A U.S. Army Air Forces C-54 transport follows a jeep to park at airport in Nanking, china, capital of the Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Government of Chiang Kai-shek. Chinese Air Force P-51 aircraft are seen parked on the ramp in background. General George C. Marshall, on Presidential mission to facilitate peace between KMT and Communists, steps from the airplane and is greeted by Chinese Generals Shang Chen; Ho Yin Chin; and U.S. Lieutenant General Wedemeyer and American Ambassador to China, Patrick Hurley. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek personally escorts General Marshall to a waiting staff car.
A review of remote controlled weapons of the U.S. Army Air Force. A worker replaces cap of a bomb by a tail section. Smoke flares attached with this tail section. Bomb is placed on a cart and dragged towards a B-25 bomber aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Force. Operators work on instruments to observe the glide of the bomb through a lower gun turret well. Bomb dropped traverses towards its target on ground (World War II period).
Aircraft of the Allied Air Force fly in German skies, shortly after end of World War II in Europe. Formation by a number of P-47 fighter planes of the Allied Air Forces. Another formation in sky by the P-38 aircraft. A large formation of A-20 bombers.
Major General Nathan F. Twining, Commanding General, 13th Air Force. arrives to congratulate fighter Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Forces, at Henderson Field, on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, during World War 2. (The 339th had successfully accomplished a highest priority mission, shooting down Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's airplane on April 18, 1943.) Major General Twining, wearing a pith helmet, steps out of his jeep and walks towards a group of 339th Squadron Pilots. He examines the nose wheel of a P-38, as a group of pilots stand around him. General Twining converses for a while with Major John W. Mitchell, Commander, 339th Fighter Squadron, who led the mission to down Admiral Yamamoto's airplane. Later, members of the 339th Squadron are photographed in conversations with one another.
President of United States Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive at the Vnukovo II airport, in Moscow, Soviet Union (USSR). View from the cockpit of the Presidential VC-137C (Boeing 707) Air Force One aircraft, named "Spirit of 76", as it taxis on the active runway, and then on the ramp, after landing. View from Air Force One, as the cabin door is opened. A red-carpeted stairway is rolled toward the aircraft. The American flag flies next to the Soviet flag, atop the airport terminal building. A military brass band and honor guard, stand in formation. Several Soviet officials walk toward the Presidential aircraft. Mrs. Pat Nixon, exits the airplane a step ahead of President Nixon. They descend the stairway and are greeted by USSR President Nikolai V.Podgorny, Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, Foreign Minister, Andrei A. Gromyko, and other Soviet officials. The President and Mrs. Nixon shake hands with the officials and Mrs. Nixon accepts a bouquet of flowers. Next, the President is seen at attention, on the airport ramp, with three Soviet officials, and a U.S. Army attache, as the Soviet bandmaster conducts the band in what appears to be the U.S. National Anthem. View shifts, again, to the doorway of the President's airplane. The Soviet band and honor guard are seen from a stand of trees, as they parade past the airplane. Finally, a long line of automobiles is seen in a motorcade headed toward the city.
United States President Richard Nixon on tour to Romania. Bucharest Otopeni Airport (Henri Coandă International Airport, Calea Bucureştilor 224E, Otopeni 075150, Romania) during the arrival of President Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Poster on terminal building reads 'Long Live Peace and Friendship between people'. Military band musicians play. The United States Air Force One, a Boeing C-137 Stratoliner aircraft (VC-137), on the runway. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive at the terminal along with Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and other dignitaries. They are presented various gifts and bouquets. The couple moves up the stairs and waves towards the people at the terminal. Honor guards watch as the Air Force One flies away.
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