U.S. President Woodrow Wilson inaugurates airmail service as it commences in the U.S. A Curtis JN-4 airmail airplane parked on the Polo field, in Washington, DC.. Van of United States Air Mail Service arrives. Mail is loaded into the airplane. Pilots Lieutenant George L. Boyle and Major Reuben H. Fleet standing beside the airplane conferring over a map. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Wilson, and Post-master General Albert Sidney Burleson inspect the airmail airplane that will carry mail to New York. . A man shows first official piece of airmail. He and his wife greets pilot. Wilson talks with pilot Major Reuben H. Fleet . Pilot George L. Boyle gets into airplane. Airplane takes off. Airmail airplane piloted by lieutenant Webb leaves New York from Belmont Park and takes off. The airplane stops at Philadelphia to pick up more mail. Mail is loaded into the airplane. The airplane takes off. It arrives in Washington. Mail is unloaded from the airplane. Pilot gets out of the airplane.
New England fishing ship offshore Boston, Massachusetts. New England fishing ship underway at sea. Ice-coated equipment and riggings on the ship due to frigid gales. A man attaches a crate to a cargo net and supplies cargo aboard the ship.
Malcolm Campbell sets a new auto speed record of 272 mile per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. English racing motorist Malcolm Campbell seated in Blue Bird car. He drives the Blue Bird on a sandy beach. Spectators along the beach. A tire of the car is changed. People push the car. Campbell sets a new record of driving at 272 mile per hour. He smokes surrounded by people.
Pope John XXIII elevates new cardinals in Vatican City. In St. Peter's Basilica, Pope John XXIII being carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella). The Pope is placed on a raised platform. The Archbishop of Tokyo, Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi, is elevated as the first Japanese cardinal in history. Cardinal Doi receives the Pope’s blessing. Pope John XXIII elevates Archbishop Laurean Rugambwa of Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania) as the first modern native African Cardinal. The new cardinals bend their head towards the altar.
The season-opening ice hockey match at the Montreal Forum in Canada in 1946. The Montreal Canadiens prepare for the match. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the Montreal Forum to watch the ice hockey match between the Montreal Canadiens and the New York Rangers. The match begins. The spectators cheer the teams. The Montreal Canadiens win the match against the New York Rangers.
Ground view of the new Federal Post Office Building in Philadelphia on the day of its dedication,May 25, 1935. Aerial view of the top of the building as a Kellett autogyro lands on the roof. Post office officials and others stand in a line back from landing area. More aerial views of the building and environs. On the roof, the pilot initiates autogyro mail service from Camden New Jersey, by delivering a mail pouch to Postmaster General, James A. Farley, who is surrounded by other officials. Again, more views of the building and environment. The autogyro making a steep ascent from the rooftop.
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