View of airfield at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington D.C. where dignitaries are arriving to pay last respects to the Kennedy family after the assassination of President Kennedy. Governor Reed of Maine is seen leaving the air base in a car. Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi arrives in C-47 aircraft at the air base. President Johnson is seen entering his Vice President's office.
The old Executive Office Building (Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street, NW Washington, D.C., United States) and other notable buildings in Washington DC, United States as cars pass by these buildings. The Romanesque house at 1623 16th Street NW belonging to socialite Gladys Hinckley Werlich. The Washington Channel with boats.
Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges meets American soldiers at United States Army camp in Torgau,Germany. Lieutenant General Hodges meets Russian General Jardov and speaks to him through an interpreter, United States Army Captain Nicholas D. Ruoziak. Lieutenant General Hodges arrives in a military jeep at a river bank where he meets General Jardov and General Bakanov and speaks to them through an interpreter. Lieutenant General Hodges greets General Bakanov and crosses a Russian built bridge over river Elbe. (World War II period).
Mechanics repair damaged Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers during World War II. United States Air Force bombers flying in formation. Closer view of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with its damaged engine, wing and nose. A mobile workshop trailer truck carrying United States air corps mechanics arrives beside a damaged B-17 aircraft at an airfield in England. A cartoon with words “Which way’d he go Sheriff?” and “Air Corps- U.S.” designed on mobile workshop trailer truck. Mechanics lift the plane by inflating balloon jacks and work on the damaged aircraft. Groups of mechanics repair engines of damaged bombers. Another B-17 Flying Fortress makes a belly landing without landing gear and skids to a stop. Pilot and co-pilot crawl out of the plane.
A film titled 'Invents model marine diver' shows a man with miniature model scuba diver with diving suit and air supplying apparatus for use in tank tests and demonstration in Washington D.C. Developed by Chief gunner's mate G.F. Boone at Navy yard. Two men put the diver attached with strings in water and pull it out in a while.
Aboard the carrier Coral Sea, United States Navy fighter Sky Ray undergoes take off and landing tests in United States. Sky Ray also known as Douglas F4D takes off and lands back after a short flight.
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