Coverage of Major Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr in New York City and his 34-hour orbital flight. Major Cooper speaks. Scenes of parade showing small child waving American flag. Navy and AF flights marching and fireman putting up flags. Cooper with dignitaries. Cameramen shoot films and pictures. City Hall seal and bunting. Intercut with cheering crowds, policeman with barricade and fireman with hook and ladder put up flag and make arch over street. City Hall dome. The attendees include Mrs. Trudy Cooper, Mrs. Susan Wagner, Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson and Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Major Cooper acknowledges cheering spectators and signs City Hall guest book in front of New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States). Crowd and high vantage viewing point. 22 May 1963
General George C. Marshall being administered the oath by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson in the Oval Office of the White House, Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman and members of the cabinet look on. President Truman congratulating General Marshall. Former Secretary James F Byrnes congratulates General Marshall during the ceremony.
North American F-86 Sabre transonic jet fighter aircraft on display at the Tokyo Haneda International Airport. Pan-American World Airlines Boeing B377 Stratocruiser aircraft. Written on its nose 'Clipper Bald Eagle'. Flag extended out of the cockpit window of the airplane. Airman leaning against truck. One of the engines of the Boeing Stratocruiser is removed. Japanese man waves from cockpit. Japanese girl Keiko Katsuki on ground returns wave. The Japanese flag at the top of a pole. Streamers used to guide wires, approximately eight, lined with flags of various nations. H-13 landing. Japanese trainer type plane takes off and circles airfield. Stunt flying. Two liaison type aircraft as they fly over the area.
Troops carry casket containing the body of U.S. President William H Taft from his Washington DC home to the Capitol building in a horse cart. Escort is provided by U.S. Army troops E and F, 3rd Cavalry, from Fort Myer, Virginia. Citizens view the body in Capitol Rotunda. People queue up for paying homage to the body of the deceased President Taft. The casket is placed on a hearse for the journey across the Potomac. The body is borne by caisson All Souls Unitarian Church. Flowers at the grave of President William Howard Taft at Arlington National Cemetery.
U.S. Marine Corps A-4E/Fand F-4B aircraft taking off from Chu Lai, Vietnam. A C-130 on the active runway. An A-4E flying directly overhead. An A-4E lands and deploys drag chute. (Vietnam War period).
Early historic aviation event: Air expedition from Moscow to Peking. The aircraft and aviators are welcomed in Mongolia and Peking. Russian fliers in pioneering flight from Moscow to Peking. They are welcomed in the sacred Mongol city of Urga, on their way to China, A Junkers commercial F.13 monoplane, of the expedition, taxis to left. Russian DH-4 support biplane , taxis to right. Officials pose in front of the DH-4. Pilot seen standing in rear cockpit in background. Mongolian red army band plays. A Mongolian giant seen standing in the crowd, with small children in front of him. Crowd of Mongolian people sits and watches the event. Idol bearers to bring good luck to the fliers. Mongolian lamas display small images of Buddha. Mongolian troubadour plays a morin khuur (two-stringed instrument). Four Mongolian children stand. Yurts in the background Mongolian women stand in full traditional dress. Mongolian men in stands with fancy hats with peak. Next sequence takes place in Peking, China, at the end of the 3,500 mile flight, where the aviators are feted with a reception. Crowd waves Chinese flags. One of the Junkers J.3 airplanes of the expedition taxis ahead. Russian crew steps from another Junkers J.3 of the expedition. Lev Mikhailovich Karakhan, Russian Ambassador to China, and Marshal Duan Qirui (AKA Tuan Ch'i-jui), Provisional Chief Executive of Republic of China, pose with five Russian aviators, on steps of Government house in Peking.
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