U.S. President John F. Kennedy congratulates the first American to orbit the earth Colonel John Herschel Glenn Jr at the White House in Washington D.C., United States The President stands at a podium and speaks over a microphone. Glenn and other officials stand at a platform. A U.S. flag in the background. Kennedy congratulates Glenn and presents him a medal. Colonel Glenn with his wife Annie Glenn and children.
Atlas missile takes off with mercury capsule Friendship 7 in the United States. The missile with the capsule at a launch pad. The missile ignites. A puff of smoke is formed. The missile lifts off. The Atlas missile with Friendship 7 climbs up.
View of the buildings and grounds of the U.S. National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) in Norman, Oklahoma. A U.S. Air Force technician working with NSSL meteorologists at computers and radar monitoring stations. Several outdoor radar domes on towers. A horse grazing on the NSSL grounds. A sign identifying the NSSL with NOAA logo and words: "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration" and "U.S. Department of Commerce." Radar images of the continental United States showing severe weather areas. Meteorologists tracking the severe weather by radar and typing real-time reports of observations.
United States troops move through wreckage of the town of Gemunden, Germany near the end of World War II. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks and tank destroyers loaded with infantrymen of Seventh U.S. Army, XV Corps, 7th Infantry Division move through wreckage of the town. The troops riding on tanks. Damaged buildings in the background. U.S. insignia on the tanks. The tanks cross a bridge. U.S. trucks, DUKWs (amphibious vehicles), ambulances, Jeeps and M4 high speed tractors, tow guns and soldiers cross the bridge and through the narrow streets of the town. Military Policemen (MP) direct the military vehicle traffic. The vehicles move through narrow streets. Heavy bomb-damaged city visible in the background.
United States troops in Heilbronn, Germany during World War II. The soldiers lower a boat in Neckar river. A soldier holds a rope and ties it to the boat. Soldiers of U.S. 36th Combat Engineers under cover of smoke screen construct rubber ponton steel treadway bridge. The soldier in a boat underway and gets off from the boat at the bridge. Infantrymen of U.S. 100th Division, 399th Infantry Regiment hidden behind a wrecked building. A soldier aims with a gun and fires. Smoke rises in the background. The guard engineers at work. A African American group of U.S. 31st Engineering Battalion operate smoke generators. A smoke screen is laid. An African American soldier opens the generator to lay the smoke screen. U.S. soldiers on a jeep move through a wreckage town. An African American engineer operates the smoke generator and another engineer walks up to him. The engineer with a cigar in his mouth works with the smoke generator in the battle area.
The U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars (JRM-2 variant of the gigantic Martin Mars flying boat) carries 218 passengers from San Diego to Alameda and sets a new record. The U.S. Navy officers and sailors stand at a dock. They wear life jackets and walk towards the aircraft. The sailors and passengers aboard a U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars. Insignia of the United States on the Caroline Mars. A signal officer gives a signal. The flying boat taxis in water and takes off. The Caroline Mars in flight from San Diego to Alameda.
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