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Wiley Hardeman Post receives welcome after flying solo around world and Colonel Roscoe Turner earns Bendix Trophy for speed

Wiley Post on arrival at Floyd Bennett field in New York, after flying around the world in 8 days. People take dinner at dining table to celebrate the setting of a new record in aviation. Crowd stands around the aircraft after arrival. Motorcade of Wiley Post in New York City. People welcome him with ticker tape parade in New York. Mayor of New York city, John Patrick O'Brien presents him with Medal of Valor. Next segment covers pilot Colonel Roscoe Turner who sets a new record of 10 hours and 5 minutes flying coast to coast from New York to Los Angeles. His Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft is seen landing and Roscoe Turner smiles broadly for the camera. He won the Bendix Trophy. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1933, July 22
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071119
U.S. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress in Washington DC to defend his veto of the Patman Bonus Bill.

Newsreel recounting events that took place 25 years earlier, in 1935. Farmers mass outside the White House in Washington DC, United States to cheer U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to support the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The President addresses the gathering from a balcony. U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner acting as the President of the Senate signs the Patman Bonus Bill. A copy of the bill. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress to defend his veto. United States Senator from Louisiana Huey Long addresses the Congress. Father Charles Edward Coughlin addresses a mass gathering at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1935
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051186
United States Army pilots being welcomed after their first successful around the world flight.

Events leading to development of aviation. United States Army aircraft in flight during their first around the world flight. Aircraft parked on a field as a large crowd gather to welcome the Army pilots. Pilots pose with an aircraft in the background after their successful around the world flight in 1925. Lieutenant Commander John Rodgers as he leaves for a flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. Aircraft takes off.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051258
Major General O. W. Griswold decorates soldiers of the 182nd Infantry Regiment in ceremony, Bougainville, Solomon Islands

The men of the 182nd Infantry Regiment stand at "Present Arms" in a formal ceremony held in the jungles of Bougainville in May, 1944. U.S. Major General O.W. Griswold speaks into a microphone in a field and troops line up in the background. The Major General decorates solders as he pins medals onto their uniforms, in recognition of their defense of Hill 260, redubbed 'Bunker Hill' in honor of the 182nd Army Division, whose history can be traced back to the Battle of Bunker Hill. Major General speaks into the microphone. Troops march in parade. Allied band and troops with color guard pass in review. Soldiers unveil a poster that reads ' Bunker Hill Road' depicting an eagle flying in front of the Japanese 'rising sun' flag. A band plays at the ceremony. Those awarded at the ceremony include, amongst many others, Sgt Edward Monahan, Sgt William Joyce, Sgt Daniel Ramsey, and Private First Class John P. Correggio. (World War II period).

Location: Bougainville Solomon Islands
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675051302
Preparations underway for the Inter Allied games in Paris, France and dignitaries arrive at the opening ceremony of the games.

Inter Allied games at Pershing Stadium in Paris, France. Preparations underway at the Pershing Stadium for the Inter Allied games. Men milling about the stadium. A sign above the spectators stands reads 'Pershing stadium' . Officers and dignitaries arrive as U.S. Army General John Pershing receives them. Units of Allied troops march in the stadium. A military band plays at the stadium.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1919
Duration: 3 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051364
Athletes from various Allied countries are inspected at the opening ceremony of Inter Allied games in Paris, France.

Inter Allied games at Pershing Stadium in Paris, France. French President Poincare and U.S. Army General John Pershing review troops of various Allied countries at the opening ceremony of the Inter Allied games. Soldiers line up as dignitaries review the troops. Athletes from Allied nations lined up for an inspection by the President. People gather around a motorcar. Two military officers talk.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1919
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051366
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