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.
The role and contribution of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in combat and war, especially during World War 2. Workers organize and prepare signal communication material and equipment for transportation. Men transfer the items including wooden cartons, cables, signaling units in trolleys. Workers load the material into trucks. Shuttle ships in docks. Signal communication supplies for U.S. and Allied troops in the European Theater loaded onto the ships. The shuttle ships make their way under security in heavy seas. A Nazi U-boat wolf pack in the water during the early stages of World War II. torpedoes launched and U.S. ships are attacked bu the German submarines, smoke due to the explosions. U.S. sailors on board and jumping from burning ships into water.German wolfpack submarine fleet in a harbor. German Kriegsmarine sailors lower German Neger torpedo-carrying craft (sometimes called Human Torpedo) into the water. A U.S. B-25 bomber aircraft in flight locates a German submarine. The radio operator gives the exact location and the submarine is attacked. View from within cockpit as bomb sight is fixed on German submarine target. View of bomb doors open and bombs away from B-25 aircraft. Explosion in water is seen and the submarine is hit. Dramatized scene from inside of submarine as it is rocked by explosion and fills with water.
The successful airborne crossing of the Rhine river by the 1st Allied Airborne troops during World War II. Aircraft lined up at an airfield in England, United Kingdom. British 6th Airborne Division gliders, British Halifax bomber aircraft and British Sterling bomber aircraft, together with U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 and C-46 aircraft take off from an airfield in the UK. British aircraft taking off and British soldiers waving as they pass by on the airfield. British 6th Airborne Division troops in the field. Airborne troops who will be parachuting to targets are briefed by officers as they stand in a group. Soldiers synchronize their watches. Soldiers put on equipment as they prepare to take off. Airborne troops fully loaded with gear ascend stairs to board propeller aircraft. Narrator points out visible tape placed over sharp corners and protrusions on the aircraft to ensure that no parachutes or equipment are caught and damaged. Soldiers entering through doorways of C-46 aircraft. Personnel at the control tower order aircraft to take off. Aircraft and gliders take off. An aircraft taxis for take off but partially loses control, hits some wheeled carts to the side of the runway, and finally comes to a rest off the runway without severe crash damage. Aerial views of aircraft in flight. Narrator notes that the forces flying from the British airfields are merging south of Brussels with similar Allied forces taking off from bases in France. Troops aboard an airborne aircraft. Allied paratrooper soldiers jump from both doors of C-36 aircraft and their parachutes are seen descending. View of pilot in a towing aircraft as he pulls back lever to cut his towed glider loose. A glider coming to rest in a field on landing. An allied aircraft falling to the ground in flames after being hit by German antiaircraft flak fire. Another allied aircraft is seen exploding upon crashing (with farm barn buildings in foreground partially blocking the view.) Troops in prone position beside gliders after landing, as they secure areas and regroup. Allied British and American Army soldiers enter a village and take German prisoners. Lines of Allied soldiers and equipment advancing near the Rhine.
Americans, Russians, officers of other countries and Arab chiefs seated during the military parade in Cairo, Egypt. President Gamel Abdel Nasser drives up amongst security to the stand. The United Arab Republic officer speaking. Parade begins with soldiers on motorcycle,cavalry and camels. Troops marching and double timing. Armored cars and trucks tow AA guns and artillery. Planes and helicopter fly overhead. Multiple rocket launchers on trucks and tanks drive past the stand.
President Dwight D Eisenhower at a press conference in Washington DC, United States. The President answers reporters' budget related questions. He also talks about the economy and taxes of United States. Subjects include budget for foreign aid and how that pairs with diplomacy and teaching respect for individual liberty and human rights. He also talked about desiring tax cuts for the next budget year, but that this desire had to be balanced against the costs involved in national security and programs at home such as disaster relief and other federal responsibilities.
U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery No. 1, near Orange Beach, Peleliu Island, Palau Islands, in World War 2 . Rows of graves marked by wooden crosses in white beach sand. Two 1st Division Marines secure the crosses. 'Connalay C.H. USA' written on one of the crosses. A Marine kneels by grave with rifle in hand. 'Unidentified' marked on another grave marker.
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