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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 takes off from NAS Oakland, on first leg of her round-the-world flight.

Amelia Earhart and her crew take off from the U.S. Naval Air Station, Oakland, California, to begin their flight around the world. Views from another aircraft as their Lockheed Electra flies low over Western Span of the Bay Bridge and San Francisco, heading West toward the Pacific Ocean. Scene on the ground, several days earlier, Paul Mantz and Amelia Earhart Putnam converse, as he secures a dzuz fastener on the aircraft fuselage. Mechanic Bo McKneely helps Earhart step from the wing of the airplane. She talks with husband, George P. Putnam. Paul Mantz, talks with Earhart and George Putnam while Bo McKneely refuels the Lockheed Electra. In final scenes, ground crew pushes the Lockheed Electra into a Hangar at the Naval Air Station.

Date: 1937, March 17
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063652
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 takes off on her flight around the world. Preparations prior to the flight.

Amelia Earhart takes off from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Oakland, California in her Lockheed Electra aircraft, to begin her round-the-world flight. The runway and ramp contain small puddles of water from a recent rain shower. Aerial views from another airplane of the Lockheed Electra as it flies over the Oakland area of California. View of Oakland Bay Bridge.(These were probably shot on March 13th during their checkout flight.) In separate scenes, prior to departure, on the ground, Amelia talks with her husband, George P. Putnam.

Date: 1937, March 17
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063654
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