Scenes of the 34th Houston Rodeo at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. A huge gathering in the stadium. Fans wearing cowboy boots. Cowboys on horses. Bucking broncos.
View of YB-17 bomber piloted by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Olds, Commander of the U.S. Army Air Corps 2nd Bomb Group, seen aloft, during an historic non-stop flight from March Field, California, to Langley Field, Virginia. The YB-17 lands at Langley Field. Next, Lieutenant Colonel Olds is seen discussing the flight, while surrounded by U.S. Army officers all wearing campaign hats. Glimpse of YB-17s of the 2nd Bomb Group parked on the ramp at Langley Field.
Army Aircraft production at Douglas Company plant in Santa Monica, California. Interior of the Douglas plant, where C-47 (DC-3) transport planes and B-18 Bolo bombers are seen in various stages of manufacture. A factory worker watches as the landing gear of a bomber is raised into retracted position. A row of Wright Cyclone radial engines sit on stands. A group of B-10 aircraft in formation passing by the rock face of a mountain, at altitude below the mountaintop.
Five YG-1B early helicopters are pushed out of hangar by ground crewmen. Ground crewmen lock rotor blades into position for flight. Three YG-1B auto-gyros taking off from a grass field at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Views of five YG-1Bs in flight, then two auto-gyros land.
Six P-12 biplane aircraft in flight just outside Chicago, Illinois during a practice battle for American military forces from the Illinois National Guard. Troops at ground fire machine guns, loading and firing anti-aircraft guns. Troops wear gas masks, moves through the smoke and firing rifles. A tank and the Chicago skyline in background with various skyscrapers seen.
Views of a scattered wreckage of a B-18 aircraft in a plowed field in Delavan, Illinois. Civilians inspecting the parts of the wreckage including unopened parachutes, a set of broken golf clubs, a music book and a shoe. This was B-18 serial no. 36-265, that crashed June 10,1938. It was assigned to ACTS, Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado.
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