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1930 Winter testing operations by P-1 Hawk airplanes of the 1st Pursuit Group, led by Lt. Col. Ralph Royce

Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Royce,standing with another officer, by one of the aircraft in the 1930 winter test operations of the 1st Pursuit Group, flying Curtiss P-1C Hawk pursuit planes. View of snow covered flight line with the airplanes lined up.Crews work on the airplanes, pulling propellers through and hand cranking starting mechanisms. An airplane starts engines and moves out of parking space revealing skis on its landing gear. Ground crew shakes another airplane back and forth sideways, and eventually free the skis that were frozen fast. Several of the aircraft successfully take off.

Date: 1930
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051737
Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis and Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle win air races in 1925.

In October 1925, crowd gathered to watch the Pulitzer Trophy air races at Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York. VIPs arrive in various automobiles. Army Air Service Curtiss R3C-1 airplane is pushed onto the field. Air Service Chief, General Patrick , speaks with Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis as Lieutenant James Doolittle listens. A Navy crew works on their entry in the race, similar to the Army Air Service airplane. Navy Lieutenant Al Williams seen with a pipe upside down in his mouth. Lieutenant Bettis taxis out for takeoff in his airplane number 43. Then Navy Lt. Williams proceeds to take off in his aircraft, number 40. Lt. Bettis breaks ground and begins to fly the closed course, coming very close to the ground at times. He lands and climbs out of the cockpit, surrounded by spectators and officials who are convinced he has won, registering a speed of 249 miles per hour. Navy Lt. Williams lands shortly thereafter having averaged 242 miles per hour. He is greeted by several spectators, including a young woman. Two weeks later, the U.S. Army was represented by Lieutenant Jimmy Doolittle, who flew the Curtis R3C-1, again, but this time fitted with floats, at the Schneider Cup Seaplane Race in Baltimore, Maryland. He shakes hands with a young woman, just before the race. The Navy also entered with a similar seaplane, shown being pushed into the water. The British entry, a Glouster-Mapier IIIA is seen (replacing the Supermarine-Napier S.4, that was damaged). The Italian Macci M.33 is seen on a dock with engine running. The float planes taxi out over the Chesapeake bay waters to takeoff position. Doolittle is the first to take off and to return, logging an average speed of 232 miles per hour. He is seen smiling after the race.

Date: 1925, October
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051738
U.S. Economic Depression and establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

A deserted factory building. Sign 'For Sale' on one of the Unemployed men on bread lines during the Great Depression. Crowds gather as politicians and agitators hold outdoor rallies. Signs of various employment agencies over store fronts where men are gathered seeking work. Job seekers sitting on sidewalks outside possible workplaces. Men sleeping on lawn in public park. Police arrest agitators. President Franklin D Roosevelt speaks about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Copy of the bill (S.598) establishing the CCC. Newspaper headlines passage of "Labor Army Bill." Another reads: "House Votes Reforestation Plan to Give 250,000 Jobs..." Employment news in various newspapers and magazines. A man talks on phone. Men queued up, in 1935, to join the CCC. A woman stops to converse with some of them. CCC recruits, supervised by U.S. Army personnel, line up to receive clothing and equipment, before starting several weeks of Army boot camp. They board trucks and vans. The Army sets up a mess line on a sidewalk where recruits eat before boarding a large double-decker bus. Recruits wave from several other buses as they depart for their respective training camps. Audio is present in some brief portions only in the second half of the clip.

Date: 1933
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051740
New Civilian Conservation Corps recruits are processed at Army center, receiving personal gear and billet assignments

New Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruits arrive at Army processing center in the Great Depression. CCC recruits arrive by train and bus. A soldier passes out information sheets to the new recruits. Another soldier leads them to an administrative tent where they are interviewed and processed by Army clerks. The recruits are assigned to various tents, and they receive duffel bags and mess gear.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051741
New recruits, for the Civilian Conservation Corps, commence training at Army Camp.

New Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) recruits from urban areas are examined by doctors at Army processing center during the Great Depression. Men stand on city sidewalk, with their luggage, waiting for bus to take them to the CCC processing center. One man stands in front of a large tent. Several men in civilian clothes, with luggage, line up at a discharge office, after completing their term of service. Army supervisor reads from a list as recruits respond by raising their hands. Recruits run from their tents, carrying their mess gear, as mess call is sounded. Recruits walk through a mess line and receive hot food. They sit and eat at large tables in a mess hall. Recruits are issued blankets, clothing, and personal items from Army quartermasters. Scenes of recruits making beds. A cot with a recruits belongings laid out upon it. Several recruits pose in their civilian clothes, and then in their uniforms. CCC men march, carrying shovels, and commence work on a construction project. Men, with wheelbarrows, work on the project.

Date: 1935
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051742
Members of Civilian Conservation Corps work at Camps and Parks in mountainous areas.

Civilian Conservation Corps men leave basic training camp by railroad train. At their destination, they step from the train, unload their supplies and equipment from baggage car into a truck, and board Army trucks that carry them through a town and out to a rustic camp in a pine forest, where tents are set up and buildings are under construction.They commence work on the unfinished structures. Views of completed barracks buildings and smooth dirt roads. View of white tents pitched in neat rows on hillside. Trucks loaded with CCC workers leaves a camp. View of a CCC camp out west, with large cactus ,and rugged mountain landscape. CCC men setting up picnic tables and benches at a park, by a lake surrounded by mountains. an encampment with row of tents and several utility buildings, in a canyon surrounded by beautiful mountains. (Great Depression period)

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051743