U.S. Army Air Service fliers, Lt. John A. Macready and Lt. Oakley G Kelly, are seen boarding their Fokker T-2 and taking off from Roosevelt Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. They are embarking on the first non-stop coast-to-coast flight across the United States. Their airplane seen in flight.
Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman and French Ambassador, Rene Saint-Quentin, in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands with the dignitaries and attends a special service at St. John's Church Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, near the White House. The Sultan in a car. Military greetings are given to them. A close up of the Sultan arriving at an event beside U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The United States Capitol building in the background. The military soldiers march. Cars parked at the side of a road. The new French Ambassador, René Doynel de Saint-Quentin, at the White House. Press personnel take pictures.
Charlie McCarthy sees a rodeo in Victorville, California. Cowboys on their horses. Spectators seated in the stands. American actor Edgar John Bergen and wife Frances Bergen with Charlie McCarthy see bronc riders with wild animals. Three of them stead in stands and talk.
Washingtonians prepare to welcome American NASA astronaut John Glenn on a rainy day in Washington, DC, after he successfully orbited the earth in a spacecraft. People stand along the side of the streets. Cars parked in the background. The Flags of United States on a pole. People hold umbrellas and stand behind a rope. A banner reads ' Woodward Prep Salutes Col. Glenn'.
People sit on chairs at a ceremony at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. General John J Pershing cuts cake for Red Cross Fund drive, using a sword. Red Cross symbol represented on cake with candles. Elderly nurse woman wearing scarf on head which has embroidered Red Cross sign. The event was a fundraiser for a new memorial chapel. Scenes are from a May 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and MSA Chief Harold E Stassen steps down a plane after a flying visit to Europe, in Washington DC. Photographers click photos. Secretary Dulles addresses people on airport. President Dwight D Eisenhower with Secretary Dulles and Harold Stassen at White House
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