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Crowd cheers Hunter Brothers as they land at the sky harbor airport after breaking airplane inflight endurance record

Brothers John and Kenneth Hunter fly over the Sky Harbor airport,Northbrook, Illinois, in their Stinson SM-1 airplane,"The City of Chicago," preparing to land after a record-setting endurance flight lasting from June 11 through July 4, 1930. They are forced to discontinue their flight due to oil filter and leak problems. Huge crowds are gathered around the Sky Harbor Club House as they fly overhead. Aerial view of the their Stinson SM-1, with "The City of Chicago" painted on its fuselage. The crowds rush across the grassy field and past other airplanes at the airport, as the Hunters plane touches down.But the brothers continue taxiing until they reach a hangar. The brothers are seen with local airport officials near the hangar where they parked. John, covered in oil, that spewed in the cockpit from a broken oil pressure gauge, poses next to two women.The brothers pose together.They set a new endurance record of 553 hours and 41minutes, supported by inflight refueling from their brothers, Albert and Walter, from another Stinson SM-1 airplane (not shown).

Location: Northbrook Illinois USA
Date: 1930, July 4
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023812
30 layers of wooden barrels arranged to form a 100 feet bonfire, ignited at Gallows hill in Salem, ushering in Independence Day

People, many of them children, climbing on a giant stack of wooden barrels, 30 layers hight. It forms a 100 feet pyre at famous Gallows Hill in Salem, Massachusetts. View of the the bonfire as it is ignited near midnight on July 3, 1930, in an annual celebration ushering-in the July 4 Independence Day holiday in the United States. Huge flames erupt from the bonfire, lighting up the night.

Location: Salem Massachusetts USA
Date: 1930, July 3
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023813
Various events at the 1930 National Women's Amateur Athletic Union track meet in Dallas, Texas.

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track race for women athletes held in July 1930, at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas. Hurdle race is shown on the track. Runners jump over the hurdles. Maybelle Gilliland and team wins the race setting a new world record in the 400 yard hurdle relay race in the National Women's AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) track meet. Maybelle Gilliland poses for a photo. Another race conducted on the track. Runners run at a fast pace. Broad jump event is shown. Contestant throws javelin during the javelin throw event. Closeup view of young woman athlete Babe Didrikson with javelin in hand.

Location: Dallas Texas USA
Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023814
Cowboys on the bucking, kicking and jumping bulls and horses during the Annual rodeo in Livermore, California.

Bulls and horses buck, kick and jump during Annual rodeo, in the arena. Cowboys on the animals try to maintain their balance. Cowboys are present on the ground between the animals.

Location: Livermore California USA
Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023815
Gunner in military biplane shoots down a large blimp in the air over Chicago during military war exercise.

A large blimp being prepared on the ground and then released in the air near shore of Lake Michigan. It is surrounded by many aircraft. Pilot and a gunner with mounted machine gun are in a plane. The gunner fires at the blimp. A parachute is seen descending toward ground. The blimp catches fire and drops down burning.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023819
U.S. Chamber of Commerce film The Atom Comes to Town, about peaceful atomic power uses in the United States

Brief scene inside an atomic facility. A technician stands on platform above fuel pool where elements are partially submerged. Mr. Arch N. Booth, Executive Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, speaks about the peaceful benefits of nuclear energy. Scenes of a typical American town, with commercial district and residential areas. A woman converses with a friend, as she working in a kitchen containing electric appliances like oven, cooking range, egg beater and tea kettle. Housewife talks about the use of electricity in her home. Men in a factory working on machines talk to each other about prospects of atomic power. Women playing cards or bridge at a table discuss the building of atomic power plants.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1957
Duration: 3 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023824
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