Chief of U.S. Army Air Service, Major General Patrick, stands between Navigator, Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger and Pilot, Lt. Lester J. Maitland as they are about to depart on their record-setting transpacific flight from California to Hawaii. Animation illustrates their route of flight from Oakland Airport to Honolulu,Hawaii, the longest flight ever attempted (2400 miles). Several views of their Fokker C-2 Trimotor aircraft called "Bird of Paradise,"in flight.
USS Virginia anchored at Diamond Shoals, off the North Carolina coast. Bomb from U.S. Army Air Service airplane strikes her. Views from low flying airplane of the remains of the Virginia, after repeated bombing by Air Service planes. Her entire superstructure is flattened. The Virginia slowly rolls over and sinks by the stern.
Group of U.S. Senators and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson greet U.S. President John F Kennedy in the White House, Washington DC. Also present is Sir Alec Douglas, home from the United Kingdom. The President signs the Nuclear Test Ban Agreement (treaty had been signed in Moscow by both parties on August 5, 1963). Photographers take pictures. Close ups of signed treaty.
College student James H Meredith with Constance Baker Motley and a man walking at the University of Mississippi, after Meredith became the first African American to enroll in the school's history. University campus buildings seen. Police at the campus. Crowd gathered. Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett's car arrives at campus. Governor Barnett emerges from the car and waves. Police officer talks to another man. People applaud. President John F Kennedy addresses the nation stating that Americans are free to disagree with the law, but not to disobey it. He appeals to people of Mississippi to comply peacefully with civil rights integration laws. Army troops on road. Former Major General Edwin Walker, from Texas, is seen in a car during arrest process for having incited insurrection. A policeman checks the car with Walker in it. Troops pass by in military jeeps and maintain order.
Soldiers of the 1st ABG, 187th Infantry Regiment 82nd ABN in battle drills during the Cold War. U.S. Army soldiers leave foxhole and run to XM-28 Davy Crockett gun to prepare it for firing. They return to foxhole. Davy Crockett gun is fired, delivering a conventional munition. Explosion is seen in the distance. (The M-28 is a tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun for firing the M388 nuclear projectile). Jeep towing Little John Missile.
Jets drop napalm on target area. Two M-56 SP 90mm guns, camouflaged with tree branches and soldiers move out. UH-1B helicopters fly low over field.
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