Colonel Charles Lindbergh along with Major General William S Graves, Commanding General of Canal Zone, Major General Malin Craig and Brigadier General William Cruikshank review troops at United States Army base, Fort Amador in Canal Zone, Panama on January 11, 1928.
Air Sea rescue operations in the U.S. Canal Zone. Three aircraft of the 1st Rescue Squadron, Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, are seen flying above tha water. One flying the lowest is an SB-17 and above that a twin engine (C-47) and above that a smaller single engine airplane. Smoke from a flare is seen and an aircrew in a 20-man life raft. The C-47 airdrops something, and the SB-17 drops a large life boat, in a practice rescue operation. Crewmen in the raft, transfer to the life boat, raise its sail and start moving. A larger rescue motor boat intercepts them and the aircrew leave their sailboat and climb aboard the larger boat.
The Connelly's Tavern in Natchez, Mississippi. The exteriors of the Connelly Tavern or House on Ellicott's Hill merchant house on Canal Street, originally built around 1798 by James Moore. People enter the House on Ellicott Hill. Exterior views of damaged pillars and a crumbled wall of a building. Inside the Connelly's Tavern, a waitress carries a tray. A woman walks downstairs. Two women sit near a fireplace and talk. The waitress serves tea to the two women. Two women read from a book. A portrait on a wall of the house, restored by the Natchez Garden Club and New Orleans architect Richard Koch after the Club purchased it in 1934.
Floods strain the Panama Canal dams in Gatun, Panama. Water flows through the spillways of the dams. Various views of water rushing through the spillways.
Air Sea rescue operations in the Carribean. Officers in control room as they speak over the wireless. A man plots on a map. United States Air Force OA-10 A air sea rescue plane, from the First Rescue Squadron at Howard Air Force Base, U.S. Panama Canal Zone, is seen in flight. Aircraft flies low over the sea. Crew of the plane in the observation point while in flight. Men in life raft wave towards the plane. Rescue plane lands and taxis.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States soldiers catch fish with fishing rods at the end of causeway at Fort Amador in Panama. Ships in the distant background as they wait to enter the canal. Hills in the background as soldiers stand and sit on rocks to catch fish.
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