USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr. visits Cuba during his goodwill tour. An USAF F-86 as it flies in low over beach, makes a climb. Spectators watch diamond-shaped formation of the Thunderbirds. The formation as it banks and completes a barrel roll. Several views of the Thunderbirds performing. General Hood and President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar. Views of the president. Views of the secret Police. American flag flying full mast, palm tree in the foreground. Several views of spectators. The Cuban flag flying full mast. Coast line of Havana, Cuba. Street scene along the beach area of Havana, Cuba.
Aerial demonstration in Cuba during USAF Major General Reuben Columbus Hood Jr. goodwill tour. The flight tower, written on tower: Aeropuerto Batista. F-84 flying low then climbing. View of C-47, (Cuban). An USAF F-86 flies very low to ground, then does a fly-by in the background. USAF F-84 Thunderbirds flying in line. Two Douglas C-47s Skytrain (Cuban) stationary on ramp. Diamond-shaped formation of Thunderbirds as they climb and fly. The Thunderbirds fly in single file, climb. A Thunderbird as it taxis on ramp.
Spanish dancer Carmencita performs dancing routines while being filmed by Edison Company cameraman. Reportedly she was the first woman to be featured in an Edison Company film. This sequence was filmed at Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, USA
Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's circus, performs an Egyptian Belly Dance while accompanied by other costumed musicians playing musical instruments. Filmed on May 9, 1895, when the circus was playing near the Edison Laboratory in Orange, New Jersey.
Several members of an organization parade on horseback on a street in New York City. They wear sashes displaying a small emblem, and are followed by a large uniformed brass band. Spectators line the sidewalks to watch. (Probably created by Edison Company cinematographers when they photographed many New York City scenes with a portable camera, in 1896)
The great Erie Railroad docks, Cleveland, Ohio. A large Cylindrical metal dumper overturns railroad coal cars to dump contents into a ship, at the rate of two cars per minute. It rolls up an incline,with a coal car inside, turning the coal car upside down to empty it. This is repeated twice. Then the empty coal car is moved out and a new full one arrives ready to enter the dumper. (Edison Company, June, 1897)
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