A high-lift truck moving near the rear door of VC-137C aircraft from where the casket bearing John Kennedy's body is to be taken in ambulance. VIPs arriving in car. Ambulance pulling out. Bank of microphones in foreground. VIPs leaving in cars. Newsmen at terminal. President Lyndon B. Johnson, with his wife at one side, reading his first public statement before the bank of microphones.
At McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Army Air Service engineers inspecting Plane-Radial screw (helicopter lift mechanism) of George De Bothezat, a Russian immigrant working under contract with the Army. General Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Air Service, inspects the radial screw. 1000 pounds of weight is lifted by lifting-rotor utilizing 35 horsepower. View of revolving rotor blade and officers in background. Brigadier General William Mitchell ( "Billy Mitchell" ) also inspects the work and discusses with George de Bothezat. Test flight for then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover of the Jerome-de Bothezat Flying Octopus, equipped with four 6-bladed rotors. George de Bothezat in the pilot seat as the large helicopter lifts. It is held from going up very high and stabilized by men all around it. Another test with de Bothezat's assistant Mr. Eremeff in the pilot seat.
Shows U.S. Army parachutists training on scaffold at Fort Benning in Georgia. Parachutists practice hanging and landing techniques while the high rank officers watch them. Parachutists boarding aircraft C-47. Aircraft taking off and practice jumps. Parachutists jumping, one after the other.
Aerials of Randolph Field in Texas. Air Force or AF cadets marching at Randolph Field. General John J. Pershing(Retd.) and former Vice President C.G. Dawes looking on to scrutinize student cadets. Pilots march in formation with aircraft BT-14s flying low overhead.
Shows 501st Parachute Battalion, boarding C-47 aircraft and jumping at Fort Benning in Georgia during World War II. Views of German parachutists descending on Norway from Junkers 52 aircraft. Aircraft C-47s taking off and dropping heavy equipment parachutists as Curtiss A-12S lay smoke trails below. Troops advancing through smoke in fields.
Aircraft workers working in Stearman Plant at Wichita. Shows Major Harris, U.S. Army Air Corps, accepting delivery of 1000 PT-17 planes from J.E.Schaefer in Stearman Plant. Shows major boarding aircraft which takes off and aircrafts flying overhead.
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