Avigation training to students in Rockwell field, California. Instructor in rear cockpit of O-38. Student under blind flying hood in front cockpit of O-38. Instructor talks on the radio. Student pulls the blind flying hood over front cockpit. Plane takes off. Man works on the engine. Chart shows how radio compass operates in connection to radio range station. High altitude view of radio towers on the field. Chart shows entry and approach of the plane making landing by use of radio range stations. Chart shows line and angle of approach of planes landing by the use of radio.
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.
An American college football game between the Air Force Academy Falcons and Stanford in Palo Alto, California. The game underway. A large crowd cheers and applauds. The Air Force Academy cadets watch the game and cheer for their team. The Air Force Academy Falcons hold Stanford scoreless and win the game.
President Kennedy's motor convoy travels along the Vandenberg AFB in California,United States. Convoy passes by a minuteman missile erector. Several Boeing 707's, heavy transport vehicles and minuteman missiles erectors can be seen at the base. Officials salute as the Presidential convoy drives by.
President John F. Kennedy emerges from a gate at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. 'Moon Base' written on top of the gate. Presidential convoy travels along the AFB at night. Moving along the convoy is a minuteman missile transporter. A minuteman missile in the background.
Distant view of President John F. Kennedy's convoy of cars and buses traveling along the Vandenberg Air Force Base roads in California, United States. Lush green mountains in the backdrop. The convoy enters a missile launch facility. Guards at gate salute as the convoy enters. President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara inspect a minuteman missile transporter. Air Force officials converse with them as they inspect. Presidential convoy departs from the facility. A saluting guard poses for the camera. A guard wearing spectacles and driver in a minuteman missile transporter. Shows a minuteman missile transporter at the facility. The erector reads U.S. Air Force.
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