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A Bell Aerosystems Rocketbelt is demonstrated by pilot Bob Courter in Mexico.

A Bell Aerosystems Rocket belt is flown by pilot Bob Courter in Mexico as a demonstration for the Alliance of Progress initiated by U.S. President John F. Kennedy to establish economic cooperation between North and South America. The jet pack demonstration takes place in Mexico City. The clip begins with a shot of a man holding balloons as he walks off. People and a helicopter in the foreground. Two technicians wearing Bell Aerosystems uniforms help pilot Bob Courter adjust the Bell Rocketbelt before he takes off in front of the assembled crowd, and flies over a field for the gathered crowd while wearing the jetpack.

Date: 1963
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069816
Newton Diehl Baker and General James Guthrie Harbord inspect German prisoners in Tours, France.

U.S. Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker and U.S. Army General John Joseph Pershing arrive at SOS Headquarters in Tours, France during World War I. People crowd in streets. Newton Diehl Baker and John Joseph Pershing get off from a car. Baker and Pershing are escorted by officers. They talk to the officers in front of a building. Jeeps being parked in the background. Baker, Pershing stand with other officers on the steps of the building and pose. German prisoners stand in formation. Baker and U.S. Army General James Guthrie Harbord inspect German prisoners. Buildings in the background. Harbord and Baker leave after the inspection. The soldiers stand in a group. An officer in a jeep reads from a paper. A close up of a dignitary. The officers stand in a group. Two officers pose.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069843
General John J. Pershing inspects U.S. soldiers and addresses officers in Tours, France.

U.S. Army General John J. Pershing addresses officers in Tours, France during World War I. A car parked in front of a building. U.S. soldiers stand on either side of the entrance of a building. General John J. Pershing escorted by the officers comes out from the building. He gets in the car and leaves for inspection of buildings. The officers line up . The cars drive on a road. The soldiers stand in the background. Pershing gets off from the car. He is greeted by officers. Pershing talks to the officers. He takes off his coat and hands it over to one of the officers. Pershing wears his hat and walks. The officers stand in formation. General Pershing addresses the officers. Women officers lined up. General Pershing escorted by officers walk past the women officers . U.S. soldiers stand in formation. Pershing inspects the soldiers. He leaves after the inspection.

Date: 1918
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069849
General John J. Pershing reviews 11th Marine Regiment and decorates Generals in Tours, France.

U.S. Army General John J. Pershing decorates Generals in Tours, France during World War I. The Generals lined up. U.S. soldiers stand in formation. General Pershing stands in front of them. The U.S. flag in the background. General Pershing escorted by officers decorates U.S. Army General Francis Joseph Kernan, Rogers, and other Generals lined up. The Generals stand with medals around their necks. General Pershing escorted by officers leaves the field after decorating the Generals. U.S. soldiers stand in the background. The decorated Generals standing at attention. A band plays music. U.S. 11th Marine Regiment soldiers parade. The decorated Generals stand in the foreground. General Pershing reviews 11th Marine Regiment. General Pershing leaves after reviewing the parade.

Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069850
Arrival of SS Marine Flasher in New York, carrying displaced persons and refugees from Europe to the U.S. after World War 2

Views from dock in New York and from aboard ship as the SS Marine Flasher arrives in New York on May 20, 1946, after departing Bremerhaven Germany on May 11, 1946. Crowd of people gathered to greet passengers getting off the ship. Scenes show jubilant people and some reunions of family members or relatives. The passengers are largely displaced persons and refugees from World War 2. People disembark the ship. A woman with her child stands in front of a hatch. Three women aboard the ship pose. A woman kisses a man. People meet their relatives. People leave with their luggage. The luggage of the people with tags. Luggage tags with name (Ingeborg) Inge Rummeni of 824 North 38th St. Milwaukee Wisconsin on them. A woman and a child show concentration camp number tattoos on their arms from a Nazi German prison camp.

Date: 1946, May 20
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069855
U.S. Secretary of State and Congressional delegation arrives by Army Air Forces plane at Washington National Airport

Film opens showing a U.S. Air Transport Command C-54 aircraft taxiing in to park at the Washington National airport, Washington, DC. Next, U.S. Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes, leaves the aircraft and descends steps, followed by a Congressional delegation, including Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. The airport ramp is crowded with Army Air Forces personnel, photographers, and news reporters. Other Air Forces members watch from in front of the Army Air Forces Transport Command Terminal in the background. Closeup of Byrnes greeting several men in the crowd. Part of the sequence repeats again.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069857