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Scenes from the Dole Derby or Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii in August, 1927

Opening scene shows several aircraft and aircrews on an Airfield in Oakland, California, readying for the Dole Air Race to Hawaii. A modified Travel Air 5000 aircraft, NX869, named "Woolaroc," is seen in the near foreground. Behind it is another Travel Air 5000, named "Oklahoma." Next, the "Oklahoma" and the "Aloha"(NX914), a Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane are seen with engines running and taxiing. The "Aloha" takes off and climbs sharply after gaining airspeed. Several Wickes-class destroyers are seen steaming underway. (Slate reports they patrol the course to be flown over the Pacific.) Scene shifts to wreckage of the "Angel of Los Angeles" a twin engine Bryant Monoplane, which crashed on a test flight at Montebello, California. (Pilot, Arthur V. Rogers, bailed out at the last minute but his parachute didn't fully open and he was killed.) Next is shown the wreckage of the "Pride of Los Angeles," an International CF-10 Triplane, after crashing into San Francisco Bay on August 11th. Pilots J. L. Giffin and Theodore S. Lundgren are seen stepping from the water, unhurt. A crane, on a barge, lifts the wreckage from the shallow water.

Date: 1927, August
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027439
Retired veteran aviators share Luncheon at Bolling AFB celebrating Air Force record-setting flights in 1929 and 1963.

A large group of retired Air Force officers are seen seated at a number of tables during a luncheon celebrating the 35th anniversary of the 1929 endurance record setting flight of the Fokker C-2A aircraft named "Question Mark." The event is in the Bolling Air Force Base Officers' Club. Closeup of General Carl Spaatz, addressing the group from a podium. Colonel Harry Halverson and aviation mechanic, Sergeant Roy Hooe, who both flew on the Question Mark, are listening, along with Major Sidney J. Kubesch (who,in October 1963, was aircraft commander on the B-58 bomber that set a speed record, flying 8,028 miles from Tokyo to London in 8 hours, 35 minutes and 20.4 seconds). Lieutenant General Ira Eaker addresses the group next. Closeup of him and of General Spaatz tilting his head to hear. The audience applauding. Sergeant Roy Hooe then addresses the group. The clip ends as the luncheon ends and the participants socialize.

Date: 1964, January 29
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027445
Keystone K-78 "Patrician" airplane carries 24 passengers in New York.

"Patrician" passenger airplane carries 24 passengers in New York. The all metal Keystone K-78 monoplane parked at Mitchel field. Men gather near the airplane. It flies in the sky. Aerial views of the aircraft in flight. Fascinating aerial views of New York City skyscrapers from relatively low aerial height, including the Woolworth Building and a clock tower building, as seen through the windows of the Keystone aircraft.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027451
Group of 21 Curtiss Hawk in Selfridge field, Mich.

Group of 21 Curtiss Hawk aircraft in Selfridge Field, Michigan, near Mount Clemens. Men stand in the field. The pursuit planes take off and are seen flying in the sky.

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027474
Improving living conditions on U.S. Navy ships. The USS Meredith (DD-890)

The USS Meredith (DD-890) chosen as a "laboratory" for improving living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. Poor living conditions on the ship. Crewmen face difficulties in adjusting to the living conditions. Animation shows the plans regarding the improvement of the living conditions. Improved conditions on the ship. Tidy and well managed beds in the compartment. Proper illumination in the compartment.Crewmen sleep on the beds. Proper spaces and places provided to keep personal items. Well furnished compartment. Sailors sit on chairs and play chess. Another man reads newspaper.

Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027612
Efforts to improve living conditions on U.S. Navy vessels. The destroyer, USS Meredith (DD-890)

Views of unsatisfactory living conditions aboard the USS Meredith (DD-890). Cramped messing facilities. Difficulties in access and egress. Improved furniture on the ship. Beds in the compartment. Crew sleep in the compartment. The interior design of the ship on a paper. Improved beds in the compartment. Crewman sits on a chair and writes something. Lockers in the compartment. Seamen converse amongst themselves.

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027613