Washington Officials give entertainer Bob Hope a sendoff in Washington D.C. airport. Senate Majority Leader, Alben Barkley, arrives by car and greets Bob Hope's wife, Delores, with a kiss. Bob Hope clowns around with Senator Barkley, ostensibly drinking liquor from a hollow walking stick. Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, of Texas is seen in background and later up close. The Bob Hope party boards a U.S. Air Force C-121 (Constellation) airplane. Senator Barkley holds up an official (Congressional) document of some kind.The aircraft engines start and it taxis out.
An official exits out of U.S. Army Air Forces plane at an airport in Washington D.C. And being greeted by crowd and other officials. Various officials including U.S. army officer. An official descends down gangplank and shows a framed document. Officials board the plane.
Two officials walk up the steps of a building in Washington D.C., United States. Cameramen take pictures. A woman walks in front of U.S. Capitol building. Interiors show President Harry S. Truman and other officials as they confer. Newsmen take pictures.
President Lyndon B. Johnson's voting rights address to Congress in Washington D.C., United States. Very brief segment showing civil rights march and demonstration on a city street with demonstrators carrying placards. President Johnson speaks about progress made through democratic process in the nation. He further speaks about pressures on President of United States. He talks about guaranteeing the right to vote for African Americans. President Johnson describes the voting rights act and how it will work. Crowd applauds. President Johnson shakes hands with speakers and talks to them. President Johnson walks through a crowd.
From a film about U.S. troops including African American soldiers who battled courageously during World War II. U.S. troops and WACs (Women's Army Corps) including African American soldiers parade along a street. An African American pilot. U.S. Army Major-General Clarence H Kells decorates Sergeant Joe Louis (famous boxer) with the Legion of Merit medal at Fort Hamilton, New York, in 1945. U.S. soldiers perform different tasks. Closing slates include a slate saying the film is not to be shown to the general public, and a second slate stating "Seized Enemy Material...under License Number LM-185"
Opening segment of "Army Air Forces special film project 151" known as "Wings for This Man". African American airmen being trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama during World War II. Panoramic views of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Monument to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute. Construction of airstrip near Tuskegee Institute. Planes , barracks, and building after construction of airfield nearby. African American pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, board P-40 airplanes and take off during training flights. Various training classes cover topics such as navigation, engine basics, instruments and instrument flying. Trainee in a link trainer, and later in a BT-13 trainer airplane in flight (presumably under a hood). Trainees engage in calisthenics. BT-13 performs barrel roll. Aircraft seen in various scenes include: Lockheed P-38s; Vultee BT-13s; P-40s; and Stearman trainer. (Note: Narrator is Ronald Reagan)
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