Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Various newsreel scenes: US and Japan sign Security Pact ; Crisis in the Congo (silent) ; Republic of Congo riots follow fete hailing freedom (silent) ; President
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