U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge reviews a parade in Alexandria, Virginia. Infantry units march in the parade. People on the side of the road to watch the parade. A band marches. Cavalry units march. President Coolidge and Virginia Governor Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. review the parade from the window of a building.
International exchange of CAP (Civil Air Patrol) cadets in Virginia, United States. Several foreign cadets stroll across the Alexandria airfield, also known as Hybla Valley Airport, in Fairfax County, Virginia. Two of them examine a low wing monoplane trainer with side-by-side dual controls. They open top cover of cockpit, climb aboard, and move the flight controls. An Air Force officer pulls prop through to start a Tailorcraft airplane. A pilot in cockpit of an airplane using cockpit control to prime engine. View of Italian CAP cadet uniform jacket with “ITALIA” insignia.
As a contrast to the early pioneering airplanes, passengers are seen seated inside cabin of a "modern" airplane (Douglas DC-4E). View of the DC-4E in flight. A view of Orville Wright. Wilbur Wright gesturing as he talks with officials in France about an aerial course to be flown. Wilbur Wright placing wheels under a Wright Flyer before it is moved across a muddy field in France. A team of men pull a rope raising a catapult weight in a tower. The weight falls, catapulting the Wright Flyer airplane into the air. Soldiers remove a Wright Flyer airplane from a storage building onto the parade grounds at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The airplane is seen in flight with Orville Wright alone, at the controls, On July 30, 1909, soldiers are seen moving a Wright Flyer from its shed for its final acceptance test. President William Howard Taft, U.S. Army Major George Owen Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles E. Saltzman and Wilbur Wright are among those standing with the President, as the Wright Flyer is moved toward the parade ground. Views of the monorail and weight and catapult used for launching an airplane. Men turn the two propellers on a Wright Flyer, as Wilbur Wright stands at the rear of the aircraft engine and makes an adjustment. . On September 9, 1908. U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lanham, seen in uniform, seated on a Wright Flyer, is joined by Orville Wright. Wilbur. They take off and set a new airborne endurance record, and Lt. Lanham becomes the first Military officer to fly in an airplane. On July 30th, as part of the final acceptance test, Orville Wright takes Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois on a cross country flight to Alexandria, Virginia, and back again. They are seen aboard the Wright Flyer, and then high in the air on their way to Alexandria.
Doctor James Smith, President of Louisiana State University arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Doctor James Smith brought from Canada to New Orleans where he is to serve jail time for embezzlement charges. Aircraft lands on the runway and Doctor James Smith and other people come out of it. Crowd gather around the airplane. View of various LSU buildings, a tower and scenes from the college campus of Louisiana State University in 1939.
International exchange of CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) cadets in Washington D.C., United States. United States Taylorcraft aircraft taxi along and take off from an airfield. The aircraft are carrying CAP committee members. They are followed by a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane with "V" tail. A number of light aircraft taxi and take off. Men work under the wing of an aircraft. It taxis. Building and cars in the background.
Football players of Louisiana State University train under Coach Bernie H. Moore in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They work hard to win the Southern Conference Title. The LSU football players undergo a training work-out. They stand in a line and fall straight one by one, then do a rocking push-ups exercise. The players do passing practice with a dodger. They push a cage of their mascot, Mike, a tiger.
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