U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North testifies before a Joint Congressional Committee formed to investigate the Iran-Contra affair in the United States. Mr. John Nields, Counsel for the Committee, asks Lt. Colonel North about the President's knowledge regarding the deal, and his meeting with the President regarding the same. Mr. Nields further questions the witness about the documentation and memorandums written by him, absence of the President's initials on them, and their approval by the Security Council. Nields then discusses the Admiral's letter dated 7th April 1986, regarding the recommendation to prepare a paper for the President. Lastly he questions the Lt. Col about the shredding of the memorandums on 21st November 1986.
The testing of oil for its lubricating efficiency in Indiana. Stillman blends the various grades and types of lubricating oil in the compounding room. The 'pour test' of the oil is done to determine the lowest temperature at which the oil will flow. Then the oil is passed through the 'flash test' to determine the temperature at which the oil will flash when a lighted taper is passed across its surface.
Chief of the Office of Personnel Management OPM Knudsen visits Seattle's Boeing manufacturing factory. Knudsen inspects factory accompanied with factory officials. This is probably Plant 2 on the Boeing grounds. Assembly line production of various Boeing planes goes on. Overhead view of 3 Boeing fuselages under construction. This is a few months before the United States' entry into World War 2.
Automobile magnate Henry Ford accompanied by his son Edsel Ford arrives at the White House for a luncheon meeting with President Roosevelt. Several photographers and reporters present at the event. Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and publicists exit out of car and enter the White House. An outside view of the White House crowded with journalist and press officials. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford come out of White house and head towards their cars. Press and media cover the entire event.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his White House press conference addresses the nation. He states that Russia's success with the first earth satellite (Sputnik) during the Space Race doesn't indicate a lag in American satellite and ballistic missile research. President Eisenhower further adds that the Vanguard satellite program had not received the same amount of attention as American ballistic missile work, and that speed of progress in satellites cannot be interpreted as a measure of progress in ballistic missile work. He says that American satellite work has never been part of a race with any other nation, and rather has been scheduled as part of the IGY's (International Geophysical Year) scientific work. He praises the American satellite program for being well designed and properly scheduled to achieve the scientific purposes for which it was initiated.
A KC-135 takes off from an airstrip. View of KC-135's cockpit. In flight checks of the refueling boom of KC-135. Showing KC-135 performing several refueling tests with a B-52 receiver airplane at a high altitude. KC-135 in flight at high altitude with the B-52 at its tail.
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