Aviation training for U.S. Army Air Service or Aviation Section of U.S. Signal Corps during World War 1. Cadets undergo aviation training in United States. High altitude view of New York City area including Liberty Island and Statue of Liberty. Trainees in airplanes in flight. Aerial view of trainees in formation over New York City. Biplane lands on air field near New York City. Buildings in the background. A man stands at airbase. Cadet and instructor come out of the cockpit. Other airplane on the airbase. Cadet and instructor in the cockpit. The plane takes off.
Traffic in Brooklyn, New York City. View from Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, looking at the Verrazzano Bridge over The Narrows, the strait joining Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay. Vehicles moving on the Parkway and on the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. Slow pan across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge from the Brooklyn side to the Staten Island side.
Traffic on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, near the exit to the Verrazzano Bridge across the Narrows in New York Bay. View of the bridge, extending over the highway. A work barge is tied up at one of the bridge piers. Pan across the bridge to Fort Wadsworth on the Staten Island side. A ship proceeds under the bridge towards New York harbor. Two trucks are seen crossing the upper deck towards Brooklyn. No vehicles are seen on the lower deck which is not yet open to traffic.
View of sunrise during invasion of Saipan, Mariana Islands in World War 2.. Satawan Atoll under bombardment. Ships off the coast of Saipan including a New Mexico class battleship.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Boats underway at sea during America's cup, a yachting event that resumes after 21 years. President Eisenhower looks at the boats through a pair of binoculars. Columbia team representing United States beats British challenger Sceptre in four races off New Port, Rhode Island.
Yachts being given final cleaning and checks before the America's cup race, in Newport, Rhode island. In opening scene, the racing yacht, Intrepid, is seen up on blocks, and surrounded by scaffolding, in a boatyard. "Intrepid New York" is inscribed on her stern. Several men stand nearby. Next, the Australian entry, "Dame Pattie," is also seen out of water, as her crew hoses down and cleans her hull. Change of scene shows others of her crew washing her sails with a hose and long-handles brushes, in a pool, at Vernon Court, which is serving as their headquarters during the event.
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