Three men stand near a simplified "goal post" version of Dr. Lytle Schuyler Adams' Aerial pickup system set up for testing at the property of Richard Archibold in Thomasville, Georgia. (Archibold collaborated with Dr. Adams to simplify and test his aerial pickup system for use by expeditions of the New York Museum of Science, in remote areas of the world.) The resulting simplified "goal post" version, consisting of two tall bamboo poles with a line draped between them, is seen erected in a field on the Archibold property in Thomasville, Georgia. The camera is recording the event in slow motion. An airplane (probably a Travel Air monoplane) flies low over the bamboo poles. It trails a long cable with a hook, that snags the line between the poles. As the cable and line grow taut, a man seated in a chair, facing backwards, is seen being lofted into the air by the towing airplane. He is clearly silhouetted against the sky, as he travels aloft. The bamboo poles bend back from the flight path, as they snap back (in slow motion) from the pull of the pickup.
City traffic on tiered roads in Brooklyn. Pedestrians walk on the uppermost tiered road. Two men lean on the railing along the uppermost tier.
Light traffic on divided Palisades Parkway near New York -New Jersey border. Colorful Autumn trees on both the sides of the highway via POV driver's view as car proceeds down road. Road signs on side of the highway. Exit lane branches off on the right side of the of Palisades Parkway.
Traffic on divided Palisades Parkway near New York -New Jersey border. Vehicles move on both the sides of the highway. Trees in Autumn bloom on both the sides of the highway via POV view driving down highway. Road signs on the side of the highway. Vehicles on an overhead bridge which spans the highway. A bridge stretches across Hudson River. Traffic on the bridge.
A graduation ceremony for West Point Military Academy Cadets. 514 cadets graduate into the American Army. General Henry H Arnold, Chief of the Air Force, presents "wings" to one of the future Army Air Force officers. The graduate salutes back. The Cadet Corps parade in front of the commanding officers and pass in review.
Ringling Brothers Barnum-Bailey Circus visits Bellevue Hospital for entertaining the patients. The circus performs in front of the hospital. Children in wheelchairs enjoy as clowns entertain them. A clown walks on stilts. Bed ridden patients look from the windows of their rooms. The circus elephants perform. A child is brought near an elephant. The crowds clap.
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