Delegates to the Republican National Convention are seen walking along the sidewalk, on their way to the Coliseum in Chicago. They carry small American flags. Some carry valises. Closeup of Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding (future President) who would give the keynote address at the convention. He doffs his hat and speaks toward the camera. Other key Republican figures are also seen. Rainy street scene outside the coliseum, where taxis are lined up and many delegates are walking along the sidewalk carrying umbrellas. Signs mark "entrance F" and "Press" entrance. Crowds of people carrying umbrellas form two wide columns on opposite sides of a rain wet street, each column walking in opposite direction from the other. One group includes many women in dark raincoats with white dresses showing below them. A live baby elephant (Republican mascot) stands in the street, covered with a blanket displaying the word "Votes."
Camera pans assortment of different French hand grenades lined up in a row. (one falls over.) Scene shifts to a man inserting percussion fuses into F1 grenades. Next sequence shows World War 1 French soldiers behind sand bag barriers as they practice the technique for throwing hand grenades. (World War 1. WWI. WW1)
French Men in Sedan, France stand near shops and businesses near the Meuse River. People stand on the street. Other people walk along the street. Buildings along the streets of Sedan, France. The statue of Turenne in Sedan town square. The main town hall building with letters "R F" on it. Smiling French troops walk by quickly as they return following the World War 1 armistice.
A wheel cart on a farm in Germany. A child and a man adjust the wheel. Harvesting of wheat in the farm by farmers. Men work in the farm to harvest the grain. Views of traditional farm hand tools like scythes and industrial farm machinery used to plant and harvest on farms. A house in the farm. Men load grain with pitchforks. A threshing machine in operation. Rapid montage scenes of various transportation machines made with steel in operation, including biplane aircraft, ships at sea, closeup of tire of car running at speed, and frame and tires of bicycles being pedaled, and of Formula 1 (F1) automobiles in a race car competition, railroad trains in a city cross paths on tracks of different heights, close up view of car tire running at high speed, a train races by, a car on a city street. Clip ends with scene of traditional blacksmith worker wearing heavy apron and pounding steel with hammer.
Funeral services for Astronauts Lt Col Virgil I Grissom and Lt Roger B Chaffee at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Officers holding flag over Astronaut Grissom's casket during eulogy. Three F-101's flying over the cemetery with missing slot. American flag folded over the casket. President Johnson giving condolences to Mrs Grissom and Mr and Mrs Dennis Grissom. President departing in limousine. Mrs Grissom and her two sons being escorted to car.
Burial of Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom, United States Air Force, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Funeral attendees stand behind roped off area. Officer stands holding flag over the casket. Flag folding ceremony takes place. Fly over of three F-101's with missing slot. Family of the astronaut sits on the chairs. The casket lowered into the grave. A man stands at head of a grave with head bowed.
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