Radio tower at Huckstep Station inside Camp Huckstep near Cairo, Egypt in World War 2. Radio operator trainees assigned as base station operators takes notes and key messages while wearing headphones. OSS agent trainees step outside car to set up radio. A radio operator puts on headset to receive message. An OSS agent trainee wearing parachute harness is dragged through dirt to simulate parachute landing in a course dubbed, "arrival." Students practice falling to simulate parachute landings as well as body position during parachute drop.
The U.S. – Japan Security Treaty (Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan) is signed in Washington DC, United States. View of the White House in Washington DC. President Dwight D. Eisenhower escorts Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi to the East Room of the White House. Photographers taking photos of Eisenhower and Kishi. President Eisenhower speaks to the media. “This treaty represents the fulfillment of the goal set by Prime Minister Kishi and myself in June of 1957 to establish an indestructible partnership between our two countries in which our relations would be based on complete equality and mutual understanding. The treaty likewise reflects the closeness and breadth of our relations in the political and economic as well as security fields.” President Eisenhower said. Prime Minister Kishi signs the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between Japan and the United States. Japanese official stands behind Prime Minister Kishi. United States Secretary of State Christian Herter signs the same treaty. President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Kishi shake hands after the signing of the 1960 U.S. – Japan Security Treaty.
King Alexander I (Aleksandar I) of Yugoslavia and Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria board a car in front of a building during the Bulgarian tsar’s state visit to Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Tsaritsa Giovanna of Italy, wife of Tsar Boris III, and Queen Maria of Yugoslavia are seen with other government officials in front of the building. The coats of arms of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria are seen in columns. Tsaritsa Giovanna of Italy and Queen Maria of Yugoslavia talk to King Alexander I, Tsar Boris III and officials before they are seen in a car together. Tsar Boris III, King Alexander I, and their wives walk together. Yugoslav troops stand at attention in snow on snow covered road. Yugoslav civilians cheering during a parade for Tsar Boris III in Belgrade. Yugoslav troops holding a flag bearing the Greater coat of arms of Yugoslavia. Tsar Boris III and King Alexander I arrive at a monument. Snow covered monument with floral wreaths. Name of monument is inscribed in Serbian Cyrillic. Troops stand at attention. (Based on text descriptions, this is possibly the original, smaller memorial to the Unknown Serbian Soldier, later replaced by the Monument to the Unknown Hero that was built atop the demolished Žrnov and completed in 1934. The original memorial, near Žrnov at the Avala mountain, was completed in June 1922. The form and size of the 1922 memorial appear to match the memorial seen in this footage.) Next scene is back in Belgrade, as Yugoslav men are waving their hats on the street. Yugoslav troops stand at attention and march on snowy street. Tsaritsa Giovanna and Queen Maria shake hands with officials. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria and their wives climb down from their car. Tsar Boris III’s siblings, Kiril, Prince of Preslav and Princess Eudoxia, and an unidentified man are also seen with them. A footman assists Tsaritsa Giovanna.
British Major General Richard N. Gale gives a final message to airborne troops at the headquarters of the British Sixth Airborne Division in Harwell, England a day before D-Day in World War II. The airborne troops raise their berets. A British pathfinder officer briefs his men. He points to a map. The soldiers huddle together to discuss plans. Airborne troops receive supplies and food rations in cans. The troops also receive their salaries in French Francs. A box labeled “Invasion Currency France” and French Francs on the table. A hand counts French Franc bills. A pair of hands hold French Francs currency. The soldiers inspect their French Francs. British soldiers paint white star identification bands on field equipment. A soldier tests a radio set. A group of soldiers inspect shrapnel mines, small alarms, and ammunition. A soldier inspects a Bren machine gun. Another soldier inspects a pistol. A soldier locks a submachine gun. Trooper sharpen a knife. Soldier puts bullets into his Ammunition pouch. Troops break camp and depart for glider and airborne carrier bases at dusk. They synchronize their wrist watches. The soldiers load their supplies on the back of trucks. Trucks with troops drive away.
Waco CG-4 Hadrian military glider taking off from British base RAF Ramsbury in Wiltshire, England during World War II. Many Allied aircraft are parked in the airfield in the background. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft tows a WACO glider on airfield. A soldier sits on the grass and watch the C-47 tow the glider. A group of aircraft in formation. A United States Army glider gliding over the airfield.
Mechanic turns the propeller blade of an aircraft. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain “DONNA”. Paratroopers walk two abreast in formation to gliders and board transport planes at British base RAF Ramsbury airfield in Wiltshire, England during World War II, bound for the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden.
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