John Burroughs,Thomas Alva Edison,Harvey Samuel Firestone and Henry Ford on Catskill mountains near Yama farms in New York, United States. John Burroughs an American naturalist,Thomas Alva Edison an American inventor,Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company and Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber company stroll on a road. Henry Ford observes the nature while his companions discuss about a tree chopping contest. Thomas Alva Edison acts as timekeeper and Harvey Samuel Firestone as a referee. John Burroughs and Henry Ford chop trees. Henry Ford and John Burroughs in action. Relatives and friends applaud. Thomas Alva Edison and Harvey Samuel Firestone stand and talk. Spectators applaud. John Burroughs's tree falls followed by Henry Ford. Thomas Alva Edison greets John Burroughs and then Henry Ford. The entire group stands and discuss.
Rookie Boston Red Sox pitcher Billy Rohr comes within one out of throwing a no-hitter against the New York Yankees in baseball game at Yankee Stadium, April 1967. Rohr faces the last batter as scoreboard (in background) shows the Red Sox' 3-0 lead and zero hits for Yankees. Yankee catcher Elston Howard lines a single into right field, breaking up the no-hitter. Rohr gets final out and crowd cheers and teammates congratulate him. Final shot is Rohr standing at top step of dugout, chewing gum, contemplating how close he came to the rare baseball feat.
Horses running in Wood Memorial horse race. Race starts at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York. Crowd cheering the participants. View of race on the track. Race ends in a dead heat between 'Admiral's Voyage' and 'Sunrise County'. Sunrise County is disqualified for bumping and is placed second.
Gunder Hagg, a Swedish athlete, seeks new records in U.S. A plane lands and Gunder Hagg emerges. He is welcomed by an officer. Hagg waves to the officer. He runs on a race track.
Americans win new air bases from Japan in South Pacific during World War II. Americans bombers fly towards Japanese targets in the South Pacific. Planes drop bombs on enemy positions. Explosion along the coast. Smoke rises up. Animated picture show Manus in the Admiralty Islands. American troops shell the island. U.S. cavalrymen land on the Los Negros Island and march forward. Soldiers load and fire artillery. Soldiers carry the wounded on stretcher. Dead Japanese soldiers. Soldiers move towards the airstrip on the island. Wrecked Japanese planes. Heavy equipment on the airstrip. American planes at the airstrip.
Location looks like Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, during World War 2. Palm trees in background. The weather is clear and sunny. Plane captain, in shorts, climbs into cockpit of an F4U corsair airplane of Marine Aircraft Group 11 (Number 525 on fuselage). Marine pilot hands him his seat pack parachute, which the plane captain places into the seat. The pilot climbs into cockpit, as plane captain stands on right wing and gives thumbs up for engine start. The engine does not start, so he walks along wing to check the engine. The scene is repeated, with plane captain scrambling over the fuselage again to a position on the wing for engine start. This time the engine starts. He clambers back to cockpit and helps pilot with his shoulder harness. Another view of this shown in closeup from left wing of the aircraft. View from in front of the aircraft, as engine starts, and plane captain steps up to help pilot with shoulder harness.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.