Shows President Woodrow Wilson addressing crowd at his inauguration speech on March 4,1913 in Washington DC, at the United States Capitol building. Next scene shows Woodrow Wilson dressed in all white, speaking from a podium at Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1914. Several other officials are seated in the background during his speech. Final scene shows President Wilson's youngest daughter, Eleanor Wilson McAdoo.
Flight operations at Torokina Air Strip on Bougainville Island during World War 2. U.S. Marine First Lieutenant Marshall, and another airman stand and smoke by the tail of the bullet-riddled F4U Corsair aircraft that he just landed on Torokina airfield. The aircraft, Corsair number 25 (BuNo 17736) is from Lieutenant Marshall's unit, VMF-216. They examine the damage on the aircraft. Lt. Marshall, who suffered head injury from cockpit shrapnel is being given first aid in an army tent. Views of damage to the aircraft, including tattered wing, flaps shot up, holes in the fuselage, and huge pieces shot out of the rudder. ( This mission took place on 19 Dec 1943. After flying cover for B-24 bombers over Rabaul, Three U.S. Marine Corps F4Us flown by Capt. Lawrence 'Cloudy" Faulkner, and First Lieutenants Marshal and Guv Kemper, were surprised and engaged by 20-30 Japanese Zekes (Zeros) diving from behind clouds . Lieutenant Marshal was the sole survivor of the encounter.)
United States Navy 7th Fleet operations in South China Sea during the Vietnam War. United States Navy aircraft A-4E Skyhawk makes an arrest landing on flight deck of USS Coral Sea. Aircraft taxis on deck of the ship. A United States Navy aircraft A-1B makes an arrest landing and rolls to a stop. Men work around a United States Navy aircraft A-4C Skyhawk on flight deck during refueling. Other aircraft parked in the background. A United States Navy aircraft A-3B Skyhawk makes an arrested landing on angle deck.
Wrecked gliders and aircraft on a field in France during World War II. Smoke comes out from a burning U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft in the background. The B-26 burns and thick smoke rises. A U.S. soldier near a 50 caliber anti aircraft gun at an emplacement in the foreground. The wrecked gliders. The invasion marks on the gliders. A wrecked Horsa glider and invasion markings on it. The name on one glider reads 'Spook' . U.S. soldiers at an gun emplacement and wrecked gliders in a field. Many glider obstacles. A wrecked CG-4 Haig glider and invasion markings on it. Trees in the background. Wrecked gliders in the foreground. An abandoned German tank. Glider obstacles near a tree. A crushed silver U.S. Army Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Personnel examine the P-38. Trees in the background. Wrecked gliders Horsa and CG-4 on the field. Invasion markings on the gliders.
Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A large number of British Airco DH-4 biplane light bombers stationary at an airfield. Hangar buildings in the background. Ground crew around the aircraft. The hangars in the foreground with different numbers written on them. A DH-4 aircraft parked in front of a hangar. An unidentified aircraft in flight. A guard tower on the top of a hangar.
A Kamikaze Yokosuka D4Y3 dive bomber strikes the USS Essex (CV-9) underway in the Pacific Ocean during World War 2. A Japanese Yokosuka D4Y3 dive bomber in flight, piloted by Lieutenant Yamaguchi. USS Essex underway in the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft on a direct course for the ship, crashes into USS Essex and sets it on fire. Smoke and flames rise from the ship. The tracers fire at Japaneses aircraft. Hits in water and water splashes due to hits. USS Essex burns in the background. USS Essex underway.
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