United States Air Force AC-119K Stinger aircraft on night interdiction missions on Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Aerial view of a United States Air Force AC-119K Stinger aircraft in flight. Tracers from mini guns.
Dedication ceremonies for the new American Red Cross Headquarters building in Washington DC. The President of United States Woodrow Wilson and the former President William Howard Taft with other officials, including Jean Jules Jusserand (French Ambassador to the United States during World War I) dedicate the new Red Cross Headquarters building. Scenes from a parade of uniformed Red Cross women and vehicles. Officials stand and greet each other at the end of cermonies at 17th and D Street, NW, Washington DC.
President of the United States Dwight David Eisenhower is honored by people in the White House, Washington DC. Dwight David Eisenhower is presented a holy cross by Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Archbishop Michael for his efforts for world freedom and peace. United States Senator Thomas Henry Kuchel and Congressman John Emerson Moss present him a sombrero
Scenes of a a "jalopy and general salvage parade" in an American city during World War 2, to support the war effort. Parade floats that use scrap materials simulate the finished products of war like vehicles and airplanes. Civil Air Patrol airplanes fly over the parade route reminding citizens of the need for scrap metal in manufacturing and producing airplanes for war. Narrator describes need for inclusion of many needed scrap materials in the parade such as tin cans, silk, nylons, fats, greases, etc. and that "jalopies make jeeps." Narrator, on behalf of the United States War Production Board, gives specific instructions of how to hold such a parade in any town in the United States and encourages viewers to hold such parades in their towns all over America to help the home-front war effort. The parade heads down main streets of Decatur, Illinois, with many shops and buildings seen along the route. People stand on roadside to watch the parade. Cars driven at the parade. School children ride on cars, many bearing wartime victory slogans. Man works on a vehicle carried on a truck. A float decorated with papers. School children march. A man pushes a trolley. Girls ride bicycles. Officers address parade attendees as livestock is auctioned off to raise funds for the war effort. Junk yard cars that are candidates for scrap recycling are seen in the backyards of houses. Clip concludes with a message from Mr. Eugene Dunne, District Chief, Scrap Processors Branch, War Production Board, Chicago. Mr. Dunne encourages viewers to hold jalopy parades like the one seen in Decatur, Illinois.
President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and party arrives at an airfield in a jet plane. President Kennedy, Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance greeted by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun and others. The President and party salute. President Kennedy and party watch test firing of a Saturn rocket booster. The party gets into staff cars.
President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Soldiers of Allied nations holding flags of their countries. An aircraft taxis. Honor guard stand at attention. U.S. Army band plays. President Kennedy and party including Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance arrive in staff car. The party being taken on tour to hangar by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun. The hangar houses the Saturn rocket which Kennedy and the tour group examines. The party talks in the rocket hangar.
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