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Various "firsts" in U.S. aviation history from 1918 through 1924; early history of flight and vintage flight scenes

Shows several aviation "firsts" accomplished by U.S. Army Air Service aviators in the period from 1918 through 1924. A close formation of biplanes in flight. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson chat with Major Fleet, Officer in charge, on the occasion of the first air mail flight, inaugurated on May 15,1918 between Washington DC and New York.The mail is loaded into the Curtis JN-4 aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight. Air Service. Mention of aviators helping spot forest fires. Smoke rising from forest fires and mountain ranges. In 1920, U.S. Army Captain St. Clair Streett is seen with some of his Squadron who flew four De Havilland DH-4 aircraft 9,000 miles, from New York City to Nome, Alaska. Two of the men play with pet dogs. Their itinerary is painted on the side of one of the aircraft, along with the names of pilot and mechanic (C.E. Crumline and J.E. Long). In 1923 the first non stop coast-to-coast flight was made in the Fokker T-2 aircraft. . A sign on the aircraft reads 'Army Air Service non stop coast to coast'.First Lieutenants Oakley O.Kelly and John A. Macready board the aircraft, at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923. Their Fokker T-2 in flight. Their arrival at Rockwell Field, on Coronado Island (San Diego) California. In 1924, Lt. Russell Maughan is seen boarding his P-1 Hawk airplane at Mitchel Field, on Long Island, New York, and taking off , bound for Crissy Field at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. His goal is the first dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast flight. Views of his P-1 Hawk airplane flying over Manhattan, New York City.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033857
America plunged into World War 2. Montage of various World War II scenes over the span of the war years

American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops entering Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women working in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036816
A bathing beauty contest held at Steeplechase Amusement Park in Coney Island in New York

A bathing beauty contest held at Steeplechase Amusement Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island in New York. Contestants dressed in swimsuits walk near the swimming pool for the contest. The trophies seen at a table. The contestants in the swimming pool. Levenoria Sabalis, the winner of the contest with trophy.

Location: Coney Island New York USA
Date: 1933, August 9
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675041259
Grayce Reilly poses after winning the "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York.

Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.

Location: Coney Island New York USA
Date: 1939, August 2
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055163
A beauty contest for grandmothers in Coney Island, New York.

Elderly women participate in a beauty contest for grandmothers at Steeplechase Park (1739 Riegelmann Boardwalk, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States) in Coney Island, New York. Old women in black Maillot-style swimsuits parade by the pool side. A midget clown interrupts the swimsuit portion of the pageant by dancing with a grandmother contestant. Mrs. Matilda Gebhard presented the winner's trophy. Mrs. Gebhard smiles as she holds her trophy and other grandmothers cheer for her.

Location: Coney Island New York USA
Date: 1938, July 13
Duration: 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049428
Steeplechase Park stages its annual Bathing Beauty contest for grandmothers at Coney Island in New York

Steeplechase Park stages its annual bathing Beauty contest for grandmothers at Coney Island in New York. Grandmothers in swimsuits participate in the contests. Judges mark the contestants. Mrs. Theresa Caffrey, aged 81, wins the contest.

Location: Coney Island New York USA
Date: 1937, July 14
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029462
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