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A Pan American Clipper on a test flight at Port Washington, New York takes off on a new route to Europe.

A Pan American (Pan Am) Clipper on a test flight at Port Washington, New York. The aircraft pioneers a new route to Europe. United States airmen stand in front of the aircraft. Crew members board the Clipper. Interiors of the Pan American Clipper with the crew inside. Crew members at work. The aircraft taxis and takes off from water surface. The Clipper in flight above the city. New York City skyscrapers in the background.

Date: 1937, July 5
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063625
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan airborne in the Lockheed Electra checking navigation equipment and procedures

Preparations for Amelia Earhart's trip around the world in her Lockheed Electra airplane. Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan in flight, checking navigation equipment and procedures in the air. Aerial views from another aircraft of the Lockheed Electra over the Oakland Bridge and other landmarks. The aircraft is seen landing and taking off at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Oakland, California

Date: 1937, March 13
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063653
Amelia Earhart Putnam and associates preparing for her round-the-world flight.

Amelia Earhart Putnam with associates preparing for her round-the-world flight, at Oakland Naval Air Station, California. Her Lockheed Electra aircraft (tail number: NR 16020) taxis slowly in front of Navy hangar. Small puddles of rainwater on the ramp. Paul Mantz ducks down into cockpit of the parked airplane and then reappears again. Engines of the Lockheed Electra are started and it taxis under guidance of ground crewmen. Amelia Earhart Putnam standing in cockpit of her airplane talking with Paul Mantz, as he tightens dzuz fastener on an access panel in fuselage. Earhart, Mantz and George Putnam huddle beside the airplane.

Date: 1937, March 13
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063655
Contestants pose and a girl receives the award during Harlem Beauty Crown Contest in New York.

Young African American women models compete in Harlem Beauty Crown Contest in New York City. Contestants in swim suits stand in front of the judges. Two of the judges are in "blackface" makeup, with canes, top hats, and white gloves. Girls pose in swim suits while their waists are measured. A girl is presented the beauty contest award. A model poses.

Date: 1930, July 14
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046570
A woman and man stunt team flip in push cars from the end of a steel track in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

A woman and man stunt team show an aerial automobile jump in Atlantic City, New Jersey. They climb up a ladder to a steel ramp and board push cars. They then roll down the steel track, and one vehicle jumps into the air onto a platform while the one behind flips into the air and lands behind the first. After the stunt, the drivers exit their cars and wave to the audience.

Date: 1930, July 14
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046573
Sail boats race during America's Cup race trials; Harold Vanderbilt with "Enterprise" wins the race in Glen Cove, New York.

Harold Vanderbilt's sailing vessel "Enterprise" takes an early lead and maintains the lead in a swift race in Glen Cove, New York, during qualifying races for the America's Cup. "Enterprise" underway in the water. Motor boats seen along side sail boats.

Date: 1930, June 14
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046577