Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Men and a pilot and an observer load a three-lensed camera into the back cockpit of a two-winged bi-plane for map making. A view from an aircraft into the two cockpits of another aircraft directly below. Two U.S. Army Air Service officers assemble a mosaic map on a wall. A mosaic aerial map. An aerial photograph of New York City, the Island of Manhattan with the East River on the right and the Hudson River on the left.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Skywriter advertising. A skywriter aircraft that has made the letter 'S' and is completing a 'T'.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. The U.S. Air Mail Service makes use of commercial aviation. Workmen place mail sacks in the front cockpit of a U.S. mail service modified Airco DH-4 aircraft. A pilot in the back cockpit. The aircraft takes off. Animation shows a small aircraft going over a line on a map from New York across the United States. An early model U.S. mail service aircraft in flight. Animation of a small airplane traveling along a line on a map from New York to San Francisco. Chicago, Omaha and Cheyenne highlighted on the map.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. The U.S. Air Mail Service makes use of commercial aviation. Snow covered mountains as seen from an aircraft. Animation of a small aircraft following a line across a map from New York to San Francisco. A U.S. air mail truck is backed up to a U.S. mail service converted Airco DH-4 aircraft on a grass landing field.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. A map of the United States with a caption that reads 'Commercial Air Lines Carrying Air-Mail Merchandise and Passengers'. The map is animated with a line from New York to San Francisco. Different places are highlighted on the map.
The need to develop air power in the United States. Battleships underway at sea. Eleven bi winged single engine aircraft fly in a V formation. A line of 6 battleships in water off the coast of New England, U.S. A 1920 vintage battleship fires a salvo from its guns at the enemy. The battleships fire guns. Shore batteries fire large guns. Sailors load a deck gun. An early model submarine. The submarine submerges. Its periscope visible above water surface. Naval crafts set their depth charges and fire them. Depth charges going off in the background. A ship sinks. A United States Army Air Service ( USAAS ) Curtiss PW-8 aircraft in flight. 4 bombs fall away from the aircraft. The bombs hit and explode on USS Alabama. Smoke rises as explosions occur on the ship. A ship rolls over and sinks. A USAAS Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall away from the aircraft. Explosions in water. Aerial and ground shots of a ship sinking. Large guns of a battleship fire. Animation of enemy airships and aircraft flying over water towards New York. Release of the aircraft from the airships. Aircraft flying over New York City. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. A Curtiss- Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall toward the ground. Animation of explosions against the New York skyline. A USAAS Curtiss JN-4 aircraft in flight. A bomb falls towards the ground. Animation of bombs hitting New York City. A machine gunner in a fighter aircraft fires at another aircraft. The aircraft falls and burns. Bomb explosions in the city. An observation balloon catches fire and falls. A man in a parachute descends near the balloon. Animation of a burning city. An early model submarine cruising. A bi winged twin pontooned aircraft in flight over a group of battleships and destroyers. A group of aircraft in flight. A Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight. Animation of an airship flying over a city and tying up to a mast located on the top of a tall building. A flag of the U.S. flutters in breeze.
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