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U.S. Forest Service takes measures to restore area burned by forest fire in Los Padres National forest, California

Film begins showing view from an airplane flying over a forest fire burning in the Los Padres National forest, near Santa Barbara, in California. Next, the aerial view is repeated 10 days later when men and equipment of the U.S. Forest Service have gained access to the burned out area. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a Twin Beechcraft model 18 aircraft is being loaded with a special grass seed mixture to be broadcast over the denuded area to provide protection against floods. The Twin Beech aircraft is seen taking off. Aerial view of the aircraft flying over California hills. Glimpse of the pilot at the controls in the cockpit. His nose and mouth are covered with a mask (to protect from the seed dust inside the plane). More aerial views of the plane in flight and then spraying grass seed over the damaged area.

Date: 1964
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035461
Aviation in U.S. after World War I. Inauguration of air mail. Barnstorming and wing walking

World War One - war is over, Armistice signed. Crowd celebrates and waves flags in New York celebrating end of World War 1. America cuts down its Air services to much extent. American troops march on streets. American airman is decorated by the French. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker,in uniform, in front of line of airplanes, and later in civilian clothes, after leaving military service. Former World War I flyer,and Army Captain Fiorella LaGuardia, parading with American Legion, in streets of New York. Scenes of U.S. Air Mail service inauguration attended by President and Mrs. Wilson, shows U.S. Air Mail wagon and President Wilson holding first air mail letter. Men load mail sacks onto aircraft. Pilot talks to President Wilson. Pilot boards the plane and takes off. .View from an airplane, of a forest fire as airplanes were employed by the Forest Service to watch for fires. Two JN-1 "Jenny" airplanes flown by "barnstormers" after World War I. "Wing walkers" switch from one airplane to the other during flight, to entertain spectators. A Curtis Pusher airplane in flight. Crowds looking up at barnstormers performing with JN-1 airplanes. Wing walker leaves one airplane and grabs hold of another as it passes. One wing walker wears shirt identifying him as one of the so-called "Thirteen Black Cats." Man performs daredevil feats on the wings of the airplane and stands on top of fuselage as the aircraft lands. Many passengers board a large airplane for introductory rides. Interior of airplane shows a lavatory. This is a large twin engine biplane with double main gear wheels and double tail resembling a Caprioni or Handley page design. A man waves his straw hat as the aircraft takes off.

Date: 1920
Duration: 4 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051728
Film tracing the growth of the United States from 1607 to World War II

Waves crashing on a rocky shore. View of Plymouth Rock, with "1620" engraved on it. Coastline with hills and sea. A forest and primitive house of sticks. A church with watch tower. Reenactment of early immigrants felling trees and busy in a 17th Century settlement in Massachusetts. View upward of tall tree. Column on a building in Virginia; portico and clock on a building in Rhode Island;and a church in Carolina.The minuteman statue in Battle Green, Lexington,Massachusetts. Image of colonist James Otis. Statue of Thomas Jefferson. Image of Thomas Paine. Statue of Patrick Henry. Reenactment of British Red Coats charging up a hill during the American revolution. John Trumbull's painting, the "Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776" in the Capitol Rotunda, Washington,DC. A copy of the document. Reenactment of General Washington's troops and snowy encampment at Valley Forge, in 1777. The colonial troops marching in the snow.Painting of George Washington praying in a glen. Painting by John Trumbull of Lord Cornwallis surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, October 17, 1781. The Constitution of the United States in the National Archives, Washington, DC. Liberty bell swinging. Early American flag with 13 stars and 13 stripes. Animated map showing the original 13 States. Reenactment of early settlers, in wagon trains, pushing Westward from the original colonies. New States being added to the animated map, until all 48 continental American States are filled in. An American flag displaying 48 States.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046103
Views of various aircraft in flight and Jacqueline Cochran wins the Bendix Trophy race at Bennett Field, New York City.

A large number of automobiles parked in a field, crowd looking up at the sky during an airshow. Douglas Corrigan (famous for his wrong way flight from New York to Dublin, Ireland), standing with several girls in bath suits. A Piper J-3 Cub fitted with pontoons lands on a grassy field. Seversky EP-1 (civilian version of the military P-35 aircraft), with Jacqueline Cochran at the controls, taxis after winning the Bendix Trophy Race in 1938. Mr. Vincent Bendix congratulates Miss Cochran after winning the race. Several P-35s in different flight formations. Paratroopers jump from a ford tri-motor aircraft, views of paratroopers descending. Views of four aircrafts with smoke trailing, taking off and doing acrobatic stunts including inside and outside loops. Jacqueline Cochran at the controls of a Seversky EP-1 landing at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, completing a Trans-continental flight, after winning the Bendix Trophy race.

Date: 1938
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032878
American Cities in the 1950s

Americans listen to a chamber string quartet playing music on stage. Vintage views of various famous American cities in the 1950s. Sweeping wide views of American wilderness with mountains in distant background. Elevated view of a river in America. A railroad marshaling yard with skyline of Chicago Illinois in the distance. Close view of two railroad trains passing in opposite directions in downtown Chicago with skyscraper in background. A city street in downtown Detroit Michigan with 1950s cars on the road. View of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota and the city skyline in background. View of Saint Paul Minnesota with river, bridge, and some nearby factories. View of Saint Louis Missouri as seen from an anchored position on the Mississippi River. The city skyline of New Orleans from a distance. View of Pittsburgh skyline with the West End Bridge over the Ohio River in the foreground. People walk on the grounds of Liberty Island in New York, with the Statue of Liberty seen towering above. Aerial view of New York city's skyline, skyscrapers and New York harbor. Camera view panning from ground to top of Empire State Building in Manhattan. Aerial view of Washington DC and Potomac River. Ground view of Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol seen together. Steps of Lincoln Memorial and view of statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial. An eastern American mountain view, witha lake or river in the foreground. View of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park seen from a moving vehicle. Elevated view of a dense forest in the western United States. Pacific coast scene of surf washing onto rocks in a rocky area with nearby cliffs and mountains.

Date: 1953
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025223
Early means of communication used in case of a forest fire in United States.

Early developments in North American forest fire detection and communication Various methods of communication used to send information during a forest fire. Smoke rises from forest and a Ranger, carrying a spade, climbs a hill in the area. Circa 1920 picture of a man with a carrier pigeon used to send information in case of forest fire. Rangers with shovels working around smoking underbrush. Another man with a hand mirror for reflecting the suns rays and sending a signal to others. A man speaks over a telephone. Man in a room as he speaks over a wireless handset.

Date: 1920
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058686