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King Faisal entertains President Johnson and Washington officials at a reception in the Saudi Embassy, Washington DC.
King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a visit to Washington DC. A Saudi broadcaster describes events in Arabic. United States President Lyndon B. Johnson and King Faisal with other dignitaries in a conference. King Faisal arrives at the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, where Saudi and American flags fly. He is greeted by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, and the embassy staff. The King receives guests at the embassy, including William Averell Harriman, an American diplomat and 48th Governor of New York. Ambassador Al Suwaiyel accompanies King Faisal in greeting the guests. Guests are identified by narrator in Arabic. President Johnson arrives by car and is greeted and escorted into the embassy. Orchestra plays "Hail to the Chief." President Johnson mingles with guests, accompanied by King Faisal. The King greets succession of arriving guests, including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Mrs. Rusk, and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Guests enjoy a sumptuous buffet. A cake made in the shape of an Arab mosque. An Arabian golden bird ornament beside plates of canapé.
Montage of Wright brothers and their airplanes in France and at Ft. Myer, Arlington, Virginia.
As a contrast to the early pioneering airplanes, passengers are seen seated inside cabin of a "modern" airplane (Douglas DC-4E). View of the DC-4E in flight. A view of Orville Wright. Wilbur Wright gesturing as he talks with officials in France about an aerial course to be flown. Wilbur Wright placing wheels under a Wright Flyer before it is moved across a muddy field in France. A team of men pull a rope raising a catapult weight in a tower. The weight falls, catapulting the Wright Flyer airplane into the air. Soldiers remove a Wright Flyer airplane from a storage building onto the parade grounds at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The airplane is seen in flight with Orville Wright alone, at the controls, On July 30, 1909, soldiers are seen moving a Wright Flyer from its shed for its final acceptance test. President William Howard Taft, U.S. Army Major George Owen Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles E. Saltzman and Wilbur Wright are among those standing with the President, as the Wright Flyer is moved toward the parade ground. Views of the monorail and weight and catapult used for launching an airplane. Men turn the two propellers on a Wright Flyer, as Wilbur Wright stands at the rear of the aircraft engine and makes an adjustment. . On September 9, 1908. U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lanham, seen in uniform, seated on a Wright Flyer, is joined by Orville Wright. Wilbur. They take off and set a new airborne endurance record, and Lt. Lanham becomes the first Military officer to fly in an airplane. On July 30th, as part of the final acceptance test, Orville Wright takes Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois on a cross country flight to Alexandria, Virginia, and back again. They are seen aboard the Wright Flyer, and then high in the air on their way to Alexandria.
The start and the finish of the U.S. Army Air Service Pan American Goodwill tour in 1926-1927
Glimpses of airplanes and crews that made the Pan American Goodwill flight that covered 22,000 miles to 21 Central and South American nations, in 1926. Aerial view of hangars and runway at kelly Air Base, Texas, as one of the five Loening OA-1 Amphibious aircraft takes off from the runway on Dec. 21, 1926.The five aircraft seen in flight over a city, are: The New York, with crew: Maj. Herbert Dargue and Lt. Ennis Whitehead; The San Antonio with crew: Capt. Arthur McDaniel and Lt. Charles Robinson; The San Francisco with crew: Capt. Ira Eaker and Lt. Muir Fairchild; The Detroit, with crew: Capt. Clinton Woolsey and Lt. John Benton; and The St. Louis, with crew: Lt. Bernard Thompson and Lt. Leonard Weddington. President Coolidge presenting the pilots with with citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1927, at the opening of the Pan American Air Commission Conference.
Animated map of U.S. Army's flight around the world. Expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin congratulates crews.
Animated map shows the course taken by Douglas World Cruiser aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Service in their round-the-world flight in 1924. It also highlights mishaps, such as the location of Major Fredrick F Martin's crash in mountains off Alaska and where Lt. Wade was forced down and wrecked near Iceland. Animation shows route from England to Newfoundland to Greenland to Labrador to east coat of United states and aerial route across states. The expedition was completed by 2 of the 5 original Douglas World Cruiser aircraft, namely: the "Chicago," crewed by Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Leslie Arnold; and the "New Orleans," crewed by Lt. Erik Nelson and Lt. Jack Harding. They are seen being congratulated by their Expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin at the completion of the mission, on September 28, 1924, in Seattle, Washington.
U.S. Army Air Service Lieutenants John A. Macready and Oakley G Kelly fly non-stop, coast-to- coast across the U.S.
U.S. Army Air Service fliers, Lt. John A. Macready and Lt. Oakley G Kelly, are seen boarding their Fokker T-2 and taking off from Roosevelt Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. They are embarking on the first non-stop coast-to-coast flight across the United States. Their airplane seen in flight.
President Roosevelt at St. John's Church; visit of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and visit of René Doynel de Saint-Quentin to Washington DC
Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat and Oman and French Ambassador, Rene Saint-Quentin, in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands with the dignitaries and attends a special service at St. John's Church Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square, near the White House. The Sultan in a car. Military greetings are given to them. A close up of the Sultan arriving at an event beside U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The United States Capitol building in the background. The military soldiers march. Cars parked at the side of a road. The new French Ambassador, René Doynel de Saint-Quentin, at the White House. Press personnel take pictures.
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