A convoy of staff cars drive and pull over. British Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery arrives at Shelton, Berkshire by car to review United States Army 101st Airborne Division in the area during World War II. Montgomery is accompanied by United States Army Brigadier General Don Forrester Pratt, Major General Leven Cooper Allen, and Major General William Carey Lee. Montgomery and the United States Army generals talk to various 101st Airborne Division regimental officers and paratroopers. Montgomery troops a line of 101st Airborne Division men. Some of the men accompanying Montgomery wears the 101st Airborne Division eagle patch. A cameraman wearing the 101st Airborne Division eagle patch meets Montgomery and he takes a picture of him with other VIPs in front of the staff car. Montgomery reaches out for his pocket.
United States Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron prepare aircraft before the 27th Paris Air Show as part of its European Tour during the Cold War. A United States Navy Blue Angels plane Captain Lcor. Billy “Bill” V. Wheat wiping down the windshield of his Grumman F-11A fighter. The name “Lcor. Bill Wheat” is written on the right side of the cockpit. Close up crew tightening fasteners on fuselage of the F-11A with a hand drill. Maintenance crew working on internals of the F-11A. Crewmen cleaning the exhaust port of the F-11A. One of the maintenance crewmen pulling an auxiliary power unit past the nose of the Blue Angels’ aircraft. Sideview of the F-11A with crewmen tending the power unit hooked up to the aircraft, man standing by the hose in the background. The Blue Angels insignia is seen on the aircraft. Crewmen are seen wearing shirts with words “Blue Angels” written on the back. One of the crewmen on the ground next to the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) with other crewmen in the cockpit of the F-11A, during start up and test of the fighter, as seen from the rear view. The maintenance crewmen wheeling the APU up to the side of the aircraft, one man makes the hook-up to the hose beside the aircraft, another man is up on the left wing. Blue Angel crewmen in the cockpit giving thumbs-up, second man seen in lower foreground. The name "LT JOHN ALLEN" is painted on side of the cockpit. Lieutenant John Allen, a Blue Angels Slot Pilot, is seated in the cockpit. Maintenance crewmen working around the F-11A; French flag flying from the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft, man gives "two fingers up". Two maintenance crewmen pulling APU up to the side of another Blue Angels' aircraft. The APU hooked up to the fighter, man standing by the APU giving a signal to the man in the cockpit. Horizontal stabilizer being operated. One of the Blue Angels' aircraft in the parking area with maintenance crewmen around the aircraft; oxygen bottles are on a small two-wheeled cart. Maintenance crewmen around F-11A, wiping it down, some working over the top of the fuselage. The Blue Angels' F-11A fighter on the line with maintenance crewmen working over the aircraft.
First female governor of Wyoming, Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross, is sworn into office. Wyoming, the first state to grant women suffrage in the United States, inaugurates its 14th governor and the first woman governor in the United States. Nellie Tayloe Ross (Democratic) signs a document during her inauguration inside the Senate chamber of the Cheyenne State Capitol. Wyoming officials surround Nellie Tayloe Ross. Nellie Tayloe Ross, dressed in mourning due to her husband’s recent death, looks at the camera.
Armenian parade units and other units dressed up fancily as they march at the Independence Day celebrations at Washington Monument and Treasury building in Washington DC, United States. Lithuanian dancers perform as people look on. United States 50th Infantry Drill Team lined up. French and British Marines parade during the celebrations.
Women vote for a public bill for a housing project in Riverdale, New York. Woman sits at table in bank, hands out information leaflets. Women pass voting leaflets near trolley or streetcar, car, bus and at railroad train station as train arrives. Women speak at a radio station. View of radio announcer at console in radio studio. Close up views of different men and women speaking on old telephones. Men and women walk into a voting room. Woman in voting booth marks ballot. Hands mark 'no' and 'yes' in ballot. Woman walks past housing construction. Man at counter of a food grocery store. Women speak to the man and to each other in the grocery store Produce on stands seen in background.
Belgian soldiers representing 12 different regiments march in New York City in a Victory Loan parade following World War I. The soldiers march carrying rifles, and are accompanied by several teams of dogs towing wheeled machine guns. Children press close to view the regiments and the dogs. A streetcar is parked in the background as the troops march by. The troops pose in formation for the camera.
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