Opening scene shows a C-130 aircraft on final approach, and about to land on an airfield, at dusk. Next, a MAC Lockheed C-141 Starlifter aircraft is seen flying over a body of water. Its tail number is 63-8075. (Nicknamed "Petunia Pig," it was flown in accelerated operations beginning in 1964, and eventually logging about 15 hours a day in regular service, to provide the Air Force advance information about the operational capabilities of this type aircraft.) The next airplane shown is a MAC Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, about to land. Its unique 28-wheel landing gear is clearly visible as it approaches and touches down. Scene shifts to the MAC Command and Control Center, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, where Air Force controllers are monitoring MAC worldwide operations. The wall in the background is covered by a map of the world showing numerous MAC air routes. A civilian narrator speaks about the Military Airlift Command. Camera pans over the Command Center wall map, showing North and South America and associated MAC routes and then across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa. Bucolic scenes of farmland and fields in the vicinity of Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Next, three large jet transport aircraft are seen on an airfield ramp. Suddenly, one explodes and is destroyed in fire and smoke. Rescuers carry and injured person on a stretcher. Another scene shows a bus and cars consumed in flames.
Traffic at the Place de la Concorde. People of Paris buy the local newspaper. Headline of the Internation Herald Tribune refers to the first day of the Peace Talks. it reads, "Hanoi and U.S. Negotiators in Paris; Start of Peace Talks Set for Today." The picture shows Averell Harriman and Sargent Shriver along with a 3rd U.S. delegation member (Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. ?) Microphones on a table and other arrangements in the Centre De Conferences Internationales. Dignitaries enter the conference hall. Civilians and the press await the arrival of dignitaries oustside. The Vietnamese and the U.S. dignitaries arrive at the venue. Door closed as the Peace Talks begin. High view from a building patio of Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Vice President elect Harry S Truman and Vice President Henry A Wallace welcome President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) to Washington DC. They escort him to the White House. People cheer and wave. Victory Emblem is formed by motorcycles. Civilians and other soldiers watch. The American flag. On Armistice Day, President Roosevelt lays a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of World War I at Arlington Cemetery. Soldiers salute.
Crowds watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with many big helium-inflated balloon floats in New York City. A panda balloon float passes by. A pilgrim balloon float besides a Camel billboard. View of crowd and parade floats in Times Square. Young girls wearing frilly dresses waving from an eagle shaped float. Girls watching the parade. Animated lion with his master in a boat. People in costume dance and a big ice cream shaped float goes by. Other floats include a Pilgrim, a baseball player (modified Bobo the Hobo), a Panda bear, and a candy cane. People watch the parade and cheer. Santa Claus wave from a decorative float.
United States bomber aircraft during first day light raid on Berlin during World War II. Bombers leave condensation trails in the sky while flying in formation toward Berlin. Views of American soldiers in aircraft. Aircraft drop bombs. Smoke arises due to explosion. B-17 aircraft in flight. Return of damaged B-17 bomber. American soldiers stand on and around a B-17 bomber after the bombing run.
The 48th International Flower Show in New York. People lining up outside New York's Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States). Varieties of flowers are on display during the exhibit. Women view a waterfall inside the exhibit. A woman dressed as a bride holds white flowers. A little girl approaches the woman. Women posing near flowers. Old women buying flowers. Men buying flowerpots. A man shops for flowers. Young children dressed in Korean, Filipino, Indian and Bolivian traditional attires. A Filipino boy wearing a Salakot and Barong Tagalog smiling. A sign reads 'Friendship Garden'. A hand places packs of tomato seeds on display. Two Korean children look at seed pack donations. Sign reads “Seed Assortment 15 packets of vegetable seeds…”. The John F Kennedy Memorial Rose ( a hybrid White and White blend rose by Eugene S. "Gene" Boerner) was shown for the first time to public. The theme this year is 'Patios.... Natures Living Room'.
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