Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber taxis for rocket assist, takes off at Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita, Kansas. Ground crew members give directions. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber in flight with smoke trails following aircraft. Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber performs roll to the left and then a dive. Interior of the aircraft with Pilot on the wheel. The aircraft performs a loop, goes into a dive, pulls out and then goes into a steep climb.
Sesquicentennial celebration of Captain Cook's discovery of Hawaii: (1778-1928) held in the Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928. Monmouth-class British armored cruiser underway en route to Hawaii. Royal Hawaiian flag draped on tripod of submerged tablet, marking the site of Cook's demise. (The inscription reads: "Near this spot Captain James Cook, R.N., was killed, Feb. 14, 1779.") Smoke seen rising from naval guns on the British cruiser, in Kealakekua Bay, off coast of Hawaii, firing 21-gun salute. Camera pans over to the battleship, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) also firing her guns in salute. A group of British buglers plays "The Last Post," during the ceremony. U.S. Secretary of War, Dwight F. Davis and Territorial Governor of Hawaii, Wallace R. Farrington, step into a Hawaiian outrigger canoe for a short trip across the bay. Next they are seen stepping from the canoe, to a Navy launch tied at the dock in Napoopoo, and thence to the dock, itself. Change of scene shows Secretary Davis and Governor Farrington, with many other dinner guests at a traditional Hawaiian Luau meal with many foods. There Secretary Davis is also seen delivering remarks to the gathering.
Kelly Green and Don Vogel enter Parkrose High School building in Portland, Oregon. Mock ceremony of a wedding in the classroom. Student priest pronounces Kelly Green and Don Vogel as husband and wife, during the mock ceremony. Cliff Allen lectures students on trial marriage situations to prepare them for adulthood. Kelly and Don shop for food. Don writes expenses on a piece of paper. They search for a suitable apartment and sign a mock lease. Mock couple shop for baby clothes. Joint decisions regarding jobs and Life Insurance are taken. The couple spins a device called 'Wheel of Misfortune' that stops on fire. Cliff Allen explains how to cope up with bad times and emergency situations.
View from moving boat on Potomac River as it approaches docks for "Suitland Hall" Air Force facility in Washington DC. Scene then changes to view of Andrews Air Force Base and building for the Headquarters of the Military Air Transport Service. A C-121 Constellation aircraft parked on airfield at Andrews Air Force Base. C-47 Skytrain taxis into parking space. Airman pushes hospital ramp up to C-47 Skytrain. Wounded man on litter carried out of the aircraft into waiting ambulance. View of Bethesda Naval Hospital and then a view of the Walter Reed Army Hospital building. Early 1950s era cars parked in front of the Senate Building in Washington DC. 1950s cars move by on roads and streets of Washington DC in front of Federal buildings. Exerior views of the Museum of Natural History, and of the Mellon Art Gallery and National Museum of Art. Inside the American National Air Museum, a close up view of the Bell X-1, USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis.
Destroyer Escort,USS Frament (DE 677) is commissioned during World War 2. Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command, reads his orders to crew assembled on deck. Tug boats move the ship away from the pier. DE-677 underway in shakedown cruise.Officers review daily plans for shakedown cruise. General Quarters alarm is sounded and crew mans battle stations. Gun crews at 1.1 inch, 40mm, and 3 inch guns. Crew members positioned to launch depth charges ("ash cans") , torpedoes, and to fire "hedge hogs" (clusters of bombs). Navy aircraft tows a canvas sleeve target for crew to practice fire against. Antiaircraft gun crews shoot down target.
President Dwight D Eisenhower is presented with 39 pound "Tom" turkey for Thanksgiving meal at White House table, Washington DC. Tom the turkey hails from Nebraska. President strokes the live turkey and then holds a basket of cranberries in hand.
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