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U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II aircraft takeoff and crash in St. Louis, Missouri; Firemen fight fire engulfing crashed aircraft

U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.

Date: 1968, March 20
Duration: 3 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045369
U.S. President Johnson and officials review honor guards in the U.S. on the office leaving ceremony of Robert Strange McNamara.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. Honor guards stand in formation. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. President Johnson and other officials get down from the reviewing stand and arrive near soldiers. The honor guards stand in formation. Cameramen record the event.

Date: 1968, February 29
Duration: 5 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077099
General Wheeler speaks into a microphone followed by President Johnson in the United States.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler speaks into a microphone. President Johnson speaks after General Wheeler. The President speaking into the microphone. Secretary McNamara stands behind the President. The President ends the speech. People applaud.

Date: 1968, February 29
Duration: 5 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077100
Secretary Nitze makes a speech and presents a citation to Secretary McNamara in the United States.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson with other officials at a review stand. Honor guards stand holding flags. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze makes a speech. Secretary McNamara stands in front of the reviewing stand. Secretary Nitze presents a citation to McNamara.

Date: 1968, February 29
Duration: 4 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077101
U.S. President Johnson and officials at a review stand during the office leaving ceremony of Secretary McNamara in the U.S.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze and U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler at a review stand. Other officials present during the ceremony. People stand holding umbrellas as rain is falling.

Date: 1968, February 29
Duration: 2 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077102
Dignitaries and officials depart after the office leaving ceremony of U.S. Secretary of Defense McNamara in the United States.

Office leaving ceremony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara in the United States. Rain is falling. Dignitaries and officials depart after the ceremony. Cameramen leave the area with their cameras. Honor guards stand in formation. The U.S. flag flying atop a flag pole.

Date: 1968, February 29
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077103