The Cabot device for snatching an airmail pouch without landing, is tested at Mitchel Field in New York, United States. Pilot Roger Wolfe Kahn at Mitchel Field, New York. Aircraft taxis and takes off. New Cabot device for postal air-mail tested. A huge container on the field with a sign on it that reads 'Cabot'. The aircraft trailing a line with hook, flies over a line stretched between two poles and snatches an air mail satchel.
The airborne "City of Chicago" airplane, a Stinson SM-1 "Detroiter," circling the Sky Harbor Airport at Northbrook, Illinois, while setting a new flight endurance record. A large number of people gathered at the airport looking skywards toward the aircraft being flown by John Hunter and Kenneth Hunter. A separate Stinson SM-1 aircraft, known as "Big Ben," flown by their brothers Albert Hunter and Walter Hunter, refuels the endurance aircraft in mid air, with a flexible hose connected from the refueling aircraft that is flying just above the other Stinson SM-1 aircraft. View from aboard the refueling aircraft, looking downward at Kenneth Hunter who is standing up in the open cockpit and directing the hose during the mid-flight refueling operation. After refueling is complete, the hose is seen to drop free from the "City of Chicago." One of the Hunter brothers standing up and leaning out toward the nose of the "City of Chicago" aircraft as he inspects the engine during mid-flight. View on the ground of civilians looking upward at the aircraft flying in the sky. (The "City of Chicago" record set during this flight was 553 hours, 41 minutes, 30 seconds in the air.)
A report on United States Air Force C-123B assault transport aircraft performance at Fort Bragg military installation in North Carolina. Infantry troops walks over a sandy ground during a simulated assault mission at Fort Bragg military installation. The troops board a C-123B provider transport aircraft. Three C-123Bs land at Sicily Drop Zone. The troops get off the C-123Bs. Vehicles unloaded from the C-123Bs. The aircraft taxi along rough field.
Airman Felix Waitkus leaves for Lithuania but crashes in Ireland. Waitkus takes off from Floyd Bennett Airport, New York for Kaunas, Lithuania. Fog and failing gas results in a crash in a field near Ballinrobe, Ireland.
Sing Sing football team Blacksheep wins over Monroe Bull Dogs in Ossining Village. Football game in progress. Spectators in stand cheering. Blacksheep wins over Monroe Bull Dogs with a score of 30 to 0.
Basketball game being played between N.Y.U. (New York University) and University of California, Madison Square Garden, New York. Basketball game in progress. Spectators watch and cheer the players. N.Y.U. (New York University) wins over University of California by score of 41-26
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