Attack on Japanese shipping by American submarine around Palau Island in Pacific. Japanese motor sampan underway is fired on by submarine deck gun of USS Barb (SS-220). Japanese sampan burning and smoking during the attack as it tries to get away. View of bow of submarine as seen from elevated position of conning tower. Next scene shows U.S. sailors on American submarine manning battle stations, and readying guns for an attack. Deck gun crew fires, showing muzzle blast and recoil. Crew also operates smaller gun located part way up conning tower area. (World War II period).
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) convoy heading for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Tracer bullets fired at Japanese plane in sky. Japanese plane is hit and shot down. U.S. battleship underway. (World War II period).
U.S. Navy bombardment of beach at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, during World War 2 invasion of Okinawa. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyers and battle ships underway. Rocket barrage fired. Rocky shoreline of the island in the background. Details seen include: Time 00:25 is the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40 firing main and secondary batteries. Time 00:41 is a detailed closeup bow-on view of the battleship USS New Mexico, BB-40. (Note: As seen, the USS New Mexico did retain its casemated 5-inch/51 caliber guns for the Okinawa invasion, contrary to some historic references.)
Bombardment on beach of Kerama Retto, Okinawa in Pacific Theater. LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium), destroyer ships and battle ships underway. Rockets fired from ships. Rocket barrage fired. Black smoke rises up. Mountains and island in the background. (World War II period).
Richard Nixon-Spiro Agnew election campaign for the Presidency in United States. Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool, at night, as seen from the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States). Potomac River in background. View of the U.S. Capitol Building and the White House. Presidential Seal. Officials deliberating. Ballistic missiles. Soviet leader, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Russian troops. U.S. Aircraft carrier. U.S. helicopters in flight. U.S. tank crew in a Patton tank. Citizens of United States. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam War. Presidential Seal. The White House. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Statue of Liberty in New York. The campaign stresses that Nixon has the required qualifications and experience of a leader.
Film opens showing a Paris street scene. Cars and buses pass on the streets. A man peruses publications on a newsstand. Camera moves to the newsstand. Traffic flows past. Pedestrians walk past. Customers patronize the newsstand.Camera moves across the street to reveal flowers on a Chestnut tree looming above the newsstand. Scene shifts to the flower market on the Cite Island in Paris. The Palais de Justice; La Conciergerie; Tour de l'Horloge are in the background. Vendors bring wares to the flower stands. Views of patrons walking amongst the various flower stalls.
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