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Fort Myers Florida USA 1926 stock footage and images

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Thomas A. Edison at Seminole Lodge, cars driving past Edison Park entrance in Fort Myers, Florida.

American inventor Thomas A. Edison and an unidentified man talking to each other outside what appears to be Edison's Seminole Lodge in Fort Myers, Florida. Man shows a paper to Edison. The man escorts Edison in the garden. The man holding Edison’s arm as they walk together. A young man walking in baseball park. A sign advertises the Pollock Lumber Company in the background. The young man smiles in front of the camera. Cars driving past entrance to Edison Park at 2404 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33901. A car enters the park. The Spirit of Fort Myers statue by Helmuth von Zengen is seen. Park sign reads ‘Substantial…Edison Park.’

Location: Fort Myers Florida USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080171
Thomas A. Edison and wife Mrs. Mina Edison meets with Harvey Firestone; Edison visits a rose garden with Henry Ford

Thomas A. Edison and his wife, Mrs. Mina Miller Edison, possibly on the grounds of Edison Park in Fort Myers, Florida. The couple walking down path in tropical garden toward a small pool. There is a microphone standing in front of the pool. A man meets Edison and gives him a paper. Mrs. Edison is holding a corsage. The Edisons meet with a group of men including businessman Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr. and his son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr. A man hands a hat to Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison, possibly Henry Ford, and another man visit a rose garden. Thomas Edison picks a rose in the garden. Thomas Edison and (possibly) Henry Ford both looking at the rose.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1926
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675080170
Fort Myers, Florida man practices primitive lifestyle by spearing fish, making fire with sticks and eat with bare hands

Primitive lifestyle of a man from Fort Myers, Florida. Man, wearing only a loincloth, spears fish and crabs from river. Man returns to his makeshift wooden hut. Man makes a fire using a bow drill and adds a bundle of dry leaves and branches. Man eats only with his bare hands.

Location: Fort Myers Florida USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078527
Cleveland Indians at baseball spring training, Fort Myers Florida, 1941

Newsreel clip titled "Cleveland Indians Coming Along Fine at Training Camp" from baseball spring training in 1941. Players come running around corner of wooden fence. Close up of Indians manager Roger Peckinpaugh. Shots of coach talking to players, batters warming up. Close up of outfielder Hal Trosky. Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller hurls curveball at catcher Rollie Hemsley. Close up of Feller pitching. Feller throws fastball at Hemsley.

Location: Fort Myers Florida USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037922
Numerous scenes showing evolution of mechanized warfare emphasizing World War I. but including footage as late as 1934

Montage of scenes illustrating development of mechanized warfare beginning with American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) engaged in World War I. U.S. Army infantry soldiers moving out of trenches going "over the top" into "no man's land" and advancing on battlefield. U.S. troops firing Browning M1917 machine gun,1903 Springfield rifles, and Stokes mortar from trench positions. Soldiers firing mortar are wearing gas masks. AEF trucks and other vehicles ostensibly an improvement over horses, but seen having difficulty in mud. A truck pulling a large artillery gun. A German 80cm K (E) rail gun (developed in 1934) shown at the Rugenwalde Test Range in Germany. It moves along curving rails and is elevated to its maximum elevation (65 degrees). Two World War 1 rail guns firing. An American World War I Naval 14-inch rail gun firing. Allied heavy howitzers firing in World War 1 (one with gun crew in gas masks). American gunners with a French 75 field piece and caisson. French soldier advancing in no-mans-land. The Wright brothers brought warfare into the air with their Wright Flyer airplane, seen being maneuvered on the ground by U.S. Army personnel at Fort Myer, Virginia in July 1909. A De Havilland DH-4 airplane taking off in World War I. A German Fokker D.VIII in flight.Three U.S. Army Air Service Curtiss P-1B Hawk pursuit aircraft in flight, circa 1926. Aerial dog fight scene including view from behind a pilot in open cockpit biplane (from feature film, circa 1927). Brief view of Renault FT tank maneuvering in World War I. Narrative and clips shift to historical perspective of warfare, showing use of horse and chariot,starting in ancient Assyria and use of elephants in later years by Hannibal.Pictures of mounted soldiers, in the middle ages, waging war in armor, and being transported in a wagon. Shift to World War I showing British Mark IV tanks maneuvering in a field.

Location: European Theater
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073555
Former U.S. Army Lieutenants Lahm and Foulois recall their flights with Orville Wright in 1909

A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068446
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