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World's Champion Horseshoe pitcher, Ted Allen, demonstrates skills, after his win in Moline, Illinois
Approximately 20 contestants, dressed in white, are seen at horseshoe pitching lanes in a fenced enclosure. Spectators are seated in bleachers nearby. A stray dog wanders in the foreground. View of the spectators (mostly men). View of a shoe landing as a ringer. View from the pins as a contestant throws five shoes at four pins. One shoe appears to have landed closed against the first pin. The remaining four are all ringers. In a complete change of scene, Ted Allen, wearing a sweater emblazoned with his name and title: "World's Champion," gives a demonstration. He throws four ringers at one pin, while an intrepid assistant leans over, with his hand atop the pin, confident that he won't be hit by one of the horseshoes. Final view is a closeup of Ted Allen posing with his face framed by a horseshoe. (Note: Ted Allen was born in Kansas. His family moved to Colorado in 1922; to Oregon in 1932; to California in 1933; and finally back to Colorado, in 1936.)
Howard Hughes flies a Northrup Gamma airplane from Chicago to Los Angeles in less than half a day
A newsreel titled 'Lunches in Chi. Hops to L.A. For his dinner.' Howard Hughes, famed industrialist and aviator, is seen dressed in a suit and tie, seated in a Chicago restaurant having lunch. He finishes and leaves. The next scene shows nose of a Northrop Gamma 2G airplane with engine running. A brief glimpse of Hughes,still in suit and tie, wearing leather flying helmet with goggles pushed up on his forehead. With Hughes piloting, the airplane taxis and takes off from Chicago. It is seen in a gentle left bank as it departs. Later, Hughes is seen landing at Union Air Terminal in Burbank, California. Hughes is seen in opened cockpit as he taxis in to the parking ramp. He taxis past a Stinson hangar, parks, and climbs down from the aircraft. He is accompanied by a number of men as he walks across the parking ramp. (Note: Howard Hughes is flying a modified Gamma 2G airplane, number NC13761,that he leased from famous woman aviator, Jacqueline Cochran, who ordered it powered by a liquid-cooled 700-hp Curtiss Conqueror engine,driving a two-blade propeller. Hughes modified it with a 1000-hp Wright SR-1820-G2 radial engine, driving a three-blade constant speed propeller, and used it to set a new transcontinental nonstop record, flying from Burbank, California to Newark, New Jersey in 9 hours 26 minutes 10 seconds with an average speed of 259 mph, on 13-14 January 1936. The flight shown here set a speed record of 8 hours and 10 minutes from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California.)
Doctor examines child suffering from tuberculosis in crib at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.
Nurse attends to child suffering from tuberculosis in crib at Henry Ford Hospital (2799 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48202, Wayne County, Michigan, United States), in Detroit. The nurse removes the girl’s shoes. She measures the child’s height and weight using a stadiometer. The nurse checks the child’s pulse on the bed. The nurse undresses and covers the child with bed sheet. Mother seated on chair next to the child. Doctor examines child's ear, mouth and chest. He looks at X-Ray pointing to spots in lungs. Doctor examines child's chest and heart with stethoscope. Eye examination of child using chart with animals.
Aviators Howard Hughes and Amy Johnson after record-setting flights to Los Angeles, California and Cape town, South Africa, respectively.
American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes having lunch at a restaurant in Chicago on May 14, 1936. Other people sitting and standing behind him. Hughes stands up from his seat. View of propeller on his Northrop Gamma 2G airplane being started. Hughes has his goggles on his head and takes off toward California. View of Union Air Terminal (2627 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, United States) in Burbank, California. Hughes steps out of plane in Los Angeles after 8 hours flight. In next scene, aviator Amy Johnson, CBE, wife of Jim Mollison, emerges from her Percival Gull Sixplane. G-ADZO, in Cape Town, South Africa on May 7, 1936 after a record-setting four day and sixteen hours flight from London. A large crowd waits to see her. People greet her with flowers. Johnson is seen among the large crowd and smiling and waving to the crowd. Scenes in clip are from a 1961 newsreel recounting events roughly 25 years prior.
The bus 'Auto-railer' moves across the road and railway tracks in Arlington County, Virginia.
Buses that run both on road and railway tracks tried in Arlington County, Virginia. The bus 'Auto-railer' moves across the road. Several men stand near it. Buildings in the background. A view of the railway tracks. The bus moves on the railway tracks. Driver of the bus seated at the controls. Passengers sit in the bus.
A conductor takes full fare from children in a streetcar according to a height rule in Detroit, Michigan.
A height rule to decide fare for children in Detroit, Michigan. The height rule decides a child's age- if the height is more than 44 inches, the child is equal to or more than 6 years and has to pay full fare. Children and their parents get on a streetcar. A conductor takes fare from the children. The children get down the streetcar.
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