Salvage operations off the coast of Palomares, Spain by the United States after 1966 Palomares B-52 crash incident. Divers on a small rubber boat which is alongside a U.S. LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) secured to starboard side. Chief McClenny puts on his diving suit. Chief McClenny is assisted by Lieutenant Claypool. Underwater camera on the seat of the boat. The Chief regulates a valve of a scuba tank and adjusts straps. He fits tanks on his back. U.S. flag flies from a boat in the background. The Chief makes a backward dive into water from the boat. Underwater camera is handed to him by a man in the boat. Underwater diver's head bobbing on the surface of water.
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson gives a speech in Washington D.C., United States. Johnson stands at microphone. Trees in the background. Johnson speaks on the Korean War situation very early in the war. He talks about the development of a force in South Korea to ensure the security of the country in the face of attack from North Korea and from possible other countries assisting North Korea.
Retired 5-star General, Dwight David Eisenhower (now President of Columbia University in New York) enters the office of the U.S. Secretary of War, James V. Forrestal, in the Pentagon. The two men shake hands and begin conversing. (Note: The War department was renamed the Department of Defense when President Truman signed the National Security Bill on August 10, 1949.)
U.S. submarine underway in the Pacific Ocean. A rock island in the foreground. Sailors loading 5 inches gun. Gun crew lined up on the deck of the submarine. Man on the bow of submarine trying to retrieve an object floating in water. Man securing the object with a long pole from bow of the boat. Men loading and firing 5 inches gun. Puffs of smoke from the top of the island. Firing at the island. Men aboard the submarine viewing the action with glasses. (World War II period).
The USS Argonaut (SS-166) returning to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after the famous Makin Raid in World War 2. Aboard are marines from the Second Raider Battalion (Carlson's Raiders). A military honor guard, on the pier, presents arms in salute. View of the Argonaut being pulled in by lines to the pier. Sailors and Marine Raiders stand on the deck. U.S. Navy ensign flies at the bow. Sailors watch from the deck of the USS Nautilus (SS-168) in the background. It has also just returned from the Makin Raid and is already tied up, on the opposite side of the dock. Sailors on the Argonaut, and on the pier, secure the lines and set up a gangway to the boat. A Naval officer comes aboard. Next, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and staff officers, are seen walking away from the Argonaut, after having formally greeted members of the crew and the Marine Raiders. Many sailors mingle on the pier. Marines of the 2nd Raider Battalion begin to walk away from the Argonaut, past the honor guard. View from a height, of honor guard in large formation, saluting. A truck drives onto the pier, as Pearl Harbor Navy personnel gather around the returning Marine Raiders as they leave the boat and pier.
Ski troops of the U.S. Army 86th Regiment, 10th Mountain Division advance in the snow in Italy during World War II. The patrol's mission is to secure information in the German held sector. A few men ski around a turn in the woods and down slope. A skier comes down slope.
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