The history of aviation. The Wright aircraft in flight in the United States. The aircraft flies close to the ground. American aviator Lincoln J. Beachey stunts a Curtiss model aircraft. He flies the aircraft low over a road. A crowd along a fence watches him. Beachey adjusts his crash helmet. A stunt man stands on the wing of an aircraft in flight. 'Jersey Ringling' written on the aircraft. The stunt man grabs hold of a bar attachment under a wing. He hangs from it after switching airplanes by leg and hand only. He then releases his hand hold and swings using his legs.
The 42nd Anniversary celebration of the Boy Scouts of America celebrated in San Francisco, California. People gather for the celebration. Aerial view of Boy Scouts gathered on the deck of the USS Intrepid (CV-11). The Boy Scouts spell out their motto "Be Prepared" in giant human chain letters across the deck of the aircraft carrier. Officers and other people seated in chairs at the ceremony. People applaud. The recommissioning of carrier USS Intrepid. Close view of a a group of Asian-American Cub Scouts on the deck. A replica of the Liberty Bell, the symbol of Boy Scout Week, is presented to a U.S. Navy officer by Scout Krazner.
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in California, United States.. Aerial view of the city. Nixon gets off a car with his wife and enters a building. He poses in front of cameramen. He casts his vote for the Republican nomination for Governor of California. His opponent Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. arrives with his wife. Cameramen take their photographs
First Chinese refugee family arrives in Chicago, Illinois under an emergency immigration plan. The Eng family arrives under emergency immigration laws to allow the refugees to enter the country and receive asylum from Communist rule in China. The family had been waiting in Taiwan since 1955 and had not succeeded in entering the U.S. under a quota that permitted only 105 Chinese persons per year. Chinese refugees get off an airplane. They meet their family. They enter a building. Food on a table. The family seated at the table eats the food.
A film on the life of American astronaut John Herschel Glenn Jr. He was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. John Glenn in Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft traveling in space. A view of the earth from space (inside the spacecraft). The location of the spacecraft on TV monitors at Cape Canaveral in Florida. A man talks over a phone. Men at work in a building. Glenn directs the spacecraft back to earth. He is recommended to use the fly-by–wire mode. Caribbean was selected to receive Friendship 7. Glenn says that there is a fireball outside. Men at work in the headquarters building. A ship underway at sea. Men look at the spacecraft through binoculars. The spacecraft lands in the Atlantic Ocean . Glenn is taken aboard. He boards an helicopter and arrives at the headquarters.
Public service announcement by U.S. Department of Transportation in a message that looks and sounds like an automobile advertisement. A parked Minicar RSV automobile (concept car) is seen. A man stands nearby and introduces the car. The safety features of the car make it unique. The car is demonstrated and multiple crash test scenes are shown, with the car bouncing back from crashes with little damage. Scene shows automobile air bags deploying in an accident. A man opens the gull wing style door and is seen seated in the car. He closes the door.
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