Aircraft of the Allied Air Force fly in German skies, shortly after end of World War II in Europe. Formation by a number of P-47 fighter planes of the Allied Air Forces. Another formation in sky by the P-38 aircraft. A large formation of A-20 bombers.
Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.
Students of Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service, training on balloons and dirigibles at various places in United States. Dirigible ZDUS-1 flying in sky. Commanding Officer of the school William H. Hensley takes his son aboard cabin of a dirigible. It flies over city of Norfolk. The buildings, bridges and ships anchored at harbor. Crew members in the pilot house. Navigation Captain Dale Mabry instructs crew members. An engineer walk on pipes and repairs and oils one of the engines while in air. Shadow of dirigible on ground
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force airlift road construction equipment from Chiloya to Bella Vista village in Peru. Pilot inside the cockpit of a plane watches clouds in sky and the mountains, river and village Bella Vista. Heavy construction equipment offloaded from the plane. Natives and Peruvian servicemen watch. Plane starts and takes off as Servicemen of Tactical Air Command CCT watch standing near a forward control radio jeep.
C-130A cargo airplanes of the United States Air Force airlift road construction equipment from Chiloya to Bella Vista village in Peru. Cargo door of the C-130A cargo plane closes after offloading. Peruvian men climb up on dump trucks and take out a big spanner from it. Plane takes off. Air Command CCT servicemen at forward control jeep and village natives behind them. Plane takes off and flies over the village. Servicemen inside a native shop.
Governors of various states and other government officials visit the White House to pay last respects to the Kennedy family following the assassination of President John Kennedy. Former President Truman enters the White House to pay respect to the slain president, and as he comes out with Major General Henry Vaughan (Truman's military aide), photographers flock around his car to take pictures. White House police men are seen on duty. Members of cabinet and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara also reach the White House to mourn the death of the former President. Chief Justice Warren and Mrs. Warren, President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, Senator of Massachusetts Leverett Saltonstall, Illinois Senator Dirksen, Chief of Protocol Andrew Bittle Duke, General Curtis Lemay of the Air Force, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene Zuckert and his wife, General Maxwell Taylor Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff all arrive at the White House to pay last respects to the former president John F.Kennedy. Mrs. Warren weeps as she comes out of the White House.
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