Apollo 204 review board at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Apollo 1 service module placed on a vehicle moves along road at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is escorted by a pair of leading police cars with blue lights flashing. A crane and others cars follow. Men stand on the road. John F Kennedy Space Center written on a sign at the side of the road. The vehicle carrying the module moves inside a huge building. Sliding doors close behind it.
Recon Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Test Unit 1 demonstrate free fall parachuting. A sign identifies the Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. (Narrator refers to the marines as para-scouts of the 1st Marine Division.) The marines, wearing back and chest parachute packs, board a U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft with tail code "RZ" and number 136777. It taxis on the ramp and is next seen taking off from the runway. Two helicopters are parked on the airfield ramp. Next, viewed from the aircraft, a marine is seen in free fall. Soon he appears as only a speck , approaching the ground. Next, he is seen, from the ground, as his chute finally opens, and he lands, and begins to spill air from his billowing chute on the ground.
Navy training film segment focusing on how to secure parked jet aircraft against wind and weather aboard an aircraft carrier. Blue shirts illustrate how to secure nose tie downs; install duct covers; and otherwise prepare McDonnell F2H Banshee aircraft against wind and weather. View of Jet engine rotors broken after exposure to salt water.
Side entrance to the White House, in Washington, DC. Flag on roof at half mast. Members of the White House press corps gather and President Richard M Nixon addresses them regarding the death of J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI. He speaks about Hoover's greatness and gives a tribute to him. He leaves the podium. Scenes reflecting activities of the FBI during Hoover's time in office are shown, including: lowering of flag to half mast at Department of Justice building; construction of the F.B.I. building; J. Edgar Hoover's house, with doormats carrying initials "JEH."; clips of FBI agents apprehending gangsters; FBI agents firing pistols at a training range, and Hoover at work in the Bureau.
President Ronald Reagan giving a speech at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries on the platform. The flags on the platform. President comes at the podium to give a speech in front of the crowd. The crowd applauds. He speaks that 24 years ago President John F Kennedy visited Berlin. He talks about the courage and determination of the people in Germany to get freedom and about the removal of the Berlin wall. Trees, streetlights, and buildings in the background. Graffiti on wall in the background. Armed guards stand near the wall. He talks about the greatness of the Brandenburg Gate. Cars move on the street in the background and people stand.
A U.S. soldier in the cockpit of a helicopter. U.S. Soldiers on tank move in the desert and fire artillery. Battleships at sea. Barricades on the desert and a U.S. soldier watches through binoculars, hiding behind the barricades. Vehicles in the desert. Airplanes on an air base take off, including an F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter. Airplanes in flight over the desert.
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