Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) soldiers and officers march in New York for Memorial Day parade, together with veterans of World War 1 and other American conflicts. Elevated view of Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Riverside Park on Manhattan Island, decorated in patriotic bunting. Hudson River visible in background. View changes to parade route immediately beside the monument in Riverside Park. Marchers carry U.S. flags in hands. Ground level shot captures boots and lower legs only marching along. Veterans of World War 1, some missing limbs and using crutches, march in the parade. Also seen are National Guard units in uniform. Elderly veterans of the American Civil War are seen in the reviewing stands. An honor guard in German Army uniforms passes with three uniformed German soldiers carrying the French flag, American flag, and Imperial German War flag (Reichskriegsflagge or Empire War Flag, flown by some German nationalists in the 1920s and 1930s in protest of the Weimar Republic). American Civil War veterans seen marching together in the parade, arms linked.
Opening scene shows lake formed upriver of the Elephant Butte Dam on the Rio Grande River in New Mexico. Camera focuses on hilly islands in the lake. Views from upstream, of the dam, with water levels fairly low. A touring car drives on the roadway above the dam and passes a lone pedestrian walking across the dam. Next, swirling waters are seen in the river below the dam. Some form a whirlpool, of sorts. Others are seen simply flowing in rough waves. View of several dam-related buildings on high ground beside the river. The dam looms above them. Closeup of water surging from dam discharge. Brief view of a dam (unidentified) with water overflowing it.
Gran National Steeplechase horse race in Liverpool, England. A large number of spectators gather at the Aintree racecourse to watch the Grand National horse race. A horse falls on the ground while running along the track. Horses run on the track and cross over fences. Killmore wins the race.
Mercury control stations all over world. USAF Rose Knot at sea. At rose knot station: a man on machine, official communicates with Friendship 7. Men at work. People with camel carts outside the station at Canary Islands. At Kano station, people work on transmitting station. At Muchea station, officials talk on headphones, an official smokes cigar. Rotating Earth. Satellite dish. Men, operating control panel at station and talking on headset at Canton Island and Hawaii. Officials work on giant machine at Mexico. In California, men are ready to track John Glenn. In Texas, officials talk on headsets. Personnel operate station at Corpus Christi. In Cape Canaveral, two men control the space flight of Mercury. An official gets printout. Official transmits the information on transmitters Officials on giant machine to Mercury control.
Yachts in trails for America's cup races in Newport, Rhode Island. Men on a yacht named Columbia. A yacht named Weatherly underway. A flag of United States on the yacht. Men on Nerfertiti yacht. The trail race starts. The yacht underway. The yachts underway during the trail race.
Governor Connolly of Texas gives a news conference. U.S. Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson arrive by helicopter to visit the Ling-Temco-Vought manufacturing plant in Grand Prairie, Texas. Cars and officials on the tarmac. Men take pictures. The Vice President and Mrs. Johnson are taken by car to a large aircraft hangar facility where they are greeted by managers and workers. President Johnson shakes hand with an official and workers as he enters the facility. He is escorted by the official. People holding posters welcome the Vice President. Johnson addresses the assembled employees. Lady Bird Johnson also addresses the workers. People applaud. Signs inside the facility read: VTOL mockup, and XC-142, AF Serial No. 5921 A. The aircraft is shown in the hangar. A sign reads 'No Admittance --Demonstration in Progress" Security men stand outside the door.
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