Dr. Albert F. Zahm performs the first static sand test in United States at Hammondsport in New York. Experimental set-up seen for the tests.
Biplane Curtiss JN-2 stands on field at Hammondsport in New York. The plane was manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane Company. The plane has 'Curtiss' written on it.
A large 'Tetrahedral Kite' designed by Alexander Graham Bell. The kite was tested for flight at Hammondsport in New York.
A United States Marshal Van arrives at the U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square, New York City. Officials follow it into driveway under the building. Two men are seen in photographers flash,entering the building, covering their faces and handcuffed together. Officials, later, escort them back out of the building, Two more men are brought out of the building. One has his face covered with a cloth and another has his face covered by a newspaper. After all prisoners are loaded in the van, photographers take their pictures. Marshal's van or paddy wagon leaves the building and moves through the streets. A street sign reads 'Foley Square '. View of the Courthouse.
Treasury Secretary William McAdoo speaks at rally. A huge United States flag in the background. Surrounded by crowds, on Fifth Avenue, New York, First Lady, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, steps from vehicle to sidewalk. High-ranking Police Officers seen in uniform in the crowd.
The ocean liner Bremen underway. Smoke rises up from the stacks of the ship. Sailors aboard. Skyscrapers of New York City seen in background. Boxes containing gold bars move on conveyor belt from ship to dock. The liner Bremen brings more than $13,000,000 gold to United States following a sharp rise in the price of gold after passage of the Gold Reserve Act, and President Roosevelt setting the gold price much higher in the U.S. triggering exporters to send gold to the United States.
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