Aviator Charles Lindbergh being acclaimed in Washington D.C., United States upon his return to the United States, following his historic solo transatlantic aircraft flight from New York to Paris. Charles Lindbergh disembarks from the U.S. Navy Cruiser, USS Memphis (CL-13). Avenue, Washington D.C. Lindbergh and his mother, in an open car, with military escort. Their car is surrounded by newsmen and photographers, and guarded by several U.S. Army soldiers. View of Pennsylvania Avenue looking towards the Capitol. A military color guard marches across the avenue. Spectators line the sidewalks. The Lindbergh car moves along Pennsylvania Avenue. Sign on building reads: "Colonial Ice Cream." Mounted cavalry follow the car. View from above of a huge crowd in an open area. Scenes from Lindbergh's arrival in New York City, on June 13, 1927. He rides in an open car, from the Battery, in downtown, Manhattan, escorted by mounted policemen. People rush all around his car and ticker tape and confetti fill the air in a ticker tape parade.
U.S. Army Air Force planes are transferred from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands to New Guinea during World War II. B-24 Liberator bomber being refueled in Guadalcanal. Formation of B-24s in flight over sea en route to New Guinea.
Elections for the U.S. Senate in the United States. The nominees for the designation are New York Senator Kenneth Keating and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. The New York State Republicans nominate Keating. A large crowd gathers in a hall. Dignitaries and officials seated at a desk. People applauding and cheering. A woman addressing the crowd. Men holding banners which reads: 'Keating'. People gather in another hall. They hold boards and placards. They cheer and applaud.
Reenactment (at Randolph Field, Texas) illustrating the arrival of new recruits into the U.S. Army Air Forces flying cadet program. Large group of new cadets walking across an area carrying personal baggage. All dressed in civilian clothing, they walk up the steps to a veranda on a building at the base. There are two takes of the scene. Best regards, Tom
A new feeding bottle developed for triplets in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Woman with her triplets seated in her house. The babies on a bed. They are fed at the same time with a new bottle.
The 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC, United States. Billions of dollars are voted for the operation of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to aid the country during the Great Depression. Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol framed by trees. Wheat harvesting combines at work on a field. Scenes of men getting back to work. Men cutting down trees in logging operations as part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps work (CCC). A crowd of men walking into work on grounds of a plant of factory. Woman fills white cloth bags with coins. Men gathered at a stock or commodity exchange. A biplane aircraft taking off from a snow covered runway. A new ship being launched from skids at a shipyard. The ship underway. Women workers seated at a liquor distillery assembly line put covers on liquor bottle tops. Bartender pours draft beer into glasses in a bar (soon after end of prohibition) and serves patrons. Men and women gathered at a bar drinking alcohol. U.S. Congress in session and view of Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey, standing and using gavel at podium or dais.
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