Activities at American-occupied Ober-Olm airfield (Y-64), county of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatine, Germany, immediately after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Men look over a damaged United States Army Air Forces P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft on the airfield. Mechanics disassemble parts of P-51D fighter aircraft. Wrecked United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft of the 393rd Fighter Squadron (8L on fuselage), 367th FG and P-51 aircraft of the 356th Fighter Squadron (AJ on fuselage), 354th FG on the airfield. Damaged wing and tail assembly of P-51. Wreckage under props. Nose of P-51D aircraft reads 'Sweet Janie.'
Activities of the United States airmen at an airfield in Germany after World War Two. United States airmen sits and works on desk in the control tower. An American Army Air Forces colonel stands near him. They look through the large windows. Airman prepare to make weather observations and release a weather balloon on the terrace. The Colonel converses with a Captain, as a Sergeant aligns a sextant for observations. Aircraft parked on the airfield in the background. The airman releases the balloon in the air. The Sergeant looks through the sextant and announces readings to airman, who records them on a clipboard. The Colonel looks at the airman's notations.
German fire fighters in Berlin, Germany on Museum Island. On the Lustgarten parade area of Museum Island (Museumsinsel) the firemen demonstrate fire fighting techniques and equipment outside the Old Museum building (Altes Museum) and the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom). Fire brigade trucks move out from positions outside the Old Museum, toward the Berlin Cathedral. They stop in front of the Cathedral and in synchronized fashion they raise the ladders high into the air. A fireman operates a crank to turn on water, while standing in a small boat. Fire fighters standing in a line with hoses direct a flood of water from combine hoses southward from the Old Museum, high into the air, raining down into the Lustgarten in front of the Berlin Cathedral. Includes German narration and ambient background sound from the scene.
United States soldiers move inwards during the Philippine invasion of Lingayen Gulf in World War II. They inspect a wrecked Japanese Air Force plane in a field. American soldiers climb on the wings of the airplane. The burnt fuselage and destroyed engine of the plane. Symbol of Imperial Japanese Air Services on the fuselage of the plane. Trucks loaded with troops driven away from the field.
U.S. President Richard M. Nixon after being elected President of the United States. President Nixon's trip to China and bilateral talks with Prime Minister Zhou Enlai. Nixon commending his translator. U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Kissinger aboard the Air Force One aircraft. He talks about Nixon's impact on international politics. Nixon in Russia with Soviet Premiere Nicolai Brezhnev. Brezhnev signs a treaty to limit nuclear arms. Nixon directly addresses Russian people on television. Nixon lays a wreath for Russians who died in the war. Civilians and buildings in Moscow. Women and children on Russian streets. A large crowd cheers and the U.S. Congress applauds as President returns to the United States from China. Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol with RFK Stadium visible behind it. The Statue of Liberty and the New York City skyline from the air. Richard Nixon walks on a sea shore. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "Portrait of a President" about President Richard Nixon. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
President Nixon walks with U.S. civilians on a city street and listens to their problems. Food items at checkout area of a grocery store and view of cashier and cash register. Civilians including women and children outside shop or grocery store holding signs in protest of inflation and high prices. Used cars for sale in a car lot. Cashier at grocery checkout ringing up items on cash register. Close-up view of manual cash register. President Nixon discusses with Cost of Living Council to bring down the inflation rate in the United States. Industrial development and export business improves. Workers work in factories and farmers in farms. Farmer driving tractor on field. Car assembly line workers work on an automobile production line. President Nixon addresses the U.S. Congress and urging Congress to make reforms. Vice President Spiro Agnew confers with President Nixon in his office. Nixon travels through land, sea and air and works for controlling air pollution and water pollution. A farm crop duster airplane dusting crops. Heavy traffic on a highway filled with cars. Workers in an automobile emissions testing laboratory. From a pro-Nixon "documentary" called "The Nixon Years: Change Without Chaos" covering President Richard Nixon's first four years in office. Released during his 1972 reelection campaign.
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