Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System shows airlift delivery method where aircraft deposits parachute supplies when landing is not possible. Parachute supplies deposited by an aircraft flying low. Parachute low delivery system shows a plane releasing parachute with supplies at a certain height from drop point at ground. Interior views of C-130 aircraft including pilot and controls. The cargo hatch is opened and the extraction parachute is deployed. Once the parachute catches the wind outside the craft, it pulls the connected supplies out of the plane and on to the ground. View of supply drop using many parachutes of different colors, with parachutes opening and supplies falling to ground. Supplies offloaded from aircraft at landing field.
After failing to find Bermuda on their first flight frim North Beach,Queens, New York, pilot, Mrs. Beryl Hart, and navigator, Lieutenant William S.MacLaren, U.S. Naval Reserve, were forced back to the U.S. where they landed at Norfolk, Virginia. MacLaren replaced his broken sextant, and the pair are seen starting out on their second attempt (this one successful). The pair are seen in flight clothing, with helmets and goggles prepare for the flight. They pose in the cockpit of their Bellanca CH 300, high wing, twin float seaplane, the "Tradewinds." They smile and wave to the camera. The engine starts, and the seaplane taxis over the water and accelerates to flying speed. They break contact with the water and fly off at a moderate rate of climb.
Two girls move on road holding a banner which reads 'Dream of Music'. Crowd lined up on sidewalks in background. Procession of floats follow two girls. Various elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by trucks parade on road.
Remaining and salvage parts of submarines at Philadelphia Naval shipyard. Man welding. Weighing of a broken submarine part. Submarine parts are hoisted from one point to another at shipyard.
A woman stands on a wobble meter on table. Roy W. Brown, director of the engineering research laboratory at Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron Ohio, tests the woman's fatigue level on the wobble meter. Teenage boys and girls play a game of basketball. Legs of one of the athletes seen standing on wobble meter to determine fatigue. Man kisses woman. Man and woman stand on wobble meter.
Traffic on road and White House in the background. Crowd gathered at White House waiting to proceed. People enter the door. Lined up people move ahead slowly. South facade of the White House. President Herbert Hoover and wife Lou Henry Hover walk out of the door. President, wife and other officials pose.
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