Clip depicts arrival of French General Henri Navarre, replacing General Raoul Salan as Supreme Commander of the French Far East Expeditionary Force during the First Indochina War. Opening scenes show General Navarre (wearing long sleeves) greeting General Salan (with wide rolled-up shirt sleeves) near a parked DC-3 airplane. General Navarre and General Salan walk side by side, inspecting military forces who are standing at attention. Next, another French officer (in short sleeved shirt) introduces General Navarre to various officers. Scene changes to General Salan at airfield in Laos as he inspects and says goodbye to the military forces he had commanded. He greets French military officers and many government officials in white suits in a receiving line, and then shakes hands with others who are gathered near a parked aircraft. In the next scene, French General Henri Navarre (wearing uniform jacket) descends steps of a DC-4 aircraft and greets a number of military and civilian officials. Close-up of several armed Indochinese soldiers standing at attention. In the final scene, General Salan and General Navarre are seen standing on an airfield tarmac, side by side, talking to a civilian official wearing a hat and to another French General.
100th Birthday celebration of the Statue of Liberty in the United States. Fireworks around the newly renovated and re-lit Statue of Liberty in New York harbor on July 4, 1986. French President François Mitterrand approaches a podium and says "Happy Birthday United States and Happy Birthday Miss Liberty." U.S. President Ronald Reagan with First Lady Nancy Reagan smile and clap. President Reagan delivers a speech. Chief Justice Warren Burger leads an oath taking ceremony for new U.S. citizens on Ellis Island. Citizens nationwide at different locations take part in the ceremonies and say the Pledge of Allegiance together, including in San Francisco, Old Courthouse in St. Louis, Orange Bowl in Miami and Washington DC. View of tall sailing ships and other boats in New York Harbor. Celebration and fireworks near and around the Statue of Liberty.
View from rear of carrier-based aircraft that has just taken off from the USS Saratoga (CV-3), underway in the Pacific Ocean. The empennage of the airplane, with 4 guy wires, is seen with the carrier behind and several aircraft on its flight deck. From the backward view of the empennage, it appears that the departing aircraft may be a Boeing F3B-1.
Between World War I and World War II, so-called barnstorming was popular. Here a wing-walker stands on wing of a Curtis "Jenny" JN4 biplane, preparing to transfer to another , in flight.
The first piece of airmail is displayed. President Wilson holds an envelope for mailing by airmail. Mrs. Wilson stands with him. Many officials and spectators are present. The Curtis JN-4 airmail airplane, piloted by Lieutenant George L. Boyle, takes off from the Polo field in Washington DC.
British 4-engined AVRO Lancaster bombers take off at dusk, from the UK, for nighttime bombing missions over Germany, during the second world war.
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