U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in Chateau-Thierry, France during World War I. U.S. troops on a cart and enemy equipment kept in front of the cart. The troops display the enemy equipment. The soldiers stand around the equipment and watch it. They unload the enemy equipment from a truck. A portable machine ship services tires. The soldiers work on a tire. A soldier fills air in the tire of a bike. Troops work on the portable machine in the background. The soldiers work on the motor and the radiator. The 2nd engineers hold religious services. Supplies being distributed among the troops.
The USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Map of Marcus Island and surrounding islands in Japan. Animation depicts the U.S. fleet's aim to recapture the Philippines and land on the main land of Asia to help their ally China. USS Yorktown underway. A map depicts its advance towards its target of Kwajalein Island in the Marshall Islands. Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters in flight. U.S. planes in dogfights with Japanese aircraft over Kwajalein Island. Aerial gun camera footage shows United States aircraft attacking Japanese aircraft. Japanese airplane is hit and explodes. Another Japanese airplane falling from sky to crash in water. Heavy bombardment and strafing on land of enemy targets, wrecked aircraft. Black smoke rises from explosions on the burning island. Heavy shelling by surface ships. Assault crafts filled with U.S. Marines and Army soldiers hit the beaches on Kwajalein. U.S. airplanes in flight over the island.
USS Yorktown (CV-10) off the Truk Islands fighting against Japanese positions in World War 2. U.S. planes from the carrier strafe Japanese fleet auxiliaries like rice boats, transports and ammunition ships. They strafe ships loaded with TNT, fire at ships off shore. Dramatic explosions as some ships explode. Explosions in the water. The squadron returns and lands on the carrier deck. The Air Group Commander inspects his aircraft windshield blotted with blood. The plane was hit by a 40mm anti aircraft gun. The crew helps the wounded pilot out of the airplane. Other aircraft land with difficulty. Casualties on stretchers taken below by the crew.
Scenes from aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10) in the Pacific Theater during the Battle of the Philippine Sea of World War 2. The Task Force advances towards the Mariana Islands. Commander Dixie Kiefer and another officer watch through binoculars from the conning tower of 'The Fighting Lady'. Japanese bombers and fighters approach and attack the carrier. Anti aircraft guns fired. Japanese panes are hit and downed. Explosions in the water near the ships. Sailors fire deck guns. A Japanese torpedo bomber approach the carrier through the flak. Gunners fire at her. The plane is hit and downed. Animated map depicts advance of U.S. and Japanese Naval Task forces between the Philippines and the Caroline Islands. U.S. pilots board their planes. Radio Plotting Room in charge Smokey talks over the radio. Flight deck crew prepare the planes for take off. U.S. fighter planes run into Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros. Japanese and U.S. planes are shot down during the aerial combat. Planes hit and on fire. The U.S. Air Combat Group approaches the Japanese Imperial Navy formation of battleships. Destroyers and carriers conduct escape maneuvers.
Foreign dignitaries arrive for the state funeral of assassinated U.S. President John F Kennedy. French President Charles De Gaulle arrives at a terminal building of Dulles Airport. He greets officials and ministers from former French Colonies in Africa, French officials and officers including a General, Admiral and an Air Force General. The President is followed by U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Foreign Minister of France Maurice Couve De Murville. President De Gaulle shakes hands with officials. He receives an applause from by standers at the airport. Photographers click pictures of the dignitaries. Dean Rusk leads the President through the terminal gate to the waiting State Department limousine. The President, his military aide and security guard get into the car and leave for Washington DC. The U.S. Capitol building. Secretary of State Rusk walks towards his car behind the terminal building.
United States Air Force Soviet Awareness Program depicts Soviet military equipment and its use in terms of purpose and jurisdiction. The SS-9 Scarp or R-36 intercontinental ballistic missile mounted on an Army truck. Russian soldiers around the missile mounted truck. Soldiers work in a missile silo receiving the nuclear weapon. The missile is lowered into position in the underground silo. Soldiers and technicians at the missile controls. A Soviet Army Colonel is shown who is the supervisor of the development of the missile. A Soviet military live firing exercise with a battery of smaller conventional weapon rockets. Views of R-36 missiles being put into place at various Soviet locations. Military vehicles on the move. Desert land and wooded area in the Soviet Union. View inside a missile control room. A Soviet officer gives orders to fire a R-36 missile. View of R-36 missile emerging from underground silo when fired. The intercontinental ballistic missile is fired.
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