The funeral procession of USN (United States Navy) Rear Admiral Richard Byrd at Fort Meyer Chapel in Virginia. Several gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. Pallbearers carry a casket out of a hearse and take it into Fort Meyer Chapel. The pallbearers walk under a canopy. A drill team at attention in front of the chapel. A horse-drawn caisson arrives at the chapel.
U.S. Navy ZPG-2 in flight over Plymouth, Massachusetts. ZPG-2 airship flies over water. Pilot of airship at the controls. Pilot moves wheel of airship. ZPG-2 as seen from other airship. Aerial view of shoreline of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Landing site for pilgrims shows a monument erected on shore. These ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) airships are likely based at South Weymouth, Massachusetts.
U.S. Navy ZPQ-2 in flight over ship Mayflower II heading for Plymouth, Massachusetts. ZPQ-2 at the mooring mast. View from bow to stern. Underside of the blimp where engines are turning over. Gondola section of airship showing men standing around. Members of crew in the control cabin of the ZPQ-2 in flight. Runway below. ZPQ-2 in flight over water. Mayflower II ship underway at full sail enroute to Plymouth, Massachusetts. British flag flies from top mast. Mayflower underway. Members of crew aboard Mayflower wave to ZPQ-2 overhead. U.S.S. Fessenden (DE-142) underway. DE-142 and Mayflower underway. Mayflower II and USS General C. H. Muir (AP-142) underway as seen from window of airship overhead.
A Boeing 367 Dash 80 lands on an airstrip. Shows parts of a test airplane being transported to the Boeing Flight Center in Seattle, Washington. Interior view of the test center. A tank constructed for the hydrostatic testing of Boeing fuselage. A production line for Boeing KC-135. Fuselage section of KC-135. Boeing KC-135 parts are manufactured by companies across different parts of America such as War Aircraft Manufacturer in Riverside, California, Northrop Aviation in California, Twin Coach Company in Buffalo, New York and Ryan Aeronautical Company in San Diego, California. A large Boeing part being transported on the Great Northern Railways. Boeing parts being brought in assembly at the Renton Plant in Seattle. Scenes of Boeing parts being manufactured inside the plant.
Shows a Boeing KC-135 standing outside the assembly line of the Renton Plant in Seattle,Washington. A pictorial description and technical specification of a Boeing KC-135. A refueling boom operator operates the boom control panel inside a KC-135.
Shows final stages of the production of a Boeing KC-135 at the Renton Plant in Seattle,Washington. Pilots being trained on a cockpit trainer (simulator). KC-135 electrical systems diagram is shown to trainees. Personnel being trained about technical specifications of KC-135 by means of graphical aids.