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Eisfeld-Valier rocket propulsion system tests using simple chassis with steel wheels running on narrow gauge railroad.
July 17, 1928, Friedrichshohe, Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Trial run of an Eisfeld-Valier propulsion system on a simple rail car (chassis mounted on steel wheels) running on the Harz Narrow Gauge Railway ,in central Germany. A man fits rocket boosters in the chassis. A flag marks the start point. The car leaves the start point and attains speed of over 100 Km per hour. Spectators stand near the track. July 25, 1928. Another trial run of the rocket-propelled rail car. Men near Eisfeld-Valier-Rak-1propelled rail car on tracks. Men fit rocket boosters in the car. The boosters are ignited. The car attains a speed of 180 Km per hour. July 26, 1928. Official speed run of the Eisfeld-Valier-Rak 1rail car at Stiege, Germany. On this third run, the car reached 180 km / hr but continues its strong acceleration, causing it to derail and fly off the track at a speed estimated to be 300 Km per hour.
At a recognition ceremony in 1928, Thomas Edison operates the first tinfoil phonograph he invented.
Thomas Edison with his original tin foil phonograph (recording and playing device), that was produced in December 1877. Edison stands near a NBC microphone and shows operation of his tinfoil phonograph, also referred to in press of the late 1800s as a Talking Machine. This footage was shot on the occasion of a recognition ceremony for Edison on October 20, 1928, where he was also presented the Congressional Gold Medal by President Calvin Coolidge. This original tinfoil phonograph had been given by Edison in 1880 to a representative of the English Patent Office who visited the Menlo Park lab. The machine had been exhibited in England. It was repatriated for this 1928 event by the South Kensington Museum in London. British diplomat Ronald Ian Campbell, partially visible on the left in this footage, presented the phonograph back to Edison. Today it is on display at the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, New Jersey.
MATS C-124 and Navy R5D aircraft operating in Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze
During U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica. A tracked vehicle moves on snow in front of Observation Hill. (This area would become Mcmurdo Station.) A Military Air Transport Service (MATS) C-124C Aircraft taxis down sea-ice runway and turns around to takeoff . It makes makes a long takeoff roll and breaks ground with slow rate of climb, churning up a fog of snow in the process. . Small weasel with small trailer with fire extinguisher on it. Navy R5D Aircraft in the background taxiing for take off. R5D taxis. Yellow fuel truck is seen. R5D makes a jet assisted takeoff. Flame is seen from the JATO bottles under the aircraft during takeoff roll and much trailing smoke, as the aircraft breaks ground with a high rate of climb.
Byrd Expedition Explorers with huskies at a camp site in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at camp site in Antarctica. Huskies in chains. A man pulls one husky aside. Loaded sledges tied with chains. Huskies lying on the snow. A man retrieves food from a sledge and gives it to each dog. The dogs eat. Man shovels snow into a container outside a tent. He settles the snow, put the container in a heater and shuts the lid. He takes it into a tent. Tents at the camp site. Men emerge from tents and put on their coats. A mild blizzard over the mountains. Man attaches harness to sledge. Dogs covered in snow. A snow mound with a flag. Man packs and settles a sledge. The Expedition's Ford Trimotor airplane flies overhead. Snow covered mountains. Huskies pull the sledge across the terrain.
Members of the Byrd Expedition with dog sledges. The set up camp at foot of Rockefeller Mountains in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers camp at foot of the Rockefeller Mountains in Antarctica. Men tie their shoe laces outside a tent. Men climb a mountain. A man climbs up. He takes out some papers from his backpack and takes pictures of the same. He climbs further upwards over the rocks, an ice axe in hand. A dog sledge moves across the terrain. Men wrap and tie load onto the sledge. Take out food from cans. Huskies in chains on the snow. Men put up a tent. A man uses a radio transmitter. Huskies around sledges. Men load and unload things.
Explorers at a monument dedicated to past explorers in Antarctica.
Byrd Expedition Explorers at camp site in Antarctica. Man near a telescope on stand. man looks through the telescope and adjusts the view. A man plots a route using a compass on a map. Men walk across the snow to a point and mark it with a U.S. flag. A map shows the route between Little America and the South Pole. Men on dog sledges move across the terrain. Snow covered mountains in the background. Men walk up to a monument made up of a pile of stones, dedicated to explorers who reached this point in the past. They take off their hats as a sign of respect. A man takes out cans from this pile. The cans contain notes from various explorers. They read a note dated 14-16 December 1911, written by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He puts the note back into the can, closes it and replaces the same into the monument.
