Equestrian statue of General George Henry Thomas by sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward, in Washington, DC. It was erected in 1879, at Thomas Circle, where Massachusetts Avenue, Vermont Avenue, 14th Street, and M Street, NW, converge. The National City Christian Church can be seen on the circle, in the background.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects to build better cities in Massachusetts, United States during the Great Depression. Testing of steering ability by a test operator provided by WPA. Traffic signs and street lights being erected by WPA workers. City's elevated system being constructed by them. Methods of preventing silicosis among granite workers being tested at Quincy. Breeches buoy rescue practice being conducted by the Coast Guard on Cape Cod.
Newsreel titled "Full steam ahead for big business as jobless get work" shows men working at ship building plants, shipyards, and construction sites in Quincy, Massachusetts. Expansion of activities by Pittsburgh steel mills has provided jobs to unemployed during the Great Depression. Smoke pours from stacks and chimneys looking over a steel mill in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
The 40th Anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight in the United States. A picture of Ohio Governor Judson Harmon presenting a medal to the Wright brothers and people in a stadium arranged to form a flag. A flag being raised. The Wright brothers and other dignitaries surround a flag pole. Aviator Orville Wright raises a flag. A gun salute in front of Air Material building. Aviator Orville Wright, General Quincy Gillmore and U.S. Army Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds present.
Destroyer Escort,USS Frament (DE 677) is commissioned during World War 2. Lieutenant Commander S. T. McAdam, Jr., in command, reads his orders to crew assembled on deck. Tug boats move the ship away from the pier. DE-677 underway in shakedown cruise.Officers review daily plans for shakedown cruise. General Quarters alarm is sounded and crew mans battle stations. Gun crews at 1.1 inch, 40mm, and 3 inch guns. Crew members positioned to launch depth charges ("ash cans") , torpedoes, and to fire "hedge hogs" (clusters of bombs). Navy aircraft tows a canvas sleeve target for crew to practice fire against. Antiaircraft gun crews shoot down target.
The 40th Anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight in the United States. Conference members grouped in front of the Wright House. Orville Wright surrounded by a group. The group enters the house. Aviator Orville Wright, General Quincy Gillmore and U.S. Army Colonel Edward Andrew Deeds with others enter a Colonel Deed's aircraft "The King Bird" for trip to Washington DC. The aircraft taxis for a take off. Delegates posing in a group in Washington DC. Orville Wright in whose honor the conference was held. United States President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. and United States Secretary of Commerce William Fairfield Whiting present. The group at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Orville Wright removes a cover from a stone memorial. Pigeons are released. A plaque commemorating the first successful flight of an airplane.
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