A 1941 Chrysler Plymouth car arrives at curb and former U.S. soldier opens door for his British wife and their child. They go up steps to his home, where his mother warmly greets her new daughter-in-law and baby. View inside home where the couple and baby sit with mother-in-law and family dog. The couple play with their baby boy, and they kiss.
Coast Guard flying officers, in dress blues, pose in front of a Douglas RD "Dolphin" amphibian aircraft, near hangar number 7, at Floyd Bennett Airfield in New York, United States.
General Charles De Gaulle and General Henri Giraud, escorted by Cadet Officers, review formation of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Men,women and children observe the proceedings from a lawn and applaud. General de Gaulle and his party emerge from a building and are escorted to the L'Ecole Polytechnique Monument, presented to the cadets of USMA by cadets of that French school, in 1919. General de Gaulle places a memorial wreath at the base of the monument. General de Gaulle and all other officers salute.
Jet airliner American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Pumpkin Patch Channel of Jamaica Bay in New York soon after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), bound for Los Angeles. Rescuers and the police inspect the area. The ruins of the crashed Boeing 707-123B on a marshy area and in the Bay. Skin divers board boats to head out and search for bodies. Some bodies of victims are carried away on stretchers.
U-Thant unanimously elected for his next term as Secretary General of the United Nations. A meeting session of the United Nations General Assembly at its headquarters in New York, United States. U Thant unanimously reappointed to Secretary General's position, despite his unwillingness. U Thant walks to the Secretary General's chair after his elections and delivers his speech.
U.S. Army Major General Hugh A Drum reviews cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Cadets assemble for their first review of the season. They march on a path and on the inspection grounds. Major General Drum stands with other officers. He gives them the 'once over' as they march by in formation. The cadets in ranks.
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