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Eddie Rickenbacker, President of Eastern Airlines, hosts Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, after both airlines acquire DC-3 airplanes

Glimpse of U.S. Army gun crew operating a 3-inch M3 Anti Aircraft gun. Glimpse of 1st Lt Joseph H. Eastman and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, 1918. Sequence shifts to 1936, and office of Rickenbacker, now President of Eastern Airlines. A poster on the wall contains memorabilia from the 94th Aero Squadron, with which Rickenbacker flew in World War I. Camera pans over photographes bordering the poster. Next, Rickenbacker is seen conversing with his guest, Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, as they look at a picture of Rickenbacker and his Spad airplane, signed by numerous pilots who also served with the 94th Aero Squadron. A mounted model of a Douglas DC-3 airplane sits atop a table in the foreground. Rickenbacker and C.R. Smith, both hold onto the DC-3 airplane model as they shake hands. Closeup of the DC-3 model as Rickenbacker rotates it before the camera. (Note: Both Smith and Rickenbacker, presidents of their respective airlines, had mutual admiration for the Douglas DC-3 airliner. In 1934,Smith arranged to purchase 20 new DC-3 airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft Company. American's first DC-3 "Flagship Illinois," had its maiden flight on June 25, 1936. Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first DC-3 in December 1936.)

Date: 1936
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030454
George Carrington and Alvis Ward demonstrate a sound transmission patent model

Men including George Carrington and Alvis Ward of Western Electric (subsequently of All Technical Services, and then Altec Lansing Corporation) demonstrate a patent model for a recording or sound transmission device. The wooden model has a stylus that passes over ridges of varying heights. 1936.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035783
Giant doric column in Put-In-Bay, Ohio, is commemorated, celebrating victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812

Newsreel: "Put-in-Bay Ohio Dedicate great Perry Memorial! Giant shaft commemorates immortal victory in Battle of Lake Erie". Shows ceremonies for the tall monument that commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry won a great naval battle during the War of 1812. The memorial also celebrates enduring peace between the UK, Canada, and the United States after the war. The memorial is observed from distance. Whole height of the column is observed. Close view of Ohio Governor George White beside another civilian dignitary, with several U.S. Navy and U.S. Army military officers flanking and behind them. Official dedication is celebrated. Dignitaries are seen above the stairs. Governor George White giving a speech. The Doric column -- the world's largest at 352 feet -- was officially named in 1936 by President Franklin Roosevelt as: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument.

Date: 1931, July 31
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040718
View of the Tower Falls at the Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming, USA.

View of the Tower Falls at the Yellow Stone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Sign board reads, 'Tower Falls Height 132 feet'. View of the waterfalls emerging from the mountains

Date: 1936
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050300
Rocket glider pilot drops from hot air balloon in Aurora, Illinois

Rocket glider pilot drops from hot air balloon in Aurora, Illinois. Pilot William G. Swan with a rocket propelled glider and balloon in a field. People gather to watch the flight. The balloon ascends, carrying the pilot and his glider aloft. At a considerable height, the pilot lights rockets on the glider, releases from the balloon, and glides back to earth. The remnants of the balloon narrowly miss the glider as it lands. Pilot Bill Swan is interviewed after successful flight.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027481
Former U.S. President Wilson with wife Edith Wilson pay homage to a soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Former President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. People gathered at a ceremony. The coffin of a soldier carried over a horse drawn phaeton followed by officers. Former U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson with wife Edith Bolling Galt Wilson in a horse drawn carriage on their way to the Arlington National Cemetery. Soldiers stand in formation. Former President Wilson with wife Edith Wilson arrives at the cemetery. Soldiers carry the coffin out of the horse drawn phaeton. A soldier plays a trumpet. Cars driven among a crowd.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067922