Steam locomotive pulls long passenger train up to dirigible hangar at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, New Jersey. Engine of train emits smoke. People leave the train after arrival and walk to side entrance of the hangar, where they queue up to enter and view the dirigible Hindenburg (LZ-129) parked inside.
The Fernic T-9 airplane, featuring canard,and tricycle gear, parked at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, with engines running. It shuts down. Ground crewman pulls propeller through on left engine. Pilot,designer, George Fernic, seen at controls in cockpit. Ground crewmen at each wing, rotate the airplane with its engines running. George Fernic posing in front of the aircraft. Another view of the airplane parked on grass. Camera pans upward from nosewheel. (Note:Fernic hoped to fly the T-9 in a record flight from the U.S. to Bucharest, Romania.)
President Truman's limousine arrives at the Union Station in Washington, DC, United States. U.S. President Harry Truman participates in an award ceremony of USO (United Service Organizations). A banner reads 'USO' . President Harry Truman presents awards an Army Sergeant and a Wave. The award recipients lead others in taking refreshments from a long table set up in the portico of the Union Station. A woman wearing armband reading 'USO' helps serve the guests. A sailor, a woman Marine, and a soldier, sit on a sofa and read magazines in the USO room of the Union Station. Three soldiers sit on a sofa and enjoy their refreshments.
Edwards Air Force Base at California. Speed runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car. The car is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. Speed on this run is 546 ( plus a fraction) miles per hour and recorded on camera number 747. At this great speed, the images are blurred and features mostly indistinguishable until the car slows down in a long coast to stop. Another motion picture camera and photographer is seen near the end of run. Bright points of reflected sunlight appear on front and top of car. The roadbed reflects images during the filming.
Speed test runs by 'Budweiser' SOS (Speed Of Sound) rocket powered car at Edwards Air Force Base at California. The 3-wheeled land vehicle is driven by Mr. Stan Barrett. It is powered by a rocket engine. Speed ranges from 246 to 731 mph during this series of trials. This particular run is recorded on camera number 743. Vehicle and several persons seen by rocket car as it starts engine. It accelerates smoothly, emitting flame and smoke, and passing by a number of persons standing beside the track. Rocket motor is clearly visible, with jet of burning gases, behind the car. Flame extinguishes and the vehicle coasts, raising dust as it does. Car proceeds for long distance, until it becomes obscured by dust from another source.
1929 baseball newsreel, entitled, "Athletics and Cubs Clash in World's Series." Long-distance aerial shot of Wrigley Field, Chicago. A's starter Howard Ehmke warms up (with submarine motion) before the game. Title card notes he struck out 13 Cubs. A's manager Connie Mack and Cubs manager Joe McCarthy (both Hall of Famers) shake hands before game. Title card says 51,000 spectators in attendance. A's first baseman and Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx seen rounding third, touching home after hitting home run to give A's 1-0 lead. A's outfielder Bing Miller singles to score Mickey Cochrane. Fans exit ballpark across the field after A's win. Shots of packed Wrigley Field stands. Camera pans across part of ballpark during game; note absence of famous ivy on Wrigley Field outfield walls..
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