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American Air Aces participate in the National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio.
National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio. Open Stadium is packed with spectators. Al Wilson dons his flying helmet and flies a Curtiss Pusher replica, performing aerobatics, including an inside loop. Glider pilot Jack O'Meara performs for the crowd, landing in the grass and smiling for the camera. (Note: Flier Al Wilson was killed later during these same Cleveland aviation events, when his 1910 Curtiss plane collided with an autogyro during landing.)
Wing walker John Runger performs on a looping and spinning plane during stunt at the National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio.
National Air Race in Cleveland, Ohio. American Aerial Aces perform various stunts in air with their airplanes. One of the aircraft lands on ground. Buildings in the background. Ben Howard and Harold Neumann swooning in closed course events. Al Wilson in his biplane. John Runger wing-walks on a looping and spinning plane. Spectators watch the show seated on bleachers. Squadrons of service ships from Selfridge Field and Quantico in Virginia display various stunts.
Mayor James J. Walker leads the great Beer Parade on 5th Avenue in New York City.
People march in the Great Beer Parade, also known as the 'We Want Beer' parade in New York City MS of Mayor Jimmy Walker leading the beer parade. Business leaders, international figures, and society matrons parade down the Fifth Avenue advocating repeal of prohibition. Signs held by demonstrators include, 'Beer For Taxation' and 'Beer for Prosperity' written on the side of a large beer barrel. Mayor Jimmy Walker viewing the beer parade demonstration. A sad tramp clown, possibly the famous Emmett Kelly, rides a bike while wearing a sign that reads, "Repeal 18 Amendment".
Sailor Charles (Bud) Cowart is rescued after dangling from the airship, USS Akron, two thousand feet above ground
Original footage and supplemental reenactment of event that took place about a week earlier when the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempted to dock for refueling at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. In clips from that actual event, spectators watch as a hundred Navy ground crew sailors attempt to hold down the dirigible. But one of the Akron cable rings breaks and the sailors are unable to hold her. All let go of the lines except for three sailors, two of whom fell to their deaths. Scenes are shown of the remaining sailor, Bud Cowart of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as he hangs on for more than an hour until the USS Akron crew pulls him through a port hole to safety aboard the air ship. Views shot about a week later show officers inside the Akron and Sailor Cowart aboard the airship.
The Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant
Aerial views of the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant. View inside the plant, where automobiles are crated for shipment to New Zealand
Commuters using Detroit United Railway interurban system. An incident at night in the system.
First scene shows commuters in rush hour arriving and departing a major rapid transit station. Motor vehicles (mostly buses) are parked beside the station and electric street cars are lined up behing one another along the tracks. (No women are evident in the crowd of commuters.) Next is a nighttime scene showing commuters climbing stairs from a station platform, in what appears to be an incident of some kind. An empty streetcar is parked next to the platform. A flare is burning on the track and some passengers are walking along the tracks to the stairs .Another flare is burning on the platform, itself.
