General activities on USS Hornet in the Pacific show the preparation for the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers on the deck of USS Hornet. U.S. General James Doolittle talks to U.S. Admiral William Hasely. Crewmen turn the propellers. Pilots and crewmen around a B-25. The B-25 on the deck. Pilots stand in a group on the deck. A pilot in the cockpit. Insignia of the United States. Ships in the background.
U.S. Army Air Service engineers demonstrate the Ruggels Orientation which is used to check the fitness of applicants for flying in the United States. The engineers stand near the machine used for the Ruggels Orientation. An engineer sits on a three axes chair and demonstrate its operation. An engineer sits in the machine and demonstrates the examination.
While World War 1 was already underway in Europe, before the United States Air Service began to build up. Two U.S. DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft taking off. A formation of DH-4s in flight. A DH-4 upside down on the ground with soldiers all around it, including one sitting on a rock. Airplanes attacking a barrage balloon aloft, which burns and plummets to earth trailing dark black smoke. A candidate United States pilot undergoing physical testing. He is placed in a spinning chair and spun at high speed. Another pilot candidate performs a visual test with an array of lights on a panel being lit. Prospective Army pilots in U.S. Army uniforms marching and on a flight line with JN-4 Jenny training aircraft. Cadet turns propeller of a Curtiss JN-4 training airplane and the engine starts. Formation of DH-4 aircraft in flight. Lumberjacks in American northwest area of Oregon or Washington state felling a giant spruce tree after cutting it with a two man saw in the Cascade mountain forests. Massive Logs being transported by railroad to logging mills for eventual use in airplane factories. Men and many women war production workers busy working at an American airplane fabricating plant or factory during World War 1.
Documentary 'American Journey' depicts the visit of Ivory Coast President Houphouet Boigny and his wife visit to the United States. Low flying aerial views of the United States Capitol building and Washington monument in the background. Low aerial view of Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. President Houphouet Boigny arrives in Washington D.C. The 21 gun salute being given by the U.S. soldiers during the arrival. President Houphouet Boigny with his wife get off the plane. President Boigny and First Lady Marie-Therese Houphouet-Boigny shakes hand with American President John F. Kennedy. United States Secretary of State David Dean Rusk shakes hand and citizens of Washington DC. cabinet members, diplomats and city officials welcome Ivory Coast President at the airport. Chief Justice and Ministers of Finance accompany President Boigny. The two Presidents and their wives at the podium. The U.S. President escorts his guest. They sit in a car and leave the airport for the Capitol. Flag of United States and flag of Ivory Coast. People stand on either side and the President Boigny waves as motorcade moves slowly through streets of Washington DC and U.S. military forces parade on streets as citizens watch and wave from sidewalks. A poster of both the Presidents. The Ivory Coast president arrives at Blair House. View of the Lincoln Memorial. The President with other dignitaries enter the Memorial. The statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Memorial.
U.S. astronaut John Glenn after successfully orbiting the earth in a spacecraft. American astronaut John Glenn and his wife Annie Glenn in Washington DC. U.S. official has intense conversation with Annie Glenn. John and Annie Glenn seated at a table. Astronaut Gus Grissom is seen eating. U.S. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson holds a sheet of commemorative postage stamps. an official talks with John Glenn. An official talks with Astronaut Alan Shephard. View of banquet table with guests. Flowers on the table.Great Seal of the United States displayed. John Glenn and Annie Glenn with dignitaries seated around a dining table, eating.
U.S. Strategic Air Command B-52 crew members performing preflight checks at their stations aboard the aircraft, on the ground at Kadena Airbase, Okinawa, Japan. Navigator uses an E6-B circular slide rule computer to calculate flight parameters and checks his mission chart using a pair of compasses. Flight engineer goes through preflight checks at his panel.
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