The Adirondacks Mountains in New York. A view of the mountains from U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge's vacation house. The mountains in the background and a lake in the foreground. Trees in the mountainous area. The lake and trees in the background. A boat in the lake. A ship underway in the lake. An officer on the deck of the ship.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge's Summer White House in Paul Smiths, New York. The Summer White House of the President at White Pine Camp. A lake and a wooded region in the camp. Administrative offices in the near by town of Paul Smiths. A car parked in the background.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge in New York during his holidays. The President with a cigar in his mouth. Two dogs play in a garden . One of the dogs looks down from a boundary wall. Two women walk out of a building. A tennis court. Men play tennis and trees in the background. A field roller in the background.
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge at his vacation home in New York during his holidays. The President with his dog in a boat in a lake. Mountains in the background. The dogs of the President. The U.S. flag on the bow of the boat. A man and the President row the boat with oars in the lake and trees on either side of the lake. The President look at the trees. First Lady Grace Coolidge in another boat. She puts her hand in the water. A man rows the boat with oars. President Coolidge plays with his dog and the dog eats his food.
Film opens showing people assembled at a celebratory dinner, honoring French aviators, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, who on September 1, 1930, flew their Breguet XIX aircraft,"Le Point d'Interrogation" (The Question Mark) non-stop from Paris to New York, and thence to Dallas Texas,landing at Love Field, Dallas, on September 4th,where they were greeted by 30,000 aviation enthusiasts. They are being honored by William Edward (Colonel) Easterwood, Jr., a Texas philanthropist and aviation enthusiast who had offered a $25,000 prize for the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas,Texas. Colonel Easterwood delivers congratulatory remarks, and presents his check for the prize to the fliers. Closeup of the Easterwood check. Broadcast microphones are placed close to Colonel Easterwood and the fliers. Next, the fliers stand near the end of the event. Scene shifts completely to Costes and Bellonte with their aircraft, "The Question Mark, aboard a steamship, ready to sail back to France. Closup of the aircraft with large question mark painted on its side along with names of cities world-wide to which it had flown. Among these are: Hanoi; Calcutta; Karachi; Alepo; Athens; Rome; Paris; and New York. (Note: There is a display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field, that includes the actual prize check as well as a panoramic picture of the "Question Mark" landing in Dallas, along with a plaque commemorating the event.)
Construction workers at work under the Hudson River in New York. A crane lifts up concrete and put it into a truck. The construction workers bore a tube under the bed of the Hudson River for a new mid town tunnel. Engineers at work. The tube is fitted properly. An engineer comes out of the hollow tube and shakes hand with another engineer. Two construction workers in the hollow tube and others stand around them. A view of the Hudson River and buildings in the background.
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