The movie 'The Prince Who Was a Thief' starring Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie premieres at the Michigan theater in Detroit, Michigan. People dance in the street in front of the theater marquee while Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie lead the event from the band stand.
Moving day for President Woodrow Wilson. Loading trucks park in front of house. People watch furniture and litter lying on the street. Men take furniture in house. Entrance of the white house.
First movie scenes of Chicago from air. Film maker Harold McCormick Jr. adjusts camera at flying boat. Pilot Witmer boards his Curtiss Amphibian flying boat. Two Curtiss Amphibian flying boat taxi on water. Passengers on the boat wave. Aerial scenes of Chicago coast line and downtown Chicago areas and landmarks. Scenes of building and factories of Chicago. Scenes of shipping facilities. Scene of naval fleet.
Naval commissioned officers sit at table and talk. View of trainees entering Naval Aviation School Command building 633 on grounds of Naval Air Station Pensacola. Graduates from officer candidate school, Naval ROTC, and the Naval Academy sit in class and officer shows them model of aircraft and tells about its parts and functions. They study the functions of aicraft engines, viewing a model of an engine. They learn to take readings of airspeed and learn about navigation and aerodynamics. Close-up of monitor needles showing Lift, Drag, and Speed. They sit in a ejection simulator to experience the sensation of being ejected from an aircraft. They wear flight gear and learn how to function at 30,000 feet altitude. They perform callisthenic exercises, include jumping jacks, pushups and running, and they stay fit on an obstacle course. They get training in a swimming pool including use of a Dilbert Dunker to learn how to escape a submerged aircraft after ditching in water. They learn land-sea survival skills, and are seen training in a pool and in the open ocean, simulating survival situations at sea and on land. They practice escaping a parachute harness at sea, and how to board a life raft from the water. A pilot practices bailing water out of the life boat using his flight helmet. On land, they make a tent in the forest using their parachute, they learn to build and set snares to capture small animals. They learn about edible plants. Trainees seen gathered around a camp fire at night, cooking. Officers in uniform view T-28 Trojan aircraft flying overhead.
Sandy Koufax (born Sanford Braun), left-handed pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, retires from baseball due to arthritis in his left elbow. Koufax arrives at press conference in Los Angeles. Photographers click pictures. Man shakes hands with him. Scenes of Koufax during baseball games. Koufax pitching from the mound. Crowd cheers. He gives autographs to fans in the stands. He talks with a young woman and others in the press conference and signs autographs. (Limited sound only of crowds cheering during baseball games in second half of video clip).
An open truck filled to overflowing with people celebrating the Armistice ending World War 1. Camera tracks the truck briefly as it maneuvers around street corners. Crowds line the sidewalks. Then camera films spectators from a vehicle driving along the streets. A particularly large number of spectators surround the Old Executive Office Building. Many hold small American flags. But there is no cheering or merrymaking, as such, because everyone is waiting for the parade and related events to begin. The bulk of spectators are women. Several uniformed soldiers are seen, and some children. Crowds around the entrance to the White House.
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