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Colonel W.E. Easterwood presents a $25,000 prize to French aviators Coste and Bellontefor the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas.

Film opens showing people assembled at a celebratory dinner, honoring French aviators, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, who on September 1, 1930, flew their Breguet XIX aircraft,"Le Point d'Interrogation" (The Question Mark) non-stop from Paris to New York, and thence to Dallas Texas,landing at Love Field, Dallas, on September 4th,where they were greeted by 30,000 aviation enthusiasts. They are being honored by William Edward (Colonel) Easterwood, Jr., a Texas philanthropist and aviation enthusiast who had offered a $25,000 prize for the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas,Texas. Colonel Easterwood delivers congratulatory remarks, and presents his check for the prize to the fliers. Closeup of the Easterwood check. Broadcast microphones are placed close to Colonel Easterwood and the fliers. Next, the fliers stand near the end of the event. Scene shifts completely to Costes and Bellonte with their aircraft, "The Question Mark, aboard a steamship, ready to sail back to France. Closup of the aircraft with large question mark painted on its side along with names of cities world-wide to which it had flown. Among these are: Hanoi; Calcutta; Karachi; Alepo; Athens; Rome; Paris; and New York. (Note: There is a display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field, that includes the actual prize check as well as a panoramic picture of the "Question Mark" landing in Dallas, along with a plaque commemorating the event.)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1930, October 16
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069012
Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) crashes as it comes in for landing and ruins of it at Lakehurst in New Jersey, United States.

Crash of Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) at Naval Air Engineering Station at Lakehurst in New Jersey, United States. Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) in flight to New Jersey. Hindenburg come in for landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Crew makes preparation for landing on the ground. Landing lines are dropped form the Hindenburg. Hindenburg Zeppelin bursts into flames and falls to earth. Large smoke rises. Firefighters battle the flames. Remains of worlds largest airship. Ruins of Hindenburg after flames have been extinguished. Wreckage of engines of the large Zeppelin. Nose of the Zeppelin.

Location: New Jersey United States USA
Date: 1937, May 6
Duration: 5 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071173
U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark boards USS General W. M. Black (AP-135) in New York Harbor, United States.

First DPs (Displaced Persons) arrive in New York, U.S. DPs allowed to enter New York, United States under new quota as they arrive aboard USS General W. M. Black (AP-135). U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark at pier with other men. Clark goes aboard USS General W. M. Black. USS General W. M Black moves out.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1948, October 30
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074154
Eleanor Roosevelt attends wedding of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ruth Bryan Owen in Hyde Park, New York

First Lady of U.S. Eleanor Roosevelt attends wedding of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ruth Bryan Owen to Danish Captain Borge Rohde in Hude Park, New York. U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and others pose with the couple. The couple talk together. President Roosevelt's car leaves St. James Episcopal Church (4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US) in Hyde Park, New York. A Secret Service agent riding on running board, and others running to catch up.

Location: Hyde Park New York USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074551
People gather to watch Inter-City Golden Gloves tournament held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Inter-City Golden Gloves tournament being held at Madison Square Garden in New York. People gather around a boxing ring. They cheer and applaud. Vince Shomo of New York and Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) of Chicago win. Clay wins against Gary Jawish of New York.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1960, March 24
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076544
American refugees aboard SS President Roosevelt arrive in New York, United States from Ireland.

Americans evacuating World War II in the United Kindgom are seen arriving in New York, United States from Galway, Ireland. Evacuees aboard SS President Roosevelt underway at sea as it nears port of New York City. Large sign identifies the ship name and "United States Lines" Some of the refugees standing at the deck of the ship wave. Artful point of view shot from behind a group of people, mostly children, as they cheer and wave hands at the Statue of Liberty seen through a ship window. A man and a partially veiled woman, holding a cigarette, talking aboard the ship. Children wave. A woman feeds her child. People meeting their loved ones, hugging and kissing happily on arrival in New York City.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1940, June 10
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077092
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