Summary of first five years of NASA space operations. Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. View of the U.S. Capitol. Vehicles move on streets. Trees in the background. A sign board reads 'National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters'. The American flag flutters from a flagpole in front of the NASA Headquarters building. View of launch operations center. Men leave a gateway. Crew men climb up a gantry. View of a satellite antenna. Men at a control station monitor space signals. A rocket is launched on an Apollo mission. Crowd of civilians gathered to watch the launch, taking pictures and viewing with binoculars. Astronaut John Herschel Glenn arrives after a successful space flight. Civilians gathered to greet and celebrate John Glenn at a parade in New York City. Aerial view of a passenger aircraft in flight . Scientists and officials address a press conference about space projects.
Hollywood Director John Meehan at a film set in Hollywood. Director John Meehan talks to a man who is holding a script. Director Meehan speaking.
The Wimbledon played in London, England. The Wimbledon played between American player John Donald Budge and English player Bunny Austin. John Donald Budge defeats Bunny Austin. American player Helen Wills Moody beats another American player Helen Jacobs in the finals of All-England Tournament.
Religious ceremonies in Rome, Italy. Ceremonies as Pope Pius XII takes over the Saint John Lateran. A large crowd gathers for the ceremony. The Saint John Lateran Basilica and other buildings in the area. Pope Pius XII arrives. The Pope standing in the balcony of the building. Soldiers standing at attention. The religious ceremony takes place.
John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
During World War 2, African American women soldiers of the Women's Army Corps (WACS) stand in formation at a parade ground in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, during a formal military review on February 15, 1945. The women are from the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, nicknamed “Six Triple Eight, which had just arrived in Birmingham. The WACS' commanding officer, Major Charity Adams, stands beside General John C.H. Lee. The African-American female soldiers of the WACS march in a column, eight deep, passing by General John CH Lee and Major Charity Adams, who salute the soldiers. Other male officers stand on the review stand behind officers Lee and Adams. Note: Major Charity Adams (Charity Edna Adams; later Charity Adams Earley) was the first African-American woman officer in the WACS, and, at the end of the war, then Lieutenant Colonel Adams was the highest ranking African-American woman in the United States military.
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