The Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams play a game of football at Baltimore Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore continues its headlong gallop towards the Western Division title. Huge crowd gathered to watch the match.
Fleet of Savio-Marchetti SM.55 lead by Italo Balbo land in Chicago Illinois for the Chicago World's Fair. Sailors and citizens greet Italo Balbo and his air fleet on his arrival. Huge crowd gathered to welcome him as he drives through a parade in New York City before returning to Italy. Italo Balbo waves to the American people in New York. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".
Igor Sikorsky seated inside Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, an experimental helicopter at a field behind the Vought-Sikorsky plant off Sniffens lane, Stratford, Connecticut. Sikorsky takes off in his VS-300 helicopter attempting to set a new world's endurance record for sustained flight. At one point during the flight, Robert Mackellar III, an employee, in white lab coat, holds up a sign reading "Worlds Record BROKEN, 1 hour 20 mts, as the helicopter continues to hover, breaking the record of 1 hour, 20 minutes and 40 seconds, set in 1937 by Heinrich Focke in Germany. Judges check their watches to confirm the airborne time of the helicopter. The Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter sets a new record of 1 hour and 32 minutes sustained flight.
Douglas Aircraft Engineers donning special helmets, shoes and cold weather clothing before entering Low Temperature Laboratory in Santa Monica, California. The temperature in the chamber is below 60 degrees. Engineers enter the cold chamber to test aircraft equipment. They check the equipment inside the cold chambers.
AAF cadets being physically examined by Army doctors at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. Cadet stands on a table while doctors examine him. Doctor puts an instrument behind cadet's head and spins the chair around, for vision test.
View of Vultee Aircraft Plant at Nashville, Tennessee. Dedication of Vultee P-66 Vanguard pursuit fighter aircraft during World War 2. Huge crowd gathered. View of an emblem.
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