Scenes of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Titan, Atlas and Minuteman. Underground storage covered with an automatically operated door which opens. Scene of loaded Minuteman missile.
Ground crewman manually pulls prop blades through as minature low wing monoplane, "Delgado Flash," made by Delgado Trades School, New Orleans, Louisiana, prepares for flight. Plane takes off, piloted by Clarence McArthur and is clocked at 207.02 mph, a new speed record, for planes in its class. Clarence lands the plane and kisses a girl. In separate clip, armament factory workers elevate the barrel of a 16 inch Sea Coast Gun in Watertown, Massachusetts. A man looks at a 2000 pound shell meant for the gun. (Shortly before outbreak of World War 2).
Amelia Earhart stands on the wing of her Lockheed Electra. Earhart enters the cockpit of the Lockheed L-10E Electra. Wide shot as the Lockheed Electra takes off.
A man installs an anti-skid device he invented for the brake system of an automobile. The man tries the brakes on the car. Demonstration of the device in action. Comparison between a car with the device and another without. The one without the device skids on a curve.
Hydrogen bomb explosion and clouds of smoke rose into the sky. Adlai E Stevenson, American Ambassador to United Nations denounces Premier Khrushchev's decision to resume hydrogen bomb testing.
President John F Kennedy in the Oval office of the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy meets with government officials. President Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy with their children Caroline and John F Kennedy Jr. on a balcony of the White House viewing the Pipes and Drums of the Black Watch Regiment of Scotland. Still images of President Kennedy's children playing in the White House. The President with his wife and daughter step down from a plane. President Kennedy sitting with his wife and daughter and other guests in a golf cart driven by President Kennedy. President Kennedy walks across high windswept grass on the grounds of the family's Hyannis Port home (Kennedy Compound) in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He sits in a boat. Kennedy and Jacqueline, together with their small children enter a building. John Kennedy Jr. has a difficult time managing the steps as he is new to walking. John Kennedy Jr. playing with other children and wearing a basket over his head while walking. President Kennedy wades into the sea, surrounded by a crowd (still image).
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