U.S. Army Air Force fliers being decorated at Bolling Field in Washington DC, United States. Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lieutenant General Henry H (Hap) Arnold, decorates aircrew members who took part in the Doolittle Raid against the Japanese in World War 2. Lt. Gen. Arnold pins the Distinguished Flying Crosses on the airmen. A flier with his wife after receiving the medal.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States November 8, 1960. John F Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline Kennedy during a ticker tape parade (this was on October 19, 1960 in New York City during the presidential campaign). The two ride in a convertible through the city streets and greet the gathered crowd. People cheer and greet the President-elect. Photographers click pictures of the event. John Kennedy votes during the presidential elections on November 8. JFK among his supporters. President-elect John Kennedy with the Vice President-elect, Lyndon B Johnson, in a gathering at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port on November 9.
Children wish the world a Merry Christmas from Washington DC, United States. Children of foreign Ambassadors and officials stationed in the U.S. capital attend an International Christmas broadcast to extend holiday greetings to youngsters in the other countries. The young boys and girls dressed in their native costumes stand in lines around a NBC microphone. Flags of the various representative countries in the background. A girl sends a Christmas greeting to the viewers.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt campaigns in New York City during 1940 presidential election. A large crowd gathered to greet him in Newark, New Jersey. He arrives in the Presidential motorcade. Views of the motorcade driving past the crowd, as seen from a moving vehicle. Roosevelt seated in car beside New York Governor Herbert Lehman, and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Roosevelt addresses the people as the Presidential election campaign enters its final phase. Policemen control the large crowd. People seated to hear his speech. He addresses the gathering. The President officiates at the ground breaking for the $57,000,000 Brooklyn-Battery tunnel to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The use of the AZON (AZimuth ONly) smart bomb by United States during World War II. The Tenth Air Force Base in Burma. A soldier unpacks components of the AZON bomb. He unpacks a flare. Soldiers test the radio receiver. An airman conducts a final check on the tail assembly and inserts the radio receiver and battery. A 1 million candle power flare is fixed to the tail. The assembled bombs are brought to the waiting U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators of the 9th and 493rd Squadrons of the 7th Heavy Bomber Group. The bombs are loaded onto the aircraft for mission targets in lower Burma. The B-24s in flight. The bombs are released. The flare is ignited by a delay fuse. Explosions on the ground as the bombs hit targets. The bombers in flight drop numerous more AZONs. They target roads, canals, and bridges. Six different bombs are dropped simultaneously.
Activities in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. M36B1 tank destroyers in Germany. The tank destroyers advance through slush and mud. Soldiers of the 692nd Tank Destroyer Battalion attached to the U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division, seated on the tank destroyers. A 90mm gun is test fired. A soldier removes the barrel cover and fires the gun. Soldiers observe the impact. First United States Army soldiers instruct the 8th Infantry Division troops about the use of captured German guns. A soldier demonstrates the use of a captured German Panzerfaust, a recoilless anti- tank launcher. A tank is hit. Damage caused by the hit. France: The port of Rouen along the Seine River. Various ships arrive with cargo for the Allies battling at the Rhine. A LIberty and Victory ship arrives. The Marine Division of the Army Transportation Corps on board. Women soldiers at work. A soldier near an organizational chart on the ship.
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