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Colonel W.E. Easterwood presents a $25,000 prize to French aviators Coste and Bellontefor the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas.

Film opens showing people assembled at a celebratory dinner, honoring French aviators, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, who on September 1, 1930, flew their Breguet XIX aircraft,"Le Point d'Interrogation" (The Question Mark) non-stop from Paris to New York, and thence to Dallas Texas,landing at Love Field, Dallas, on September 4th,where they were greeted by 30,000 aviation enthusiasts. They are being honored by William Edward (Colonel) Easterwood, Jr., a Texas philanthropist and aviation enthusiast who had offered a $25,000 prize for the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas,Texas. Colonel Easterwood delivers congratulatory remarks, and presents his check for the prize to the fliers. Closeup of the Easterwood check. Broadcast microphones are placed close to Colonel Easterwood and the fliers. Next, the fliers stand near the end of the event. Scene shifts completely to Costes and Bellonte with their aircraft, "The Question Mark, aboard a steamship, ready to sail back to France. Closup of the aircraft with large question mark painted on its side along with names of cities world-wide to which it had flown. Among these are: Hanoi; Calcutta; Karachi; Alepo; Athens; Rome; Paris; and New York. (Note: There is a display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field, that includes the actual prize check as well as a panoramic picture of the "Question Mark" landing in Dallas, along with a plaque commemorating the event.)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1930, October 16
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069012
Construction workers bore a tube under the bed of the Hudson River for a new mid town tunnel in New York.

Construction workers at work under the Hudson River in New York. A crane lifts up concrete and put it into a truck. The construction workers bore a tube under the bed of the Hudson River for a new mid town tunnel. Engineers at work. The tube is fitted properly. An engineer comes out of the hollow tube and shakes hand with another engineer. Two construction workers in the hollow tube and others stand around them. A view of the Hudson River and buildings in the background.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1935, August 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069018
New York City residents hold banners denouncing Italo-Ethiopian war and parade through the streets in New York.

New York City residents protest against war during a parade in Harlem, New York City. Civilians crowd on the streets for anti-war mass demonstration opposing hostilities between Italy and Ethiopia. They hold banners denouncing the war and parade through the streets. Buildings on either side of the streets. (Note for Editors: August 5 was a Monday; two demonstrations that linked up in Harlem were actually scheduled and took place on August 3, a Saturday -- it attracted 20,000 people. The NY Times reported on it the next day, and their photo shows the exact same building in b.g. of your footage, i.e. same location. Thanks.)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1935, August 3
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069019
Eddie Rickenbacker is greeted by an officer and a small boy in New York, United States.

A documentary by Ford Motor Company depicts military aviator Eddie Rickenbacker returning to New York. Eddie is greeted by an officer and a small boy. A close up of Rickenbacker. Officers stand in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069079
Aerial views of the 1964 World's Fair as seen by boy scouts riding the monorail in New York.

Views of the Worlds Fair in New York from the monorail. A view of the fair. People walk on a pathway and head towards the fair. The monorail station. A sign in front of the station reads 'Meet Me At The Monorail Corner'. A group of Boy Scouts in uniform enter the monorail train. The monorail train is seen moving on tracks. Closeup of a Boy Scout seated at the control panel of the monorail. The amusement area of the fair seen from above. Rides seen include the merry go round, a helicopter simulator, the log flume, and a boat labeled with the words, "The World Beneath the Sea." An African American Boy Scout points to various attractions at the fair.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1965, May 3
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069090
McCarthy replies to investigators in New York on allegations for spy activities at Fort Monmouth.

Investigation of U.S. Senator from Wisconsin Joseph Raymond McCarthy in New York. Investigators seated in a sub committee meeting for McCarthy investigation probing alleged spy activities at Fort Monmouth. (Subcommittee investigating "Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage.") McCarthy speaks into a microphone and replies to former U.S. President Harry S. Truman's attack on McCarthyism. He speaks that communism will be a political issue. McCarthy says, "practically every issue we face today, from high taxes to the shameful mess in Korea, is inextricably interwoven with the Communist issue."

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1953, November 26
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069094
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