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Wright airplane flies with first army personnel Lt. Frank Lahm over Fort Myer in Virginia, during an official exhibition.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright and U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Lahm in the cockpit of the aircraft prior to the take off. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. U.S. soldiers remove doors from a storage building. The soldiers prepare to remove the aircraft from the storage building. U.S. Secretary of War William Taft, U.S. Army Major General George Owen Squier, Lieutenant Lahm and Major Faltpsam stand near the hangar building as the aircraft is being removed from it. Men tow launching weight up into the top of a tower. The launching tower shows weights suspended. A soldier moves the Wright aircraft out to the launching platform. Lieutenant Lahm sitting at the controls. Orville Wright stands in the front talking to a mechanic while another officer stands on the right wing of the aircraft. The aircraft is launched. Spectators watch the flight. Orville Wright making adjustments in the aircraft engine prior to the first cross-country flight in America: from Fort Meyer to Alexandria. A person in the back pulls the propeller through. U.S. Army Lieutenant Benjamin Foulois sitting in the cockpit.

Date: 1909, July
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075725
President Johnson makes a dedication speech at a Hall of Heroes ceremony held at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson makes a speech during a Hall of Heroes ceremony at Pentagon in Virginia, United States. President Lyndon Johnson arrives in the inner court at the Pentagon. He is introduced by Secretary of Defense, Clark Clifford. He delivers a dedication speech during the ceremony. U.S. Navy and army officers lined up next to President Johnson as he delivers a speech. Newsmen record the event in the foreground. President Johnson speaking from a podium.

Date: 1968, May 14
Duration: 6 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075746
U.S. President Johnson presents a Medal of Honor to U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson presents the Medal of Honor to a U.S. soldier in Virginia, United States for his services in the Vietnam War. Four Medal of Honor winners stand on a platform in the inner court of the Pentagon with President Lyndon Johnson during a Hall of Heroes ceremony. U.S. Secretary of Army Stanley Resor reads a citation. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler stands in the background. President Johnson places a Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister and shakes hands with him. Newsmen in the foreground record the event.

Date: 1968, May 14
Duration: 3 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075747
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to a U.S. Navy sailor and a Marine at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to a U.S. Navy sailor and a U.S. Marine at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their service in the Vietnam War. U.S. Secretary of Navy Paul Ignatius reads a citation from a podium in the inner court of the Pentagon during a Hall of Heroes ceremony. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler stands in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman. Secretary Ignatius reads a citation. U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford and General Wheeler stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams.

Date: 1968, May 14
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075748
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald Young at the Pentagon in Virginia, U.S.

U.S. President Lyndon Johnson presents Medals of Honor to U.S. Army men at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States for their services in the Vietnam War. U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force Townsend Hoopes reads a citation at a microphones in the inner court of the Pentagon. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Wheeler and U.S. Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford stand in the background. President Johnson places the Medal of Honor around the neck of U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald O. Young. The President talks and poses for pictures with four men who won the Medal of Honor including U.S. Army Specialist 5 Charles Hagemeister, U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Richard Pittman, U.S. Navy Boatswain's Mate First Class James Williams and U.S. Air Force Captain Gerald Young. President Johnson and Secretary Clifford walk through the crowd and greet the families of men who won the Medal of Honor.

Date: 1968, May 14
Duration: 6 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075749
Jerry Friedheim attends a press conference and answers newsmen at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Jerry Friedheim at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. Interiors of a room at the Pentagon shows Jerry Friedheim reading from a folder. He answers questions of members of media. Newsmen seated in chairs. Members of the Student Intern Federation and guests at the conference.

Date: 1972, April 11
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075750