Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
Crew of United States Air Force B-52D Stratofortress aircraft load and handle bombs on the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. Airmen roll M117 General Purpose bombs with modified tail fins to end of trailer for pickup. Airmen connect arming wires to nose fuses. Bomb loader moves bombs from trailer to preload bomb rack. The loaded bomb rack.
Crew of United States Air Force B-52D Stratofortress aircraft load and handle bombs on the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. Bomb loader transfers M117 General Purpose bombs with modified tail fins from trailer to preload bomb rack. Airmen mount bombs on preload bomb rack. Airman loads bomb rack.
Crew of United States Air Force B-52D Stratofortress aircraft load and handle bombs on the U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Thailand. Airman loads M117 General Purpose bombs in rack. Airmen connect arming wires to nose fuses. Bomb loader moves bombs from trailer to preload bomb rack. Bombs in the bomb rack
A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)
The 13th Academy Awards for motion picture movies at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. American Hollywood film producer Walter Wanger welcomes United States President Franklin D Roosevelt for his six minute direct radio address to the attendees from the White House.
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