Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Anthropologist Dr. Earnest Hooton in a laboratory measures the skull of a girl student. Other students look on.
The geophysical activities at the Atmospheric Ionization Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The men operate research equipment. A man operates telegraph recorder. A man and a woman study an instrument designed to check the small fluctuations in atmospheric pressure. A woman writes the speed of the air on a paper. A water table and a man operates it. Another man measures amplitude signal. A man studies a graph used to record earth motion for scientific study. A man puts the graph in a wooden box and is attached with parachute. A radio carrier signal.
Lighthouse and coast guard station in the United States. Aerial view of a light house that appears to be on an island. Building at Coast Guard station in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Open harbor; small sailboats and ships in harbor.
Signboard of Saint Xavier Church (347 South St, Hyannis, MA 02601, United States) in Hyannis Port, Barnstable, Massachusetts. President John F. Kennedy with his sister Patricia Kennedy Lawford to attend Baptism Ceremony of Christopher Kennedy, infant son of Robert Kennedy. Patricia Kennedy Lawford is holding the child. View of children at the ceremony. Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston baptizes the infant, Christopher George Kennedy, as John Kennedy's sister becomes the Godmother, and a friend becomes the Godfather of the infant. Richard Cardinal Cushing and others come out and photographers take pictures.
Exteriors of United States Air Force hospital at Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod. Sign reads “U.S.A.F. Hospital” with direction arrow pointing to the right. President John F. Kennedy with his sister, Mrs. Jean Kennedy Smith comes out of hospital and gets into a car. View outside Boston's Children Hospital (300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, U.S.) where President Kennedy's premature child, son Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, is kept under intensive care. President entering the hospital and passing through corridor. View of crowd at hospital.
'The Story of Wright Air Development Center' shows various activities at WADC in United States. Aircraft parked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Narration outlines the purpose of Wright Air Development Center. The Wright Flyer aircraft manually pulled out of a hangar. Two men climb into aircraft. A plane is catapulted by means of weight. Crowd stands in the foreground. The flight took place at Ft. Myer, Virginia. (This footage is a mix of 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator at removal from the hangar, and 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.) A Wright Brother Development Center. Wright field shows Massie Wind Tunnel, Aero-Med Lab, hangars etc. A book entitled 'Wright Air Development Center'. Hands turn back showing forward mission to complete research and development of aircraft, guided missiles, weapons, components and associated equipment etc. A technician pushes instrument on cart down hallway-interested along hallway are various types of gaging instruments. Technician opens vault door and places instruments in chamber. Entrance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two technicians work in office building.