Men stand near a car in Washington DC. Buildings in the background. Policeman on the street. Cars and buses pass by on the street. People cross the road. A board "Closed" on the street.
People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC. People hold flags and banners. Policeman stops them from going further. A man talks to a woman who is going to march and writes something. People march with band and flags. Buildings in the background. People pass by on street in front of Capitol building. A statue in front of the building.
People gather to watch Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC. Decorated float on the field. Cartoon characters dummies on the float. Men stand on the field. A policeman stands. Girls parade with flags. Man and children pass by on field on a horse-cart. Men dressed in different costumes march on the field. Capitol building in the background. Statue of Liberty on a decorated float. Other people on the decorated float. Girls march with band.
Scenes from the U.S. Bicentennial Parade in Washington DC in 1976. Policeman stands with a notepad on the ground. People march with bands, TOOELE written on the back of their shirts. Girls march with flags in their hands. Horse-cart on the ground. People watch the event. Flag on the horse-cart. People pass on the street. Houses in the background. Another horse-cart on the ground. A float decorated with flowers on the street. It carries a car. Policeman speaks on the loudspeaker. Other people in uniform march on the street. A van parked on a field. A man conducts a medical check up in a shack. Flag and dummies on a decorated float.
Aerial view of airfield at Oakland, California. Pilot, Bennett Griffin, is seen with his wife and child, standing beside his Travel Air 5000 airplane,"Oklahoma." Registration number:"N-X 911" is stenciled on its tail. Pilot Martin Jensen, saying farewell to members of his family in front of his airplane,"Aloha" (that finished second in the race). Aircraft being readied for takeoff. Starter with checkered flag stands ready as nine men push the Travel Air 5000 "Oklahoma, the first to take off, forward into starting position, with engine running. Next scene shows starter holding stopwatch and flag. He signals start with the flag. Scene shifts to the second aircraft to take off, the Goddard Special metal monoplane, NX5074, "El Encanto." Camera tracks as the airplane has difficulty breaking ground, skipping several times in a long ground roll. Suddenly, it veers off the the right in a crab, wiping out its landing gear and breaking part of its right wing as it flips over in a crash leaving it tilted on its left wing facing backwards. Some smoke is seen but quickly disappears. Men and rescue personnel rush to the scene. (Reportedly the crew was unhurt.) Next, the prototype Lockheed Vega 1 monoplane, NX913, "Golden Eagle," is making smooth takeoff. Navigator Gordon Scott waves to spectators below as the plane climbs out. Aerial view of the plane in flight. The "Miss Doran," a Buhl CA-5 Air Sedan, number NC2915, is seen next on takeoff, past photographers and spectators, and then airborne. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taking off. It climbs out very slowly. Navigator Paul Schluter waves as they depart. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, Willian V. Davis Jr. are seen next by their plane "Woolaroc." A woman wishes them good luck, with a bouquet of flowers. Next, men are seen pushing the "Woolaroc" and it takes off and climbs. Pre-departure footage of Pilot Gordon Scott and navigator John W. Frost, with friends, near their airplane, "Golden Eagle." (Their aircraft vanished in the Pacific.) Pre-departure footage of pilot John Augie Pedlar, navigator Lieutenant Vilas R. Knopie, and their passenger, Mildred Doran, whose aircraft, "Miss Doran," was also lost in the Pacific.
A huge crowd of people (including a number of U.S. Army personnel in uniform) converges on the airfield at Honolulu, Hawaii, to witness the arrival of the Travel Air 5000 airplane, named "woolarc," winner of the Dole Derby trans-Pacific air race. The aircraft taxis across a wide swath of grass, assisted by men at each wing. A small airplane taxis behind it. An Army officer walks past the camera. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, William V. Davis Jr. are seen next with Hawaiian Leis around their necks as they are surrounded by congratulatory well-wishers. They are closely escorted by an Army officer into a tent, where some children, including one boy with a bandage and patch over his left eye. Outdoors, Pilot Arthur Goebel receives more flower leis and poses for closeups. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taxiing after arriving second in the race. an Army officer waves some spectators away from the taxiing aircraft. Navigator Paul Schluter waves from the rear cockpit. He and pilot, Martin Jensen, are next seen with leis around their necks. In the final sequence, winners Goebel and Davis are seen with second place aviators, Jensen and Schluter, flanking James D. Dole, who has just presented each pair their award checks.
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