French Men in Sedan, France stand near shops and businesses near the Meuse River. People stand on the street. Other people walk along the street. Buildings along the streets of Sedan, France. The statue of Turenne in Sedan town square. The main town hall building with letters "R F" on it. Smiling French troops walk by quickly as they return following the World War 1 armistice.
A wheel cart on a farm in Germany. A child and a man adjust the wheel. Harvesting of wheat in the farm by farmers. Men work in the farm to harvest the grain. Views of traditional farm hand tools like scythes and industrial farm machinery used to plant and harvest on farms. A house in the farm. Men load grain with pitchforks. A threshing machine in operation. Rapid montage scenes of various transportation machines made with steel in operation, including biplane aircraft, ships at sea, closeup of tire of car running at speed, and frame and tires of bicycles being pedaled, and of Formula 1 (F1) automobiles in a race car competition, railroad trains in a city cross paths on tracks of different heights, close up view of car tire running at high speed, a train races by, a car on a city street. Clip ends with scene of traditional blacksmith worker wearing heavy apron and pounding steel with hammer.
Funeral services for Astronauts Lt Col Virgil I Grissom and Lt Roger B Chaffee at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Officers holding flag over Astronaut Grissom's casket during eulogy. Three F-101's flying over the cemetery with missing slot. American flag folded over the casket. President Johnson giving condolences to Mrs Grissom and Mr and Mrs Dennis Grissom. President departing in limousine. Mrs Grissom and her two sons being escorted to car.
Burial of Astronaut Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. Grissom, United States Air Force, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Funeral attendees stand behind roped off area. Officer stands holding flag over the casket. Flag folding ceremony takes place. Fly over of three F-101's with missing slot. Family of the astronaut sits on the chairs. The casket lowered into the grave. A man stands at head of a grave with head bowed.
Recon Marines from 1st Force Reconnaissance Company Test Unit 1 demonstrate free fall parachuting. A sign identifies the Auxiliary Landing Field at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. (Narrator refers to the marines as para-scouts of the 1st Marine Division.) The marines, wearing back and chest parachute packs, board a U.S. Navy Grumman S2F aircraft with tail code "RZ" and number 136777. It taxis on the ramp and is next seen taking off from the runway. Two helicopters are parked on the airfield ramp. Next, viewed from the aircraft, a marine is seen in free fall. Soon he appears as only a speck , approaching the ground. Next, he is seen, from the ground, as his chute finally opens, and he lands, and begins to spill air from his billowing chute on the ground.
Navy training film segment focusing on how to secure parked jet aircraft against wind and weather aboard an aircraft carrier. Blue shirts illustrate how to secure nose tie downs; install duct covers; and otherwise prepare McDonnell F2H Banshee aircraft against wind and weather. View of Jet engine rotors broken after exposure to salt water.
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