Closeup of Pole Vaulter John Pennel the first man to pole vault over 17 feet (achieving a height of 17 feet ¾ inches, on August 24, 1963, at the Florida Gold Coast AAU meet in Coral Gables). Pennel pole vaults for the benefit of newsreel cameramen, shortly after setting the new record. He runs and plants his fiberglass pole, which bends in a wide arc, before he launches into the air and clears the bar. The vaulting sequence is repeated in slow motion. Pennel wears white shorts and shirt with the number 606 on his back.
Waiting crowd at Andrews Air Force Base, including newsmen and photographers. High-lift truck moving towards the rear door of VC-137C aircraft. Flag-draped casket bearing body of John Kennedy is carried and transferred into a Navy ambulance. Jacqueline Kennedy and Attorney General Robert Kennedy watching in background. Navy ambulance pulling away.
Views of lighted sign of “ANDREWS Air Force Base OPERATIONS Elev 279”. Crowd of journalists and media gathered at Andrews Air Force Base (11 FSS/FSFR 1191 Menoher Drive JB Andrews, MD, United States 20762) for the arrival of remains of United States President John F. Kennedy following his assassination. Cameramen, newsmen and NBC TV personnel covering the event at Andrews Air Force Base. Media personnel communicating with field telephones. A reporter reads from a paper. Honor Guard in front of the terminal. Some aircraft in background. Cameramen on top of mobile stairs. Newsmen working with microphones. Distant view of Andrews AFB Operations building.
Emile Berliner and his son Henry Berliner, and other people gather around the helicopter. Henry Berliner in Berliner helicopter taking off in short flights and re-landing. This is one of the first machines which fly forward after rising vertically. Several views of test flying of the Berliner helicopter.
United States Army Air Corps mechanics working on B-14 aircraft and changing engine. Aircraft is towed out of hangar. Pilot climbing in cockpit and aircraft taxiing. B-14 flying in sky.
Shows U.S. Army parachutists training on scaffold at Fort Benning in Georgia. Parachutists practice hanging and landing techniques while the high rank officers watch them. Parachutists boarding aircraft C-47. Aircraft taking off and practice jumps. Parachutists jumping, one after the other.
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