Gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. Foreign, civilian and military dignitaries at the gravesite. Army officer lights torch and hands it to Jacqueline Kennedy who lights the eternal flame. Robert Kennedy receives torch from Jacqueline Kennedy, lights the flame and then hands it to his brother Edward Kennedy. Jacqueline Kennedy and Robert Kennedy talking to Catholic Prelates who had taken part in the funeral service. Jacqueline Kennedy kisses the cheek of General Maxwell D Taylor, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. She leaves the grave site with Robert Kennedy. Jet fighters fly over the cemetery.
Bugler playing taps and saluting. Bugler sounding taps in front of Custis-Lee Mansion with American flag flying half-mast from flagpole. John Kennedy's grave covered with flowers. Eternal flame burning. Crowds walking past the grave. View of eternal flame burning.
Horse-drawn caisson with flag-draped casket bearing John Kennedy's body passing. Crowd lines sidewalks. Faces of people with expression of sorrow as they watch funeral procession.
Test flight of a Berliner helicopter by Henry Berliner. A hybrid airplane helicopter built by Emile Berliner and his son Henry Berliner is shown during a Washington DC test flight. It rises and move forward in short hops. The lighter weight design and high incidence large camber lower wing indicates it was likely built in 1924 or 1925 as one of the last Berliner models, following after a triplane version that was test flown in February 1924.
Test of an early helicopter ornithopter aircraft design in Chicago. A helicopter with five rotating blades that turn sideways in a fashion like a paddle boat. Engineer trying to fly a helicopter and is examining the controls from the tail of helicopter. It never leaves the ground.
De Bothezat helicopter with four rotors rotating at each end of its arms. The experimental quadrotor designed by George de Bothezat is seen in flight at McCook Field in Dayton Ohio. The helicopter rising just above the ground and moving from side to side but remaining just aloft, then descending while a man stands nearby.
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