U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson visits Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (Korat RTAFB) in Thailand. President Johnson pins a DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross ) on Lieutenant George H. McKinney Jr.. He shakes hand with United States air Force (USAF) personnel. General William Wallace Momyer thanks the President for his visit and makes an announcement for his speech. The Presidential Seal on a lectern. President Johnson addresses US Air Force personnel from a podium, regarding their efforts in the Vietnam War. He expresses great respect, admiration and affection for air force personnel for their service in the task assigned to them to bring peace in Asia. He thanks them for their role in the air power effort that is effective against North Vietnamese guerilla warfare tactics.
A football match between the Notre Dame Irish and the Purdue Boilermakers in South Bend, Indiana. The stadium on game day. Students stand and form the word 'Irish'. Spectators watch a game and cheer the players. The game in progress. The numbers on the field indicate the number of yards to the nearest end zone. Terry Hanratty and Jim Seymour team up in a great passing combination for three touchdowns. The Irish of Notre Dame score 26 and the Purdue Boilermakers score 14. The Irish win the game.
Clip opens with view of some of the 40,000+ fans who crowded Yankee Stadium in New York for "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" on July 4, 1939. The Yankees played two baseball games against the Washington Senators that day. Distant footage from left field shows Senators retiring Yankees and running off the field. Yankees run onto the field. In game two, Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon hits a long single that drives in three Yankee runs. Gehrig seen taking framed petition headlined "Don't Quit." Flag reading "1927 Champions" raised on flagpole. Members of that great Yankee team, including Babe Ruth (in white suit) and current Yankee coach Earle Combs (in Yankee uniform) walk up to home plate for the ceremony. Players, executives, dignitaries, photographers gathered at home plate. Gehrig listens to speech, head down. (The only sound bite in this clip is heard here as the announcer says: "In a case like yours, all league and glove lines are obliterated..." ) Next, in footage from game two, Yankees get hits off Washington pitcher Alex Carrasquel. Fans stand up to watch the action. Senators won the first game 3-2; Yankees took the second game, 11-1. (Note: Gehrig, the fabled "Iron Horse" of the Yankees, had to retire that year because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka ALS, often called "Lou Gehrig's disease," which would kill him within two years.)
Aerial views from overflying aircraft, of Lighthouses and coast guard stations in the United States. Those seen are: Light Desert Rock lighthouse, followed by Lighthouses: Petit Manan, Nash Island, Avery Rock, Prospect Harbor, Egg Rock, Baker Island, Great Luck Island; Bass Harbor Head, Bear Island, Saddleback Ledge, Browns Head, Herons Neck, Isle of Shoals, Boone Island, Halfway Rock, Portland Breakwater, Pam Island Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, and wood Island. The Coast Guard Stations seen are: Straitsmouth, Gloucester, Cranberry Island, Salem Air Station Isle of Shoals, Cape Elizabeth, and Biddeford Pool.
Unemployed men get work with the inauguration of the new auto project of Ford Company in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Great Depression. Sweeping aerial view of the Ford River Rouge Complex. Henry Ford seen riding his Ford Quadricycle invention on snow covered ground. Workers work in a Ford automobile plant factory and assembly line putting finishing touches on new 8 cylinder sedan. Henry Ford himself inspecting the first one of the new cars during its assembly. A test car of the new 1933 Ford car drives on rutted and rough terrain to show durability and handling.
Films of the Newark New Jersey Fire Department responding to fire alarms. Two segments are seen.The first shows a Hook and Ladder truck coming out of the firehouse of Hook and Ladder Company Number 1. It is followed by a pumper from the Engine Company and another truck full of firemen. They are all led by Chief Kiersted with his driver in a four-wheel open two-seater horse-drawn Victoria carriage. After a pause, the second segment shows rear of a passing Hook and ladder and then a succession of other firefighting vehicles, including another Hook and Ladder, 3 smoking pumpers, and several trucks filled with firemen. There is light snow visible on the ground in this segment. Spectators watch with great interest from the sidewalk. (Edison Company, 1896)