A tailless biplane taking off and flying up in the air. A derivative of early Burgess and Dunne designs, the 1930 Arrowhead Safety Airplane was also inherently stable, weighed only 850 pounds and landed at a low of 22 mph. It also claimed for a safe flight.
A group of people standing underneath a tree and looking up. A cat is stuck in the branches of a tree. A young man climbs up the thorny branches to rescue t cat and brings it down. The cat was stuck for 120 hrs in isolation. People are happy to have their pictures clicked with the cat.
A man seen fixing dynamite which topples a 250 foot large chimney to enlarge Bolling Field area. Smoke rising after the blast. The chimney stood as an obstacle to many famous aviators like Charles Lindbergh, Frank Monroe Hawks, Richard Evelyn Byrd landing at Washington. The cleared area will make an airport, which would be one of the largest in the Eastern U.S.
Opening slate in English, describes man as a "human fly," who clambers up the side of a building, in Berlin, Germany. He uses handholds on gaps in the stonework, and climbs up a drain pipe. Huge crowd is gathered to watch the stunt. The man hoists his bicycle up from the ground with a rope and rides the bicycle back and forth on the parapet of the building. View from the building parapet, of the man riding his bicycle, with rooftops and smoke rising from chimneys in background. Signs partially visible on the building include the words- 'Siegmund' and 'Verbandstorff-Fabriken'.
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)in World War I. Several Generals and senior officers of the AEF inspect troops of the U.S. 3rd Army, in France. The officers are mounted on horseback and proceed through the ranks of soldiers drawn up in formation for inspection. One row of soldiers is standing behind their respective machine guns. The Generals seen ready to review the troops in parade. The infantry marches first, followed by horse-drawn artillery pulling French 75 field pieces, support elements consisting of horse-drawn covered wagons, and then troops in motorized trucks and automobiles. View of infantry marching with shouldered rifles and fixed bayonets. The ranking general saluting the troops from horseback.
Crowd of people on the street during German Revolution at conclusion of World War I. Soldiers carrying a howitzer and trying to position it in front of the Kaiser's palace (Also called Kaiser-Wilhelm Palais or Altes Palais). Group of soldiers installing a howitzer inside the palace with the help of ladder. Huge crowd of cheerful people celebrating the proclamation of a Republic Germany shortly after the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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