The U.S. Capitol building (First St SE, Washington, DC 20004, United States). Two men walking in front of the building in Washington DC. Branches of cherry blossoms in foreground. View of the U.S. Capitol dome at night. Lights in the night.
Wright Brothers plane "Kitty Hawk" is catapulted by old fashioned catapult. Men gathered near it. Two men hold model of flying boat NC-4. They test the effect of wind on the model in a wind tunnel. U.S. Navy men parade. Huge crowd gathered to watch the parade. Stern of the U.S. Navy Transport ship USS George Washington. Men on stern wave. Fleet underway. Civilians with old aircrafts in view. Old British sea plane goes overboard. NC-4 and its crew members in it. Admiral stands nearby.
U.S. Army paratroopers enter U.S. military transport C-47 preparing for a drop during World War II. Paratroopers in a line enter the aircraft. Interior view of the C-47 aircraft as the soldiers enter. Close up of two paratroopers talking to each other. Paratroopers in the plane readying for takeoff. Another aircraft in the background. Close up of the face of an American paratrooper in the aircraft seated and ready for takeoff.
USS Arizona (BB-39) underway. Smoke rising up from the smokestack. U.S. Navy blimp 'On the fly' in flight overhead. Sailors aboard the ship. Packet U.S. mail lowered on the ship. United States President Hoover aboard the ship. Men standing near him. President Hoover receives his mail.
Flexible glass (plexiglass) and its varied uses being tested soon after its invention. A man works on a flexible glass. Flexible glass used at various places. A glass at a diving platform as a diver dives into the pool. A car moves over a flexible glass embedded in a wooden frame. From a 25 year retrospective in a newsreel dated July 14, 1960.
U.S. Marines in France during World War I. An officer wearing a winter overcoat with fur collar, decorates U.S. Marines with Distinguished Service Medals, on a parade ground in France. Afterwards, a contingent of Marines parades, as part of the award ceremony. They carry an American flag, and salute as they pass the reviewing officers. A military marching brass band parades with the Marines. (Several scenes are repeated in the clip).
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