Bruno R Hauptmann gets electric chair sentence for kidnap and murder of Lindbergh's child, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., in Flemington, New Jersey. Aerial and ground views of Lindbergh's residence and scenes of Anne Morrow Lindberh with Charles Jr. in a baby pram taking a stroll in garden before the kidnapping. Wooden ladder near the window and empty nursery. Scenes of the ransom note and the manhunt. Citizens view "Wanted" signs on street corners. Views of the ransom money. Officials arrest Hauptmann and show hideout shed and ransom money found. Crowds gathered outside courthouse. Lindbergh's enter. Kidnapper, lawyers, judges and other people in courthouse. Justice Thomas Trenchard seated in tribunal hears the lawyers statements. Jury foreman reads aloud the decision in the Hunterdon County Courthouse. Hauptmann led out of courthouse by many guards, and through large crowd gathered outside courthouse at night. Aerial and inside views of prison, cell, and empty electric chair.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns after his trans-Atlantic flight. Crowds gathered on the streets of New York to welcome him. Throngs on the streets. People wave and cheer. Lindbergh places a wreath on the war memorial Eternal Light in Madison Square. The crowded Fifth Avenue. People watch from building windows and balconies. U.S. flags on buildings.
Succession of views of Manhattan New York City skyscrapers on a busy work day. Commuters using subway and elevated trains. Trinity Church at foot of Wall Street, Manhattan, with pedestrians filling the sidewalks. A sea of commuters jamming a subway entrance, People stream through revolving doors. Large numbers of women typists at work in typing pools of offices. Skyscrapers views with pan shots from top to bottom of skyscraper building. Closeup view of lower half of train car or subway car moving by quickly. Children playing in the street near sign reading: "Danger, Congested Area."
White Sands Proving Ground and the Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The white drifting sand dunes. The entrance sign reads 'White Sands National Monument, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service'. A building in the premises with the American flag in the foreground. Soldier walks on the sand dunes with a gun. Tracks made by motor vehicle. Sandy desert area with a cactus bush. Soldier runs over sand dunes. Soldier throws sand out of the camera. Sign reads 'Air Material Command Alamogordo AAF Special Range'. (World War II period).
The Holloman Air force Base, first atomic bomb testing site in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Base, also known as Trinity Site. Large grounds at the Base. Fused sand shows the blast region. Mountain ridges in the background. (World War II period).
The Holloman Air Force Base, site for the first atomic bomb test, known as the Trinity test, in Alamogordo, New Mexico. White sand with little vegetation. The test site surrounded by mountains. Mountain ridges and peaks. Wild horses move across the ground. (World War II period).
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