Amoskeag Falls Bridge over the Merrimack River with raging waters during the Great Flood of 1936 (New England) in Manchester New Hampshire. Remnants of a house is seen going over the falls and floating under the Amoskeag Falls Bridge. Workers stacking sandbags at the Amoskeag Falls Dam power house in an effort to save it. View of Amoskeag Falls Dam powerhouse surrounded by flood water. Two Martin B-10 bombers in flight over an overflowing river. View from a Martin B-10 rear cockpit as United States airmen push food supplies out of bomb bay. Package dropping from a B-10 over Pennsylvania.
Alabama is hit by floods in 1936. A steel bridge stands over flood overflowing a river. A steam locomotive and train moving on elevated track over flooded area. Aerial view of houses and trees near Montgomery partially submerged by the flood. Distant view of a stranded motorist being rescued by boat.
United States Air Corps Lieutenant Roscoe Charles Wilson is seen wearing civilian clothing and parachute. Lt. R.C. Wilson, a pilot, climbs into the cockpit of a modified Boeing P-26 fuselage. The fuselage is mounted in a jig designed to protect the propeller during landing accidents. The entire fuselage is tipped over slowly as a means of demonstrating the protection device. Lieutenant Wilson in cockpit pushing against sponge rubber in top of canopy.
United States Army Air Corps ground crewmen work in front of row of parked Martin B-10 aircraft before WW2. Pilots standing by portable gas heater warming their hands and feet. A ground crewman removing portable gas heater from under canvas covering the nose of a Curtiss A-12 Shrike. Two ground crewmen putting booties on "Prince" the squadron collie dog mascot. Crewmen putting on sheepskin flying suit while another wearing a cold weather flying mask helps. Close up of crewman in cold weather mask. Close up of engine as it starts up. Martin B-10 bombers in flight over snow. A gunner in B-10 rear canopy. A B-10 in flight. View rear through B-10 bomber vertical stabilizer. Camera man without canopy operating a hand cranked 35mm motion picture camera. B-10 bombers in flight at night.
A truck drives up in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-6A biplane bomber at a hangar on Langley Field. The U.S. airmen move supplies from truck to plane. Aerial view of Tangier Island through wing of B-6A plane. The island is surrounded by ice. The bundles of food being dropped through bomb bay of B-6A onto Tangier Island. Distant views of planes over snow covered Tangier Island.
United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits disabled World War 2 veterans at a hospital in Florida. Eisenhower shakes hands with a WWII veteran in a wheelchair. General Eisenhower smiling. General Eisenhower visits his daughter in law, Barbara Jean Eisenhower ne Thompson, holding his grandchild after birth in a hospital. Wife Mamie Eisenhower, son John Eisenhower, and other relatives surround Barbara. General Eisenhower holds infant grandchild, (probably Dwight,) and at a later date is again seen with this grandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II, who he kisses. He is also holding another grandchild, probably Susan Elaine Eisenhower. Crowds gathered for a reception at Columbia University (Columbia University 535 W. 116th St. ยท New York, NY 10027). Barbara Jean Eisenhower ne Thompson, John Eisenhower, and Mamie Eisenhower sit to watch General Eisenhower on stage during a reception. General Eisenhower, in academic gown, delivers a speech during a reception at Columbia University, stating, "In today's struggle, no free man, no free institution, can be neutral, all must be joined in a common profession - that of Democratic citizenship."
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