Telephone lines laid along the Florida coast in the United States. Equipment in view during the extending of telephone lines along the Florida coast. A crane beside the train station in the town of Jewfish, Florida in the upper Florida Keys. A board on the train station building reads 'Jew Fish'. The crane at work. Florida in later years: View of rolls of telephone cables outside a building. Men laying telephone cables from a roll kept on a wheel cart. A small wooden building with a board that reads 'The New Telephone Bldg., Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company'. Another small building with a few boards. One of the boards reads 'Keeping Face With Orlands'. A large concrete building with a path in the front. Trees along the side of the path.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) modern airplanes for military purposes at Selfridge Field in Michigan, United States. A Curtiss Pursuit P-1 Hawk capable of flying at 170 miles per hour is stationary. The P-1 taxis and takes off during testing for maneuverability by Lieutenant James Doolittle. The P-1 in flight. USAAS Boeing Pursuit PW-9 which is capable of flying at a speed of 168 miles per hour is stationary. The PW-9 aircraft taxis, takes off and banks. PW-9 buzzing the field. Aerial maneuvers of the PW-9 aircraft.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field in Michigan, United States. Commanding Officer of the 1st Pursuit Group Major Carl Andrew Spaatz gives a signal for preparations for take off. Crew get into airplanes. Views of fighter aircraft across a airfield at Selfridge Field. Three aircraft take off followed by other aircraft. Formations of aircraft flying overhead.
United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 1st Pursuit Group in the northern part of Michigan, United States. A fifty gallon drum of fuel is hauled on a sled towards an airplane. The airplane is fueled by a hand pump. USAAS Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft with skis for landing on snow. The engines of the P-1 start. A second plane in the background. A long line of P-1 aircraft with ski-type landing gear. A P-1 aircraft taxis and takes off. Other airplanes taking off in the background.
A United States Army Air Service (USAAS) Pursuit P-1 Hawk aircraft is tested for maneuverability by Lt. James Harold Doolittle in Michigan, United States. Aerial maneuvers of the USAAS Curtiss P-1 Hawk aircraft. The aircraft performs a barrel roll. The P-1 aircraft flies upside down and performs aerial maneuvers.
Aerial acrobatics during a training of United States Army Air Service (USAAS) Pursuit fliers P-1Hawks in Michigan, United States. A P-1 Hawk performs a barrel roll. Views of terrain as the aircraft starts aerial maneuvers. The aircraft performs a somersault.