Two elephant statues seen in foreground. A new chapel under construction appears in the background at Udorn Thai Air Force Base. Thai workers climb up carrying sheets of lumber to build a roof. View of undeveloped barracks behind board of 556 CES Red Horse. The board states that this task is accomplished by Red Horse unit. Distant view of barracks from outside the air base.
View of corrugated steel revetments set up for explosives. A new Military Affiliate Radio System Station (MARS) with Centralized Command and Control Center is shown. U.S. air force officer getting into jeep and backing out.
Josef Goebbels, German Propaganda Minister, seated at desk. In the name of the Government, Goebbels wishes the German people a successful New Year in their work and for their Nation.
General Bernard Law Montgomery with British and American correspondents in Normandy. General Montgomery discusses news on World War II with correspondents. One man in the group wears a French officer's cap. Two U.S. 9th Air Force soldiers ride horses bareback on highway. U.S. military Jeeps can be seen passing.
President John Kennedy presents Space Agency's Distinguished Service Medal to Major Gordon Cooper at White House. View of crowd clapping. Major Cooper parades to Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol with many cars following. Crowd cheering on sideways. Major Cooper addresses a Joint Session of Congress and receives a two-minute standing ovation. Major Cooper in New York City for his reception. Lower Broadway is re-named Mercury Way for his reception. Huge crowd around 4,500,000 people line up the streets to see Major Cooper passing and throwing tickertapes and paper on his arrival. After a reception at City Hall, Major Cooper receives the City's Medal of Honor.
Pole Vaulting at a Championship. View of Pole Vaulters running and jumping during pole vault. Crowd cheering. American athlete John Pennel makes a new record for 16 feet and 8 ¾. Photographers taking pictures. Close view of John Pennel talking after the jump.
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