United States 1st Infantry Division soldiers place Claymore mines in Vietnam. Three soldiers examine the Claymore mine and place it in position. One of the soldier points out in front direction. The Mine is positioned. Wire leading from mine is strung out. Soldier lies down on ground and examines the Claymore mine. ( Note: These scenes are from a U.S. Army training film called Perimeter Defense.) (Vietnam War period).
President Richard Nixon's Inauguration ceremony in Washington DC. President Richard Nixon and his wife seated in car drives past the Honor Guard. Convoy of vehicles follows the President's car. The Honor guard salutes. Huge crowd gathered to watch the ceremony. Band plays in front of the convoy. Motorcycles drive on road with the United Sates Capitol building in the far background.
York street in Colombo, Ceylon, during World War 2. Trams run on tracks. Cars pass by. Locals pull hand rickshaws. Pedestrians on the street. A jewelry store at one corner. Local coolies build a wall in front of the Electrical Department Building for protection against air raids. Men and young boys lay cement bricks.
Beatification of Italian American religious sister Frances Xavier Cabrini (Francesca Saverio Cabrini) in New York. Devout Roman Catholics file past the glass coffin bearing the relics of Mother Cabrini, at the chapel in Mother Cabrini High School (701 Fort Washington Avenue Manhattan, New York City, New York 10040 United States). A wax mask of Mother Cabrini’s face covers the saint’s skull. Priest in the chapel during Mother Cabrini's Beatification Ceremony. Nun in Black habit kneels in front of her coffin.
People gather to collect clams from a beach area in Ocean City, Washington. Men and women along a twelve mile front on the beach collect clams in buckets. They load their collection onto a truck.
Scene of a Viet Minh attack on the Bai-Thao outpost in Indochina. View of Improvised French military camp site located 15 km from Sept-Pagodes and 8 km from Bentam. A French radio operator seated at a table alongside his equipment. French troops stand nearby and use binoculars to survey the camp area. A crowd gathered around corpses. Feet of one are tied together. Bullets lie near a corpse on the ground. Fly infested corpses after the attack. A sign post reads 'Bai-Thao'. An ambulance truck makes its way past the sign on a dirt road. French Officers talk with a Vietnamese boy. A French soldier stands near an artillery piece and looks out at a winding river. Vietnamese woman rides in a bicycle rickshaw and a man pulls a hand cart in front of French soldiers in parked Sherman tank. Three soldiers look out of the tank hatches. An officer stands atop the tank.
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