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Delegates of The Pan American Highway Commission visit North Carolina

The Pan American Highway Commission officials received by Cameron A. Morrison, Governor of North Carolina. Governor Morrison and the delegates pose for a photo on steps of a building. The commission visits the Highway Equipment Depot near Raleigh and inspects the machinery. They proceed towards University of North Carolina. Traffic signs and direction boards on road sides. University of North Carolina college students give a cheer and greet the group. The commission buses, cars, motorcycles and motorcycles with sidecars are seen traveling on highway roads in North Carolina. The commission members observe road machinery and try out the machines including early tractors, graders, scrapers, and plows, trench diggers, and steam shovels. Two delegate members ride in the bucket of a steam shovel. They halt at the newly completed Wilcox Bridge spanning the Yadkin River near Spencer, North Carolina. A view of the caravan on the open-spandrel (open support system) Wilcox Bridge over the Yadkin River and then in a North Carolina town. The group entering Bessemer city in North Carolina, where a welcome banner spans the roadway.

Date: 1924
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030547
An early plane model kept at the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The Wright Brothers National Memorial (1000 N Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948) at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. An early plane model kept at the visitor's center museum. A man tries to fly a kite outside the museum. A stone memorial of the Wright brothers on a hill near the museum.

Date: 1972, April 28
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036857
Memorial plaque of Wright brothers at Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The Wright Brothers National Memorial (1000 N Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948) at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A stone memorial of the Wright brothers on a hill near the museum. An early plane model kept at the visitor's center museum. Memorial plaque of the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur written with lines 'They Taught us to Fly'.

Date: 1972, April 28
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036858
Band performs and prize distribution at Wright Brothers Visitor Center during a ceremony in Kitty hawk, North Carolina.

Dedication ceremonies at the Wright Brothers Visitor Center honoring the fifty seventh anniversary of first powered flight in Kitty hawk, North Carolina. Assembly of people and dignitaries on the occasion. Girls of Elizabeth City High School Band dance in group at the ceremony. Guests and dignitaries on podium, spectators assembled at the ceremony. Dignitaries include R.H. Cooke, Mayor of Kill Devil Hill; Luther H. Hodges, Governor of North Carolina; Conrad L. Wirth, Director National Park Service; retired Major General Benjamin D. Foulois. Prize distribution ceremonies to children with special achievements.

Date: 1960, December 17
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036852
B-B rifle training for United States soldiers on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

B-B rifle training on a quick-hill course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Troops march through an entrance to the quick-hill course. The soldiers are briefed by an instructor. Students walk through the course and fire at a pop-up target. The soldiers set off booby traps (simulated). They put on protective helmets and face shields.

Date: 1969, December 15
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060239
Airmen pay homage to Wright brothers at Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

The Wright Brothers National Memorial (1000 N Croatan Hwy, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948) at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A stone memorial of the Wright brothers near the field where first flight of the Wright Flyer took off and landed. An officer of United States Air Force pays homage to the Wright brothers on their memorial. A stone in field marks the landing place of the first flight.

Date: 1972, April 28
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036859