A Swearing In Ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Inauguration Day, Washington DC. Vice President Agnew, First Lady and other dignitaries seated in inauguration stand. President Richard Nixon gives speech. He calls to be proud for being American. Vision for America and finishes speech. He shakes hands with Senator Cook as First Lady stands by him. Cardinal Terrence Cook gives closing remarks.
Returning Heroes Day, June 4, 1945, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during World War II. Officials and soldiers in a celebration arranged in honor of U.S. Army Air Force General Carl Andrew Spaatz, and U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley. The Generals on special guest seats with Pennsylvania Governor, Edward Martin and Philadelphia Mayor, Bernard Samuels. An Army Major General sits with them. Soldiers, in a park, fire artillery gun in salute. Civilians shower ticker tape and confetti from the top of a building. They raise American flags. Army guards line the parade route, standing at parade rest with rifles. Policemen on motorbikes escort motorcade.. The Generals sitting with Governor Martin in an open customized jeep. A military band on a road side plays music. The Generals salute them. Spectators stand at the road sides. They shower ticker tape and confetti on the motorcade of the Generals. As they pass a park, soldiers fire an artillery gun in salute. In the downtown commercial district, banners across the street advertise E bonds. A band plays on the sidewalk as the motorcade passes.
The 63rd Six Day Bike Race at Madison Square Garden in New York, United States. Cyclists ride bicycles along a track. Some of the cyclists fall during the race.
United States naval battleships, cruisers, destroyers, aircrafts and submarines engage in battle maneuvers on the occasion of Navy Day in United States. (World War II period).
National Day parade in Vietnam. A sign reads '197 Aviation armed helicopter company operations' Men with flags at the annual parade to commemorate the over throw of the Diem regime in Vietnam. A Military Police officer salutes in the foreground. United States Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge arrives and takes his place in the stand. Various high ranking Vietnamese offices salute the Ambassador as they stand in front of the stand with crowds in the background. Vietnamese Prime minister Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky get off a car and walks around the front and is almost run over as the car lurches forward. Balloons being released and head skywards.
National Day parade in Vietnam. Vietnamese officer in a jeep as he moves past the review stand during an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers carrying flags march past the stands. Officers review the parade in the background. Men and women of the Montagnard group march past the stands. Viet police, civil guards, rangers and Marines march past the stands. Vietnamese cavalry units, sailors march with a military police officer in the foreground. Flags as United States Navy CH-34 helicopters and 0-1 planes fly overhead. American soldiers of 173rd Brigade carrying the flags of United States march past the stands. American sailors, marines and airmen parade past. A military band marches at the parade. (Vietnam War period).
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