Nineteen year old aviatrix Elinor Smith prepares for a flight at Roosevelt Field in New York. The aircraft takes off. View of land below. Woman pilot sets a new altitude record for a female flyer. Aviator Elinor Smith breaks woman's altitude record by reaching height of 32,000 feet in airplane.
USS Pensacola cruiser underway under Brooklyn Bridge. The war ship battles strong wind while being tested for speed. The war ship has to make qualifying speed record in high wind and high waves. Gun turrets of the cruiser in view. Smoke rising up from smokestacks. Men aboard the USS Pensacola.
Aviators Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta fly plane along Roosevelt Field, New York. They set new flight record for flying for the longest duration. Huge crowd gathers to watch them. Plane in flight. A flare signal informs them when the previous record was broken. The wives of the aviators watch them. View of land below. A clock shows the time when the record is broken.
Seventeen year old aviatrix Elinor Smith sets a new flight endurance record for women. Bellanca monoplane lands at Roosevelt Field, New York. Elinor Smith in cockpit of the plane. Crowd rushes to greet her. A woman stands near her.
Lieutenant Charles Benter directs the U.S. Navy Band. Early models of aircraft in flight. USS Langley (AV-3) in San Diego Bay, California. Men aboard USS Langley take down mast as they prepare flight deck for flight activity. USS Langley underway. Stacks of the USS Langley lowered to horizontal. Aircraft on flight deck of USS Langley. Aircraft takes off from flight deck. Aircraft lands aboard USS Langley. OL-8 lands on USS Langley. DH-4 biplane is catapulted. Aircraft catapulted from the ship. OL-8 lands in water. DH-4 lands in water. Pilots taken from plane and hoisted aboard the USS West Virginia. Plane taken aboard the ship.
Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. Senator Kennedy and wife Jacquelin Kennedy receive a warm welcome at the airport. People gather in large number and cheer for the Senator. Kennedy waves to the enthusiastic crowd. Kennedy and his wife leave in a car.
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