Hollywood actor Jimmy Stewart accepts an U.S. Air Force Association Award in Washington DC, United States. National Director of the Air Force Association General Carl A. Spaatz presents a citation of honor to Jimmy Stewart, star of the movie 'Glenn Miller Story', who accepts on behalf of Universal International Pictures.
Men from thirteen nations take part in an international naval review honoring the 350th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. Navy personnel on deck of ships at sea. A barrage balloon in the sky. British sailors on the deck of HMS Ark Royal. Bois Belleau carrier heads six-vessel French contingent with the flag cruiser De Grasse. Holland's battle cruiser, the Seven Provinces at sea. Italian sailors aboard San Marco. U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson and top Navy brass review the huge armada from the cruiser Canberra passing down the 14-mile row of warships. Carriers underway at sea.
Ship Mayflower II arrives in the United States having sailed from Plymouth, Devon, England. The British-built replica was built by shipwrights at Uphams Shipyard, Brixham, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Mayflower II underway at sea off Plymouth, Massachusetts. A U.S. Navy airship blimp floats over Mayflower II. A crowd at Plymouth Rock cheers the arrival of Mayflower II. Native American Indians cheer the ship's arrival. Captain Alan Villiers of Mayflower II arriving on shore at Plymouth Rock.
The U.S. Army introduces its newest air defense missile Hawk. Hawk missiles are launched from a launching carrier. Aircraft overhead being attacked by a missile. Hawk missiles launched from a carrier. The aircraft explodes after facing an attack and it comes down in flames.
Native American Indian representatives from the Northwest coastal tribes of Washington and British Columbia gather at the Lummi Indian Reservation near Bellingham, Washington for water canoe races. Indians arrive at the Lummi Indian Reservation to participate in the canoe race. Indians rowing a long canoe holding roughly 12 people (more like a crew racing shell).
Actor Jack Webb promotes U.S. Saving Bonds in the United State. Webb speaks about a true story that concerns arson. He speaks that a fire was started in an office building where $25,000 in savings bonds burned to ashes but the owner had a record of their serial numbers. He wrote to the Treasury Department and they sent duplicates. Webb says that the owner was saved from financial emergency and could start his business again. Webb speaks that people should buy bonds regularly.
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