CU of small shrine honoring St. George (Jorge). Statue of St. George, on white horse and holding sword; open cabinet doors.
Diorama of project for a beautiful beach area developed by the Subcommittee of Land and Water, Commission of Defense. Room with two easels with drawings; mostly empty table with some papers, clipboards, and a calculator.
VS of demonstrators in vicinity of Vatican Embassy, where General Manuel Noriega took refuge before his surrender; adult male soldiers stand guard, one soldier taking photographers. Night; two adult men are heard talking, but nothing can be seen.
USMC munitions handlers upload bombs and Sidewinder missiles onto USMC AV-8Bs parked and taking off at King Abdul Aziz Naval Base. 06:34: USMC OV-10A taking off. 07:15: Marines upload LAV-100 rocket launcher and sidewinder onto USMC OV-10A. 19-17: US Army OH-58D in flight. 53-51: USAF C-130E Hercules lands on dirt runway.
Desert Storm: destruction along the "Highway of Death"
Desert Storm: Battle of Al Mutla Pass
Covers US-Saudi medical evacuation (MediVac) activities with narration by Major Jennifer Kirby. Shots of Saudi C-130 MediVac plane parked, interior, in flight, and loading patients sitting in litters.
Shots of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and 315th Special Forces Group moving across desert in tanks, trucks and jeeps.
Insignia and edited clip about the Defense Courier Service.
363rd Tactical Fighter Wing personnel upload bombs onto F-16 fighter jets as part of a loadout exercise.
Video clip covers set-up and operation of the 47th Field Hospital in Bahrain; includes interview.
AVs of KC-135 air tanker refueling RF-4C aircraft of the 117th Tactical Fighter Wing; tanker POV.
C-130E Hercules air transports in flight over oil fires, deserts, roads, military units and shoreline of Kuwait.
Interview with Colonel Dave Cormack, commander of the 1703rd Air Replenishment Wing, at King Kalid International Airport, Saudi Arabia. He discusses the refueling mission.
Forklift tows a communications module on flight line, with loadmasters pushing module to C-130 air transport and winching it on board.
Desert Shield: tank exercises
Aerial views of C-21A in flight over desert.
Wreckage of US Marine barracks and headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, one week after the terrorist bomb attack on 23 October 1983. Shows cleanup work in progress. 02:56: Ruins of 24th Marine Amphibious Unit building, with bulldozer clearing debris in foreground.
Marines stack sandbags on pallet. 06:37: Marines string barbed wire around a fortification. 07:10: More stacking of sandbags. 12:35: Sandbagged shower stalls. 12:59: Sandbagged position atop building.
Shots taken during ceremony for US Marine Corps birthday anniversary. Officers shake hands, then color guard marches past troop formation in foreground.
Guards at Gate #1, checking IDs of Marines. 11:49: Marines stand guard at gate on the airport road. 13:17: Vehicles passing through gate. 14:13: Marines on guard at gate.
Marines wash down jeep and trailer.
Photographer snaps pictures of plastic flowers placed in front of devastated Marine headquarters building. 17:46: LS and MS of flowers in front of ruins.
TAPE 1 Savannah sparrow preening and chirping