Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.
Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The exhibition of the program is inaugurated in Mexico City. Aerial view of the historical monuments in Mexico city. Aerial view of the Opera House, Torre Latinoamericana, Angel of Independence and other landmarks in the City. Traffic on streets. People crowd outside the exhibition hall. A poster of U.S. President John F. Kennedy at the entrance. President of Mexico Adolfo Lopez Mateos inaugurates the exhibition. Other dignitaries stand in the background. People stand in front of the Kennedy's poster. 'USA' hanged in between two poles. The dignitaries standing in front of the poster. A flag of Mexico flutters in the breeze. People inside the exhibition hall. A sign reads 'Alliance for Progress'. The poster of the President of Mexico Adolfo Lopez Mateos, U.S. President and other people the visitors look at the posters that are exhibited. The visitors looking at the posters. A model of an aircraft. Two women explaining to the visitors. A sign reads 'Visit United States'. People look at the U.S. from a screen. Two women distribute pamphlets. They promote tourism. A dignitary inaugurates the tourism department. People crowd outside the U.S. tourism department. A dignitary looks into a paper and speaks. A wall map in the background. The dignitary speaking and people listen to him. Posters on a revolving structure depicting the places that can be visited in the United Sates. Mexico President with other dignitaries look at the exhibition. The visitors visitors in the hall look at several things displayed.
A Bell Aerosystems Rocket belt is flown by pilot Bob Courter in Mexico as a demonstration for the Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The jet pack demonstration takes place in Mexico City. The clip begins with a shot of a man holding balloons as he walks off. People and a helicopter in the foreground. Two technicians wearing Bell Aerosystems uniforms help pilot Bob Courter adjust the Bell Rocketbelt before he takes off in front of the assembled crowd, and flies over a field for the gathered crowd while wearing the jetpack.
Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The exhibition of the program is inaugurated in Mexico City. Progress in medical sector. Two women stand on a platform. A woman with her child. A woman shows the functioning of a medical instrument. The medical instruments being displayed in the exhibition. A woman speaks into a microphone. A display of a glass structure for fourth patient. A woman gets in the structure for demonstration. The visitors look at the demonstration of the working by the woman.
Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The exhibition of the program is inaugurated in Mexico City. Progress in technology. A woman speaks into a microphone. The onlookers listen to her. Several machines being displayed in the background. A printing machine. The visitors look at the working of the machine. A recorder. The woman speaks into the microphone. A small television. A woman presses the buttons. A woman shows the functioning of a remote control drawer. An old woman looks on. The woman opens the drawer with remote control. The visitors look at the functioning of the drawer.
Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The exhibition of the program is inaugurated in Mexico City. Progress in technology. A man draws a sketch of Ford Motor cars. The sketch of different models of Ford cars on a board. The man explains the features of the new Ford car with the help of a model. The visitors listen to him as he explains. A close of the model. The visitors look at the model. A 1956 General Motors Firebird II. A car of General Motors being exhibited. Young children look at the car. A car of Chrysler Corporation on display. A man explains the capacity of the engines and mountings in the car. The visitors listen to him. A model of a car on display. A workshop. A man speaks into a microphone. Visitor stand near the workshop. A car with an open bonnet of a car.