The inauguration of the Sylvania Recreation Area in the Ottawa National Forest in Michigan, United States. People gather on a beach. People stand and talk in a group. Boys sit in a line. People click pictures as the First Lady of the United States Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman and Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey with other officials walk past a crowd. Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson talks to people and shakes hands as she walks past them. People click pictures as she walks past.
Aviation history of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States. A young boy seated in a chair reads a book. Aircraft in formation flight. Orville Wright demonstrates an airplane at Fort Myer, Virginia in 1908 during its first public exhibition. Trees and mountains in the background. Orville sets a new world record. He is in the cockpit of a Wright aircraft. The aircraft takes off and is in flight. People at the field watch him. (This flight demonstration footage is a mix of September 1908 footage and July 1909 footage. It is 1908 as the aircraft is being walked out to prepare for takeoff and a single half-circle of canvas is seen in the front elevator. It is July 1909 footage taking off and in flight where the aircraft has two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator)
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Native American Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. Drags Wolf, the chief of the Hidatsa tribe, speaks using the Indian sign language. General Scott translates it simultaneously. Iron Whip of the Sioux tribe speaks in his sign language. General Scott translates. Deer Nose of the Crow tribe and James Eagle of the Arickaree tribe speak in their sign languages.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Native American Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. A view of the chiefs of different tribal groups seated. Mountain Chief of the Piegan tribe uses the Indian sign language to share his story. He tells how Indians catch buffaloes from a pond. General Scott translates it simultaneously.
A documentary shows U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Indian chieftains at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Native American Indian chiefs seated in a Piegan council lodge for a council. Tom White Horse, the chief of Arapahoe tribe talks about the things heard but not seen using the Indian sign language. Another chief seated beside him plays an instrument. General Scott translates it simultaneously.
U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott and U.S. Representative from Montana Scott Leavitt meeting Native American Indian chiefs at Fort Browning in Montana to evolve methods of perpetuating the Indian sign language in 1930. The Indian chieftains seated in a Piegan council lodge. The formal features of the council are completed. A tribal chief plays an instrument. General Scott seated next to him. Several views of the Indian chieftains talking and sharing jokes with each other in sign language. General Scoot speaks to a chief in sign language. The chieftains crack jokes in sign language and laugh. The Indian chieftains talk in sign language. The council gets over. General Scott bids farewell to the chieftains using sign language.
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