U.S. President Richard Nixon and other officials in Midway Island during Vietnam War. An aircraft parked on an airfield and a truck beside the aircraft. Three howitzers in saluting battery firing in the background. The truck moves away from the aircraft. Two officers stand and salute. The United States Marines Corps band in the background. The U.S. Honor Guards at present arms. The United States Joint Services Color Guard in view. The Commanding Officers of various Honor Guards standing at attention. The U.S. Marine Corps Honor Guard at present arms in the background. A Gooney bird sitting on the runway, trying to fly. An Air Force I back up aircraft coming in for landing. Men on tractors in view. The aircraft taxiing behind the fuel tanker. The Presidential aircraft Air Force I taxiing towards the parking area. The crowd gathered in view. The Honor Guards at attention in the background. The Air Force I taxiing. Officers standing near the parking area. A Marine officer standing before the Army and the Marine officers. The Marine Guards come to attention. The ramp is brought to the door of the aircraft. The Presidential seal on the aircraft. Officers standing at the base of the steps of the ramp. U.S. President Richard Nixon, Secretary of State William P Rogers, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command Admiral John S McCain, Jr., Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird debark from the aircraft. The Commanding Officer greeting the officials. President Nixon and the Commanding Officer followed by the other officials walking away from the aircraft. President Nixon mounting the speaker's stand facing the Honor Guards. The Honor Guard comes to present arms. The United States Marine Corps band playing. President Nixon standing at attention on the stand.
Opening scene shows destroyed hangar skeleton containing parts of destroyed German aircraft at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War 2. A British airman examines the propeller from a destroyed German Me 323D Transport aircraft. A wing from the aircraft is in the background. He is joined by other British airmen. Together they walk to the wreck and examine the cockpit area. View of the airfield through skeleton of another destroyed German airplane. A Douglas A-20 Havoc aircraft and a B-17 Bomber are parked in the background.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Navy Vice Admiral George Emery arrives at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. Views of officers arriving at the airport. U.S. Army General Walter Bedell Smith speaking to other officers. A sign board on a building in the background reads 'Allied Air Terminal, Luqa'. Several army personnel in front of the building. An army general salutes and disembarks from an aircraft. He walks with another officer. A photographer taking pictures. The officers talking on the airfield. Several officers in the background.
An airborne life boat experiment in the United States. Airmen wheeling a life boat to the under side of a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on an airfield. Fumes rising from a boat at sea during an experiment. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, with the life boat underside the fuselage, in flight over the sea. The bomber releases the life boat after spotting the boat in trouble. The life boat equipped with medicines and other emergency supplies is lowered by means of three parachutes attached to it. The life boat reaches the men waiting for rescue.
A contrast between East Berlin and West Berlin in Germany. The "Berlin wall" which separates East and West Germany with a wire fence on its top built by the Soviets. Workers in East Berlin constructing the wall. The streets of West Berlin and several dilapidated buildings in East Berlin, still not repaired following bombing during World War II, showing the contrast. Bernd Luenser who was shot down as he reached West Berlin after swimming across a canal from East Berlin. His body is hauled out by the West German guards. Wreaths laid in memoriam for Germans killed trying to escape to West Berlin. U.S. Air Force C-54 aircraft taking off from an airfield, connecting East and West Berlin. Bricked windows sealed over completely on buildings along the Berlin Wall. Khrushchev speaking at the UN, standing and waving his finger emphatically as he speaks.
U.S. 1st Aviation Brigade in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sling load of ammunition is picked up by a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter from an airfield. The helicopter in flight over a water body. A wooded region on one side of the water body. Aerial view of several buildings and fields. The helicopter in flight over fields. A 1st Aviation Brigade soldier in a field. The ammunition load is lowered and is unhooked on the field. The helicopter in flight above the clouds over the fields. The path of a water body as seen through the window of the helicopter. The helicopter lowers on the ground. A few soldiers and the hooked sling of ammunition load on the helicopter in view.
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