U.S. 5th Marine Regiment in Gondrecourt, France during World War I. Troops put sack bags in a trench. Sack bags also kept on the edge of the trench. A U.S. officer raises a flag. The troops stand in a squad in the background. Trophies on a table. General John Joseph Pershing with U.S. officers. He stands in front of the table and talks to them. U.S. troops stand in formation. General John Joseph Pershing and a soldier with a camera. The General presents awards to the winners of a trench digging contest. A parade by the U.S. troops. General John Joseph Pershing and U.S. troops salute. General Charles A. Doyen. U.S. officers on horse backs. The troops march with rifles on their shoulders. The soldiers hold flags of United States and France.
Astronaut John Glenn suits up before Mercury spacecraft 13 MA-6 in Hangar, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Technicians assist Astronaut John Glenn with spacesuit. Photographers capture photos. Cameraman shoot the activity. John Glenn sits on sofa and again stands up. Astronaut Donald Slayton watches procedure. Donning of helmet and boots.
Debate on the 'Role of Congress in Foreign Policies' between John C Stennis and William J Fulbright in United States organized by American Enterprise Institute. Moderator Peter Lasigor says that Congress is reasserting its role after Korean and Vietnam War. Distinguished citizens sit to participate and ask questions. The debaters: Senator John C Stennis, Chairman, Armed Service Committee and William J Fulbright Chairman Foreign Relations Committee. John Stennis starts the debate. Stennis talks about the role and responsibilities of Congress in domestic and foreign affairs. He speaks about his experiences in legislation as Senator. Stennis gives examples of Theodore Roosevelt, the Congo Rebellion in 1963 and National Commitment Resolution of 1969. He then talks about world affairs and foreign policies regarding World War II. Stennis mentions various treaties and resolutions related to post world war.
Dramatization depicts the use of safety devices in the petroleum industry. John Swift, Chief Safety Engineer in the Western Oil Company in front of his house with his family. He waits for his son Bill Swift. Bill at a petrol pump station smoking in a 'No Smoking Zone'. He meets his companion while his father waits for him. He reaches home and picks his father. He drives carelessly and is scolded by his father. John visits Field Warehouse of his company and talks about safety devices to another man. Bill takes a job in another oil company. Bill wearing dirty clothes drives a car and smokes while oil lies on the ground. Bill falls down on the ground. John Swift checks machines for safety. Safety devices like 'Cat Head Guard', 'Back up ropes on tongs' and 'Safety belts' are seen.
Musicologist John Lomax, plays recording of music by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter), an American folk and blues musician. John Lomax holds one of the aluminum disc recording of Lead Belly's music that he and his son, Allan, recorded for the Library of Congress. He has some difficulty placing it and playing it on a victrola phonograph. They listen to the recording, and Lomax comments about it as it plays. View of an interior section of Library of Congress. John Lomax and Library staff person enter and replace the record in a container, with others from the Lead Belly collection.
Final honors for Pope John XXIII. A large number of people in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City. People gather to pay their last respects to Pope John XXIII. The body of Pope John XXIII is borne from the the Papal apartments to St. Peter's Basilica. People and photographers try to capture photographs of the ceremony. A procession follows as pall bearers carry the body of the Pope on a bier. A nun joins her hands in prayer. The body is carried into the Basilica head first. The body is put on a catafalque on the main altar. People pass by the catafalque. Lit candles near the catafalque.
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