Allied troops advance in France during World War I. Two generals talk to each other. Allied troops march with a U.S. flag. Soldiers stand at attention and salute. U.S. General John J. Pershing and another officer review troops. Night Combat: Allied soldiers fire artillery. Map of France. LInes of weary German soldiers marching in formation. Explosion rises. Soldiers fire from trenches. Smoke rises. Soldiers move into action. One soldier moves out from a fox hole. Tanks firing during battle. Dead soldier lying on ground..
Wiley Post on arrival at Floyd Bennett field in New York, after flying around the world in 8 days. People take dinner at dining table to celebrate the setting of a new record in aviation. Crowd stands around the aircraft after arrival. Motorcade of Wiley Post in New York City. People welcome him with ticker tape parade in New York. Mayor of New York city, John Patrick O'Brien presents him with Medal of Valor. Next segment covers pilot Colonel Roscoe Turner who sets a new record of 10 hours and 5 minutes flying coast to coast from New York to Los Angeles. His Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft is seen landing and Roscoe Turner smiles broadly for the camera. He won the Bendix Trophy. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Official opening of the Trans-Canada Highway in Canada. A large crowd gathers at Rogers Pass in British Columbia for the opening ceremony of the Trans-Canada Highway. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and other officials gathered for the ceremony. The highway is officially opened. Mountains in the background. Cars seen driving on the Trans-Canada Highway. View of the roadway, mountains and tunnels on the highway.
Tam O'Shanter Open is played at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in Chicago, Illinois. John Byron Nelson, Jr. an American PGA Tour golfer and other players play on golf course. Spectators watch the game. Byron Nelson wins and receives prize money of $10,000.
Robert Sargent Shriver is interviewed by Frank Reynolds in Washington. Television journalist Frank Reynolds interviews Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. , Director of the Peace Corps. A world map on a wall in the background. Sargent Shriver talks about enthusiasm of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy (JK) and U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson for the Peace Corps. Frank Reynolds questions whether the people of Vietnam can serve in the Peace Corps.
United States Air Force (USAF) Aerobic physical fitness programs and its benefits in the United States. An AF personnel reads manual for administering the programs. Commanders discuss for conducting physical fitness programs. Booklet of 'USAF Aerobics' is read. It instructs how to achieve high level of physical fitness. A man runs. 'Starter' table of physical exercise showing week schedule including time goal and points of week. USAF physical fitness programs are conducted. Personnel swim in swimming pool and do cycling. Aerobic personnel progress chart of John D. Jones is shown. Personnel run as training begins.
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