United States ambassador to South Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor along with other officials and medical staff tours 8th field hospital in Nha Trang, South Vietnam. He speaks with a United States Army nurse. Taylor and other officials leave headquarters of Nha Trang province chief. Luman and others tour the Nha Trang market place. Taylor and party enter and leave the Vietnamese American Association building. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army medic gives first aid to a German prisoner after assault on Omaha beach in Normandy, France on D-Day. Three Nazi prisoners captured by United States 1st Infanty - 3rd Battalion, 16th regiment troops during invasion of France. American soldiers huddled together on a narrow beach. Medic gives blood plasma to an injured soldier. A soldier digs a fox hole as another soldier lies in a fox hole in the background. U.S. Soldiers prepare dynamite fuses. (World War II period).
John S. Farnsworth,a former Naval officer, being sent to jail for selling United States Naval secrets to Japan in Washington D.C.,United States. Policemen escort accused traitor out from a building as cameramen record the event.
Largest, fastest direct controlled auto gyro (early helicopter) being demonstrated at Bolling Field in Washington D.C.,United States. Pilot Jim Ray takes off in the auto gyro to regulate its speed before handing it over to United States Army. Auto gyro lands back onto the field.
United States Kellett YG-1C autogiro lands in front of United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Pilot Lou Leavitt seen in cockpit of the craft. He takes off again.
United States Army Air Force footage of a helicopter designed by Emile Berliner and Henry Berliner being tested in Washington D.C.,United States. This was one of the final Berliner models built, if not the final, constructed after the triplane model 5 variant that had been demonstrated in February of 1924. This variant had a biplane configuration and was lighter to improve the thrust to weight ratio. The lower wing generated lift from the rotor downwash due to a high angle of incidence and large camber. The helicopter repeatedly lifts off, hovers, does some forward movement, and then touches the ground.
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