Former President of the U.S. National Aeronautical Association Fredrick Patterson presents a medal in 1923 to Orville Wright in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the first flight. Patterson presents a medal to Orville Wright in the United States. View of the medal.
A memorial dedicated to Orville and Wilbur Wright on November 19, 1932 at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina, United States. A still photograph of the memorial atop Kitty Hawk hill.
A press conference in the United States. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara speaks at a press conference. Newsmen seated in chairs. They take down notes. Cameramen record the speech. Newsmen leave after the conference.
Soldiers of the U.S. Signal Corps working on the radio equipment in the United States. Long range forecast by the radar instruments. Men gather on a field testing weather analysis and automatic weather station forecasting instruments. Man seated in a large portable spinning radar device in the field. The instruments dropped by parachute send the weather observations details.
A radio detonator on a field in the United States. A sign reads: 'radio detonator'. Soldiers working on the equipment. A soldier presses a button on the equipment. Explosion on the ground. Aircraft in flight.
A film titled: 'Demolition Equipment for Airborne Engineers' depicts the use of demolition equipment by the paratroopers during World War II. The training of the paratroopers in the United States. A bridge is exploded using the demolition charge. Smoke arising from the explosion. Paratroopers standing on the ground. An officer instructing them the use of demolition equipment set number 5. He demonstrates how to place the kit on a target and prepare the detonator assembly.
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