Unveiling of the statue of United States President Harry S. Truman in Athens, Greece (Leof. Vasileos Konstantinou 42, Athina 116 35, Greece). Greek and American officials and Chrysostomos II of Athens, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church gather for the unveiling of the 12-foot bronze statue of former U.S. President Harry S Truman. Large crowd of civilians gather during the ceremony. The Truman statue is dedicated by the American Hellenic Educational Association.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. NASA Project Mercury personnel drive a trailer loaded with a Mercury Friendship 7 space capsule and transfer it onto missile at Launch Pad 14 of Cape Canaveral Florida. Mercury-Atlas 6 rocket with Friendship 7 capsule lifts off during launch with astronaut John Glenn aboard on February 20, 1962, making Glenn the first American to orbit the earth in space. NASA technical staff at work in Mission Control room during Project Mercury. Next scene is closeup of Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) rocket launching on May 24, 1962. A NASA official presents medal to astronaut Scott Carpenter after the flight. View of astronaut Walter Schirra beside his Sigma 7 capsule (used in Mercury MA-8 mission)
Presidential inauguration ceremony of U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Washington DC. John Fitzgerald Kennedy gives the inaugural address to the gathering at the U.S. Capitol. The United States Marine band plays. Dwight D. Eisenhower attends the ceremony. U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren administers the oath of office to President Kennedy.
Film on Sesquicentennial of Washington DC, released in 1950. Film segments created for presentation by Treasury Department at meeting on April 25, 1929. A portrait of the first President of the United States George Washington. Animated maps of the original 13 colonies and the 10 square mile Federal District of Columbia. View of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal. George Washington's landmark plantation home, Mount Vernon. Christ Church in Alexandria. Old houses on a street and a hill in Georgetown. Sketch of Suter's Tavern. Animated map shows the L'Enfant development plan and the location of principal buildings. The first section of the U.S. Capitol built on Jenkins Hill. The U.S. Capitol building designed by William Thornton and Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Sketch of the White House designed by James Hoban. Sketch of Capitol Building in 1827 with dome constructed by Charles Bullfinch.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26s Invader bomber aircraft fly in formation. Pilot at controls in the cockpit. View of the bomb bay of aircraft.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26s Invader bomber aircraft in flight over target area. Incendiary bombs drop from open bomb bay. Smoke column rises as bombs hits target area. A-26 aircraft fly in formation over sea.
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