After a tornado struck the small town of Rocksprings, Texas, killing 56 people and injuring another 200, the U.S. Army sent aircraft to help, including a Cox- Klemin XA-1 ambulance plane, dispatched from kelly Field. A Stretcher case being carried out to the ambulance aircraft. It taxis and takes off. A red cross on the fuselage and tail of the ambulance plane.
Aerial view of flooded areas around river in Pennsylvania. Small island protruding out of the flood waters. Cattle and people are gathered on it. Several other small islands in flooded areas with a cattle and people on them. U.S. Army Martin B-10 bombers seen in flight, dropping relief supplies from open bomb bay doors. Flood victims eating in a community dining hall. B-10 bombers flying through hills of Pennsylvania.
Men work on gondola, of the high altitude scientific balloon, Explorer 2, a joint venture of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society. The balloon being filled with helium. The gondola is attached to the balloon and it lifts off. One of the two-man crew can be seen standing atop the gondola, as the balloon begins its ascent. Scene shifts to the return of the balloon. Captain Anderson, pilot, and Captain Steven, in charge of scientific observations, are seen retrieving instruments from the balloon.
Several Keystone LB-5s (triple tails) and LB-5As (double tails) move across an airfield, circa 1928. Test bombing of captured German battleship, Ostfriesland, in 1921. Smoke arises due to bombing. A formation of four Martin NBS-1 bombers over the former USS Alabama (BB-8), in the Chesapeake Bay, on September 23, 1921. A white phosphorus bomb explodes atop the ship raising a huge white cloud. One of the Martin bombers flies low over the water drops a smoke curtain. (World War II period).
Buffalo Youth in big turn out at Junior Air Meet in New York. Young children on the streets. They hold posters. Trucks loaded with children who aspire to become airplane pilots. U.S. Lieutenant James Doolittle with other officials on a stage. A poster reads ' The Buffalo Times'. Doolittle review parade of the aspiring aviator boys. A poster reads 'Sky Rover Wing'.
Horse Discovery wins a race in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Horses on a track. Spectators watch from the stands. The race starts. Discovery wins the race defeating Omaha and breaks its record.
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