Aviation history of the U.S. Army Air Corps in the United States. A young boy seated in a chair reads a book. Aircraft in formation flight. Orville Wright demonstrates an airplane at Fort Myer, Virginia in 1908 during its first public exhibition. Trees and mountains in the background. Orville sets a new world record. He is in the cockpit of a Wright aircraft. The aircraft takes off and is in flight. People at the field watch him. (This flight demonstration footage is a mix of September 1908 footage and July 1909 footage. It is 1908 as the aircraft is being walked out to prepare for takeoff and a single half-circle of canvas is seen in the front elevator. It is July 1909 footage taking off and in flight where the aircraft has two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator)
Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch the game in the stands. Babe Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy (possibly a polio victim). An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of boys sitting outside on the steps, waiting to get a glimpse of Babe Ruth. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, knocks on his locker in the locker room, and emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.
The launch of aircraft carrier Hornet at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Aircraft carrier Hornet under construction at a shipyard. The bow of Hornet with the American flag. Scaffolding for construction. The christening of the aircraft carrier Hornet by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. The new aircraft carrier slides down the ways into the water. A crowd in the foreground. Several people holding umbrellas. Shipyard scaffolding in the background. The carrier anchored in the James River. Two tugs near the carrier.
The trial of U.S. Army Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder bomber in Maryland, United States during World War II. A B-26 Martin bomber parked in front of a hangar. A small group of civilians walk past the nose of the B-26 bomber in front of the hangar. Front view of the B-26. Trees in the background. A pilot in the bombardier's compartment in the nose of the B-26. The tail view of the B-26. The left engine of the B-26 starts. It taxis away from the hangar. The B-26 takes off and is in flight.
A film titled 'shaft driven motorcycle' depicts features of a new shaft motorcycle. A U.S. soldier takes a test drive at the Holabird Quartermaster Motor Base. The new motorcycle moves on a road. The features of the motorcycle are a drive shaft, a foot accelerator and four forward gears. (World War II period).
A film titled 'Decontamination on Armored Vehicles' shows how to test for the presence of a war gas on an armored vehicle and then shows several decontamination procedures. An aircraft in flight sprays a war gas in World War II. A tank moves on a field. U.S. soldiers carry gas in a tank and attach it to the wing of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft sprays war gas over an armored vehicle. The tank covered with the war gas. A U.S. soldier wearing a gas mask puts a mustard chemical in a container and sprays it on specific parts of the tank. A soldier makes a blue mark on the mustard surface. A soldier puts a special chemical through a syringe. A soldier works on the syringe. Two soldiers wearing gas masks. A soldier stands on the tank. The soldier puts a vacuum bottle in the tank and stands holding the vacuum bottle. A soldier sprays DAMC, a non corrosive decontamination agent, on the tank. The tank moves. After two hours, a soldier wearing a gas mask sprays DAMC on the tank. Another soldier sprays the mustard chemical. The tank moves over a mud area. Mud stuck on the wheels is taken as a sample for a test. The soldiers on the tank spray chlorinated lime on the mud. The chlorinated lime in water. The tank moves into water to remove the mud. A soldier removes the mud from the tank. Several decontamination procedures being used. A soldier sprays hot steam all over the tank. Another soldier sprays DAMC . A soldier records the test result.
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