United States NASA spacecraft Gemini IV is launched into orbit from LC-19 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White aloft for White's famous space walk, or Extra-Vehicular Activity 'EVA' Gemini IV in space and White tied to a tether as he walks in space. Shots of McDivitt in capsule.
Pilots of the United States Army Air Force 353rd Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Wing, operating from partially destroyed former German airbase, near the end of the second world war. Crew chief helps pilot in cockpit of a P-51, adjust his shoulder harness. Engine starts and aircraft taxis out. Major L.K. Brueland, wearing a holstered 45 automatic pistol, climbs on wing of his P-51. Partial name "Speck" and 14 and a half swastikas are painted on it. Crew chief helps him don parachute and adjust shoulder harness when he gets in cockpit. Squadron Commander, Major Jack T. Bradley, taxis in his aircraft, named " Margie Maru." His aircraft has 14 swastikas painted on its fuselage.
Marching troops and Soviet leaders during the May Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Civilians and school children present dance and parade. Floats and motorcars during the parade. Acrobat performers climb stairs of a giant moving float and dive into a waiting catch net. The communist emblem on a building and a large crowd on the street. Posters of Karl Marx,Vladimir Lenin, Nikita Khrushchev and other Soviet officials. Hot air balloons fly in sky during the parade. Young children pass on during the parade.
Air Nautiques Amateur National motorcycle championship "Daytona 200" at Daytona Beach in Florida, United States. 113 motor bike riders race on the sandy beach during the 200 mile course. Motorcycle riders spill while taking turn on the sands. The winner Paul Goldsmith wins the race with a speed of 94.8 miles per hour during the race. A woman kisses the winner on his victory.
Life of U.S. soldiers in various theaters, operating under very difficult conditions during World War II. Soldiers take positions in dense woods and fire rifles during a combat operation. They run and advance in a battlefield. African American U.S. army soldiers load and fire an artillery piece. A planes crashes, but pilot's parachute is seen safely descending. B-26 hit by flak, bursts into flame, part of engine falls away and aircraft spirals out of control on fire. Aircraft shot out of sky by fighter from behind. Glider aircraft noses forward during landing and flips up in the air. Gun camera footage from a U.S. aircraft firing at another aircraft on the ground. The target aircraft explodes and the flying aircraft flys through the smoke and flame directly above it. Soldiers fire at the enemy during what appears to be a battle in the pacific region. Machine gunner directs fire at enemy, and repeatedly hits a corpse lying just in front of the gun emplacement. Marines fire on Japanese positions on a Pacific island. Ruined villages and burning huts are seen, with U.S. tanks passing by. Marines direct flamethrowers into wrecked buildings and fortifications. Close view of machine gun barrel from side, firing rounds. Soldiers during a combat battle in dense woods of varying terrain. Soldiers advancing during battle. Marines direct flamethrowers at targets ahead.
Visit of U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger to People's Republic of China. Air plane of Dr. Kissinger at the Peking airport and security guards around it . A motorcade of Dr. Kissinger and American delegates arrives at the airport. Dr. Kissinger gets out with the Foreign Minister and shakes hands with Chinese dignitaries near the plane. The dignitaries talk to each other, shake hands and smile. Dr. Kissinger walks up the ramp of the plane. He turns and waves towards Chinese dignitaries at the runway.
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