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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.)

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.

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.)

Date: 1935, August 3
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069019
Henry Ford and Clara Jane Bryant Ford are greeted by a man outside the Martha Mary Chapel in Greenfield Village, Dearborn.

The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford and his wife Clara Jane Bryant Ford at the Martha Mary Chapel in Greenfield Village, Dearborn. Henry and Mrs. Ford inside the chapel. They walk down the aisle. People sitting in pews. Henry and Mrs. Ford walk outside. Panorama of inside of the chapel. A choir sings. The Ford couple walks into the chapel. A man greets them at the door. Henry and Mrs. Ford pose in front of the chapel door. People and a cameraman outside the chapel. Children sitting inside the chapel. Henry and Mrs. Ford standing at a door in the back. They walk down a path.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069032
Henry Ford is surrounded by children and talk to them in front of a chapel in Greenfield Village, Dearborn.

The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford and his wife Clara Jane Bryant Ford at the Martha Mary Chapel in Greenfield Village, Dearborn. They pose in front of the chapel door. Henry Ford is surrounded by children. He talks to the children in front of the chapel. Henry Ford and Mrs. Ford and a woman walk away from the chapel. A group poses in front of the chapel.

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069033
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)

Date: 1918
Duration: 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675069079