Audio contains an announcement encouraging Americans to go to Washington DC to attend the Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Vehicles on city street. A vehicle with loudspeaker and signs promoting the event passes on the street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Pamphlets and posters about the march. People work. A woman and a child look at a poster about the coming Civil Rights march.
A device for generating pulses of intense light is placed on a table. Other equipment in the background. A small projection screen is placed in front of the equipment. It reflects the pulses of light generated by the electrical device.
Side entrance to the White House, in Washington, DC. Flag on roof at half mast. Members of the White House press corps gather and President Richard M Nixon addresses them regarding the death of J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI. He speaks about Hoover's greatness and gives a tribute to him. He leaves the podium. Scenes reflecting activities of the FBI during Hoover's time in office are shown, including: lowering of flag to half mast at Department of Justice building; construction of the F.B.I. building; J. Edgar Hoover's house, with doormats carrying initials "JEH."; clips of FBI agents apprehending gangsters; FBI agents firing pistols at a training range, and Hoover at work in the Bureau.
During World War 1, U.S. Army aviation cadets undergo aviation training and learn bombing techniques. Cadets fix bombs under the plane. Cadets sit in the cockpit and fly the biplane. Other cadets watch. Cadets drop bombs from the plane on a field. Smoke arises due to the bombarding. Other cadets board a plane. A machine gun mounted on the plane A cadet targets the machine gun and practices its use.
Trainees from U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps undergo training in World War 1. A JN-4 with pilot and rear gunner aboard, takes off on a dirt field. Another JN-4 airplane in flight near the plane. They participate in mock aerial dogfights. Aircrew trainees watch from porch of a building and point skyward as a JN-4 performs aerobatics, including several loops. A captain makes notes and looks at the airplane through binoculars.
Aerial views of hangars and training fields for U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps during World War I. DH-4 airplane in flight. Biplane lands at air field. Pilot emerges from plane after training exercise.
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