British fliers land in Melbourne, Australia. The British airmen CWA Scott and Tom Campbell Black land in Australia while flying in a race from England to Australia. Airplane lands on an airfield. People gather in a large number to greet them.
United States President Lyndon B Johnson's visit to Australia during official visit to Asia to attend the SEATO Manila Summit Conference. United States Air Force One presidential aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) lands on runway in Australia. Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt welcomes President Johnson and Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson in Melbourne, Australia. Close up of musician blowing an instrument. Honor Guard salutes and band plays. President Johnson waves at the cheering crowd. He places wreath over a grave. Australian soldier with a rifle in hand.
America's Olympic contenders return in Los Angeles, United States from the Olympic games at Melbourne. The America's Olympic team members climb down a ladder. American weightlifters Paul Anderson carrying Charles Vincci on his shoulders climbs down the ladder. A close up of American Oarsman John B. Kelly. Basketball player Bill Russell. A close up of Anderson waving. All the players including Anderson seated together. American athletes Glenn Davis and Greg Bell stand together. Olympic athletes Bob Richards, Charles Dumas and Tom Courtney stand together. Parry O' Brein meets his family members.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and wife, Lady Bird Johnson, in flight from New Zealand to Australia. Presidential plane Air Force One landing in Melbourne, Australia. President is greeted by crowd, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt and his wife, Zara Holt. Presidential car moving on streets. Views at a wreath laying ceremony. Australian Army troops and band lined up and crowd in background. President Lyndon B Johnson lays wreath on memorial. Australian citizens crowd sidewalks with signs of protest, and some signs of support for Johnson and American policy. Key theme is anti-war demonstrators with signs like "Nappies not napalm" and "Hands off Vietnam" A woman wears a tight white shirt with message "Make love not war." Other signs include "We want independent foreign policy"; "Go home Yankee warmonger" and support signs like "Johnson Keep up good work" and "Lithuanians back Johnson." Peace demonstrations in Brisbane. Australian flags flying in background. Procession of cars and cavalrymen passing through Queen Street and crowd cheering. Cruiser in Sydney Harbor. Views of boats sailing in the Harbor, view of Sydney Opera House from the water and tugboats near harbor bridge spraying water. President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson on a boat. Many yachts sailing and a group of young swimmers stand atop a buoy and wave to Johnson. (Vietnam War period).
B-17 flying fortress bomber taxiing on Royal Australian Air Force Base at Laverton, near Melbourne, Australia during World War 2. Several other B-17s are parked in the background. Armorer crews loading bombs aboard B-17s. American Army Air Forces crews boarding B-17s. Closeup of Brigadier General Ralph Royce, Chief of U.S. Air Operations in the South Pacific, as he looks out from copilot's window in a B-17. View out left window in cabin ofthe B-17, on takeoff roll. View of two left engines from pilot's window at low altitude. View of crew members in cabin of B-17. Change of scene to cockpit of B-17 named "The Swoose," in flight, being piloted by Lieutenant General George H. Brett, Commander of all Allied Air Forces in the South Pacific. Closeup of General Brett. Glimpse of navigator charting position at his station. The plane's pilot and aircraft commander, Major Frank Kurtz, is occupying the copilot position and converses with General Brett. Waist gunners preparing for battle in the aircraft. View out gunner's opening.
Army Air Forces records describe this as flight tests conducted at Wright Field on a Japanese Mitsubishi Type 0 MK2-SSF Hamp fighter plane, Army Air Forces (AAF) No. EB-201. (Recognized later, as a variant of the Zero, these Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 planes were renamed "Zeke 32.") Flight tests were made from January 9th to March 10th, 1944, to compare this aircraft with AAF fighters and to verify tests made in Australia by the Special Duties and Performance Flight of T.S.-7, Directorate of Technical Services, Melbourne. Test pilot in the cockpit with engine running. Closeup of pilot (possibly Captain Ralph C. Hoewing, who became first Commandant of the AAF Test Pilot School). He takes off from the airfield. and is seen in flight. Various aerial views of the Zero are seen including: flying overhead and from above as it flies over Ohio farmland. The pilot enters a shallow climb; and is seen from above and behind. He performs a slow descending roll. Finally, he buzzes the airfield at low altitude and high speed, and then brings the aircraft in for a smooth landing. (Note: This aircraft was rebuilt by the Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit in Hangar 7 at Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Australia, from the wrecks of five Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zeke's captured at Buna, New Guinea, during the war.) [ Ref. WWW. hangar7.org.au ]