of several looking up and pointing. Gun camera footage of a Spitfire taking headon fire from below and another being shot at from rear and above. A ball of black smoke is seen from an aircraft that has been hit by gunfire. Closeup of German Bf-109 in flight. German Gun camera view of a Spitfire being being hit from behind. Glimpse of two aircraft in close combat followed by one crashing and exploding on the ground. Gun camera view from German aircraft attacking a British Lysander aircraft. Extreme closeup of German ace Adolf Galland in cockpit of his airborne Bf-109. A British Spitfire aircraft sitting where it crash landed in shallow water. Fighter aircraft flying high above in echelon formation. A BF-109 buzzing low over the camera, followed by one taxiing after landing. View of Adolf Galland, stepping from cockpit of his Bf-109, and walking back to base operations along with other pilots who greet him.
United States Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune bombers during a trans-Pacific flight. Children, women and men wait at the Naval Air Station in . 'Welcome Home VP-29' banner on the hangar. The planes land. Family members rush to greet the pilots returning home after 6 months tour duty in Korea. Pilots hug, kiss and hold family members. Planes in the background.
UN Forces and U.S. Marines fight North Korean and Chinese Communists and advance towards the Manchurian border, during the Korean War. A soldier on a hill top. Soldiers with antiaircraft guns on hills. Soldiers march through villages. The fleeing Reds set fire to their former stations. Huts on fire. Soldiers on a road. A soldier smokes while riding a bicycle. United States Navy P2 Neptune bombers fire rockets on over Red positions. Fire and smoke from the explosions. Communist Prisoners of War (POW) at a UN camp. The prisoners are screened and treated for diseases. Men wear surgical masks during the process. They are provided rations and food.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citation is read by a Naval Officer as Sgt David B Bleak of the Army medical Service, 223rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Also seen in the clip (already having received the Medal of Honor earlier in the ceremony) are 1st Lieutenant James Lamar Stone, 2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy (barely visible), and Sergeant Hiroshi H. Miyamura (the second Japanese American to have received the Medal of Honor).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
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