Horten aircraft parked at Orange County Air Base, California. Mr. Horten, the designer and his copilot look out from cockpit of aircraft. Various portions of aircraft such as control surfaces, retractable wings, the mechanical mechanism which actuates the retractable wings, the controls and instruments in the cockpit, and the landing and stabilizing gear. Experimental flight tests with the plane by flying it up a few feet above the runway for a distance, then landing again.
Mr. Horten shows several different proposed design sketches and scale models of the 'Horten Wingless' aircrafts for military and commercial use. Terminal building at Orange County Air Base and Horten aircraft parked.
A guard outside Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. The seal of the President of the United States. Honor guard marches on the airfield. Civilian crowd stands behind fence waiting for United States President John F. Kennedy. Men disembark from a United States Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter. President Kennedy arrives on a United States Army helicopter. President Kennedy disembarks from the helicopter, walking toward Air Force One (VC-137C SAM 26000). The president is accompanied by assistants, and an unidentified woman as he boards Air Force One. Another man carrying a suitcase follows them. The air stair is pushed back. Air Force One aircraft taxiing and taking off from Andrews Air Force Base.
Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) in Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. An air stair is moved to the aircraft. Men bring the body of President John F. Kennedy out of Air Force One, upon its arrival from Texas, following the assassination of President Kennedy. A hearse stops in front of the aircraft. Crowds watch the arrival of President Kennedy’s remains at Andrews Air Force Base. President Kennedy’s casket is loaded into the hearse. The hearse drives away, followed by staff car. Andrews Air Force Base at night. United States Navy personnel facing right. Crowds of journalists at Andrews Air Force Base.
An air stair moves toward Air Force One aircraft (VC-137C SAM 26000) at Andrews Air Force Base near Morningside, Maryland. The casket bearing the body of President John F. Kennedy is taken out of Air Force One. President Kennedy’s casket is loaded into the hearse. The hearse is followed by a group of staff cars. President Lyndon B. Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson stand at microphones to make comments to the press following the assassination of President Kennedy in Texas.
Updating of Atlas D missiles for space boosters and construction of Minuteman II launch facility Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota. Underground silo opens up and Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is erected. Crane hoisting missile. Missiles on trailer truck are transferred to hangers near Norton AFB in California. Shrouded Titan I (first generation) missiles in hangars which are going through deactivation process. Updating of Atlas D missiles for space boosters. Men at desk and officer at chart. Missile launched from air base. Engineers and workers working on missile components. Modifications of launch facility and missile at Vandenberg AFB in California. Officers in control center. Minuteman II missile test facility under construction at Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota. Various launch facilities across U.S.
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