Republican Party's nominating convention in Chicago, United States. Large crowd gathers for nominating convention of the Republican Party. U.S. President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower and Vice president Richard Nixon talk in Chicago. Presidential motorcade arrives for GOP convention. Citizens welcome the President Eisenhower. President Eisenhower waves at the crowd from his car. President Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Eisenhower wave at crowd during convention. He delivers a speech. A dignitary speaks on microphone. People stand with banners of 'Nixon for president'. A sign designed as a traffic light reads, 'Stop and Think, Go With Nixon' U.S. ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and his wife at a press conference. He answers the questions of newsmen about presidential campaign for Nixon. Presidential candidate Nixon seated with his family announces his choice of UN Ambassador Lodge as his running mate.
Activities of United States1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers carry dead U.S. soldiers on litters to U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters. They place them into the helicopters. UH-1Ds take off.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. The U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider, U.S. bomber drops napalm on Vietcong positions. Explosions on Vietcong positions. Smoke rises due to explosion. A few soldiers walk past. A-1 drops napalm bombs on Vietcong positions. Soldiers carry wounded man on litter.
Activities of United States Army 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. The U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider, U.S. bomber dives at Vietcong position. Soldier on ground in the foreground. Group of soldiers on ground. One man speaks over a radio. Helicopter lands. Shells burst on Vietcong positions. Explosions on Vietcong positions. Smoke rises due to explosions. American soldiers in grass in the foreground.
A U.S. air Force F-100 Super Sabre rounds out high during landing approach and hovers over the runway in a nose-high attitude. The pilot attempts to recover under full power but the aircraft continues in condition known as "sabre dance." It falls off on its right wind and crashes in flame and smoke. Smoke and flame shoot skyward from an area burning on ground. U.S. Air Force fire trucks and emergency vehicles respond immediately and firemen fight blaze with foam. Scattered fires seen throughout the area. Smoke rises from fires. Several men jump down from trucks as other trucks and an ambulance arrive. Medical personnel run from an ambulance towards crash site, fire trucks spray area with foam. Mountains seen in the background. Many fire trucks at crash site. Small fires seen. Part of fuselage and several personnel in area amongst fire trucks.
U.S. Army Air Force air show in Spokane, Washington. Formation of three U.S. L-6s flying directly over crowd. Formation of three A-25s coming in and flying low across in front of the crowd. Two A-25s collide in mid-air and breakup in pieces. One A-25 hits ground and explodes. Other A-25 falls close by, explodes when it hits ground. Burning area where aircraft crashed. Large clouds of black smoke rise from the area. Air Force crew members killed in this tragedy were: Capt Ford K. Sayre, Lt. George Chrep, Lt. William R. Scott, and Sgt. Joseph M. Revinskas.
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