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Commercial passengers fly Stout Airlines from Detroit Michigan to Cleveland.Ohio

Opening slate refers to developing scope of commercial air operations in late 1920s. A bus parks at the Detroit office of Stout Airlines at Ford Airport, Detroit, Michigan. Passengers leave the bus and enter the office to obtain tickets for a flight to Cleveland. They are nicely dressed in the fashion of the day, men in suites and ties and women in Cloche hats.. Many spectators stand behind a fence at the airport to watch the activities. Passengers leave the office and head toward a parked Ford Tri-motor passenger plane parked on the ramp. One woman is accompanied by three small boys. Next, a man is seen passing the passengers' luggage through the plane's entrance door to a male steward inside. Scene shifts to the uniformed steward loading the baggage into large overhead bins in the roof of the passenger compartment. He closes and secures the storage bins and then heads outside the plane where he assists passengers in boarding. He climbs aboard. The aircraft is then seen taxiing toward the runway for takeoff. As it passes the camera, a sign painted on its side is visible reading: "Stout Airlines, Detroit-Cleveland" (and Chicago added below). (Note: they did not operate to Chicago until 1929) The aircraft takes off heading close to the camera, near its lift off point, and heads off into the sky.Scene shifts to inside the passenger cabin where the passengers (unrestricted by seat belts) chat with one another as the cabin steward watches over them from the front of the cabin. View of ground from passenger cabin window. View of the Ford Trimotor from another aircraft flying nearby. More views inside the passenger cabin with people looking out the windows. View of what may be a suspension bridge under construction across the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. More views of passengers enjoying the views through their cabin windows. Aerial view of trimotor descending toward destination over cityscape. The aircraft taxis into the Cleveland Hopkins airport ramp and parks. Passengers are seen departing, from inside their cabin and then stepping onto the airport ramp.

Date: 1927
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038393
A Ford plane taxis along a snow covered field before taking off in United States

A Ford air plane taxis along a snow covered field before take off in United States. People turn the aircraft around at its tail section. It continues to taxi down the field.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038408
A Ford plane takes off and lands after a short flight in United States

A Ford air plane takes off and flies over head in United States. It lands after a short flight as men examine the plane.

Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038409
Tower bridge over River Sacramento being opened in Sacramento,California

A film titled ' Gay ceremony marks opening of a huge bridge' shows large people gathered to witness the opening of Tower bridge over River Sacramento in Sacramento,California. Governor Frank Merriam presides over the ceremony. Cars pass over the Bridge. Balloons being released in the air to mark the occasion.

Date: 1935, December 18
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038437
De Bothezat helicopter being tested during its development at the engineering division of McCook Field in Dayton,Ohio

Shows the rotor blade for the de Bothezat helicopter being tested during its development at the engineering division of McCook Field in Dayton,Ohio. Inventor George de Bothezat was hired by the U.S. Army Air Service in 1921 to produce a helicopter. This footage shows various tests being conducted: First a test of the " plane radical lifting screw ". The rotor is seen moving at high speed and lifting the front of the cart to which it is anchored. Second is a test showing the pitch variation mechanism. Next sequence show U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel J.E. Fechet, Major T.H. Bane, and the inventor of the helicopter George deBothezat discussing with each other. De Bothezat points to the aircraft mechanism as he talks to the officers. De Bothezat and four Army officers sit in the helicopter to test the lift capability. The rotor rotates and lifts the front end of the cart with the 5 men seated in it, absorbing 30 horsepower.

Date: 1921, July 24
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038468
De Bothezat helicopter being tested during its development at the engineering division of McCook field in Dayton,Ohio

General Mason M. Patrick,Chief of Air Service inspects De Bothezat helicopter during its development at engineering division of McCook field in Dayton, Ohio. Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell also takes a look at the helicopter. Russian immigrant George De Bothezat, the inventor of the helicopter, speaks to the officers. Two lift tests are shown with one lifting 1000 pounds and the other lifting 3500 pounds at 160 horsepower.

Date: 1922
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038469