U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets in pre-flight training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, participate in a formal sunset retreat ceremony. View of a cadet slowly lowering the American flag as three buglers sound Evening Colors. The body of cadets is assembled in large formations in the background.
U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, are seen relaxing in their barracks in the evening. They do various things like writing letters, and studying. Next, they are seen being inspected by an Air Force Officer tactical officer, who walks through the barracks where cadets stand at attention next to their respective bunks. Closeups of one cadet, standing in a "brace" (exaggerated form of attention demanded of cadets) while the inspecting officer points at his shoes.
View from rear of formation of U.S. Air Force Aviation Cadets marching in formation at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. Their barracks and the base water tower are seen in the background. Scene shifts to a USAF T-33 jet training aircraft in flight. The aircrraft rolls over to the left and dives toward the ground below.
Pilots from the U.S. Army Air Service Advanced Flight Training School, at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, fly through the Canyon of the Rio Grande River, in De Haviland DH 4 aircraft. Aerial view from a DH 4 aircraft, of another flying alongside the rocky walls of the river canyon. Glimpses of the camera plane's wing and strut with rocky cliffs behind. Views of the river far below and the other DH 4 flying much lower. View from camera being held high above cockpit, showing upper surface of DH 4 wing, fuselage, and empennage. A DH4 flying close to the canyon wall.View from camera, shooting above the top of DH 4 wing, upward and back across the aircraft tail. It shows walls of canyon surrounding the aircraft. Closeup of DH-4 displaying number "53" on fuselage. It is silhouetted against the sky as it flies in the canyon. More views of canyon walls seen through struts of camera aircraft. More closeups of airplane number 53. View from camera plane of five other DH 4s in formation silhouetted against white cumulus clouds. Pilot and gunner in cockpit of DH 4 in flight. Five DH 4s in Vee formation overhead with clouds behind them. More shots of aviators in cockpit of camera plane and of the five airplanes in formation.
U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson speaks at the National Legislative Conference in San Antonio. He talks about the U.S. proposal for peace in Vietnam. He expresses the desire to negotiate with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh and other Chiefs of States. He is prepared to send Secretary Rush to meet Vietnamese officials. Conference attendees seated during the speech. He states Hanoi's refusal of the peace offer, as a result of which the war in Vietnam continues.
American prisoners of war being interviewed at a Japanese prison camp in Honshu, Japan after World War II. A U.S. officer interviews a medical officer who has been liberated from a Japanese prison camp. The medic says that he is from San Antonio, Texas. He talks about his early days. He says that he came to the Philippines on November 3, 1940. He discusses the difficulties faced by the medical officers at the prison camp. He narrates an incident where a soldier developed an infection in his foot and he lost nearly 20-30 kilos of weight. The medical officer also talks about the scarcity of medical supplies at the prison camp. He states that many men died due to malnutrition at the camp.
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