American Locomotive Company tank manufacturing plant, Schenectady, New York. Operator climbs down from a parked U.S. M47 Patton tank. An operator demonstrates the ability to rotate the gun turret of a tank. View from behind open top hatch of an M47 Patton tank in motion. Crewman occupies the top hatch and a pennant is visible reading: 6 ALCO. An M47 tank drives slowly through a tread-deep water obstacle, and spins about upon exiting.
Italian aviator, General Francesco de Pinedo, attempts takeoff in his Bellanca airplane, named the Santa Lucia. The Italian flag is painted on the aircraft rudder. The ship is heavily laden with fuel for a solo long-distance flight from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Baghdad, Iraq. The aircraft is seen to wander during the takeoff roll and with loss of control, crashes near a fence alongside the runway. The aircraft breaks into pieces, and with one wing sticking straight up in the air, begins to burn. It is immediately consumed in fire. Vehicles rush to the scene. Hangar number 6, at Floyd Bennett field, can be seen in background, with "Erickson and Remmert, Inc." painted on it. De Pinedo died in the accident.
Italian aviator, Francesco de Pinedo, sitting in the cockpit of his Bellanca aircraft, the Santa Lucia, on the ramp at Floyd Bennett Airfield, Brooklyn New York. The cockpit contains pillows and other items to help him endure a planned solo long-distance flight to Bagdad, Iraq.
Crowd gathers for the Westchester Kennel Club Fixture in Rye, New York. People arrive with their dogs for the event. Dimas Earthstopper, a dachshund is awarded as the best dog.
After having used cardboard cutouts of the Kaiser and German Crown Prince, in the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive, U.S. sailors dispose of them. Sailors are lined up at the Naval Supply Depot in New York City, watching as several of them hang a cardboard cutout effigy of the Kaiser over scraps of wood, which they set afire. All the sailors jump and cheer as the smoke and flames rise. They throw paper on the fire to help it burn. Others swing a cardboard effigy of the German Crown Prince, over the fire. As the sailors dance about and cheer, and the fire burns, one of them performs acrobatic tricks in front of the camera. Others come forward and dance for the camera. Finally, a hose is brought to the scene and used to extinguish the fire. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Airship LZ 129 Hindenburg, in flight, preparing to land at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey. Passengers looking out from ship's Cabin. View of control gondola, under LZ 129. Passengers are helped to disembark. Bow of airship is secured to mooring mast. Ground crewmen surround the control gondola under the Hindenburg, in efforts to control movement during landing, as other ground crews grasp lines fastened to the airship. Stern views of Hindenburg, as ground crew maneuvers her on the ground.
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