America's first jet transport takes off from Seattle, Washington. The airplane takes off from a runway. The airplane sets a new transcontinental speed mark with a non-stop flight from Seattle to Baltimore in 3 hours and 48 minutes. High altitude view of an area. The airplane in flight over sea. A ship underway at sea.
A malaria campaign in the United States. Exterior of Pan American Union Building in Washington DC. Dr. Milton Stover Eisenhower, brother of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, with some officials. He presents a cheque of a million and a half dollar contribution to aid the malaria campaign.
Role of U.S. railroads during World War II. Soldiers and officers walk carrying personal belongings in the United States. They enter a building. Railroad freight cars parked on a railroad station. Tanks and artillery parked. Transport and equipment loaded on flat cars moving along a track. Soldiers entrain for a war front. A railroad train carrying U.S. troops and cargo moves along a railway track, with the black locomotive approaching camera position.
The history of aviation. The Wright aircraft in flight in the United States. The aircraft flies close to the ground. American aviator Lincoln J. Beachey stunts a Curtiss model aircraft. He flies the aircraft low over a road. A crowd along a fence watches him. Beachey adjusts his crash helmet. A stunt man stands on the wing of an aircraft in flight. 'Jersey Ringling' written on the aircraft. The stunt man grabs hold of a bar attachment under a wing. He hangs from it after switching airplanes by leg and hand only. He then releases his hand hold and swings using his legs.
The history of aviation. An early model aircraft with rotor attachment between each wing is parked at an airfield. The airplane does not successfully take off.
The history of aviation. Orville Wright stands the deck of a boat in the United States. Water in the background. Wilbur Wright and two Frenchmen stand on an airfield. A formation of ten early model twin-engine bombers.
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