Charles A Lindbergh as an honored guest at the Aero Club of France. Lindbergh and U.S. Ambassador to France Myron T Herrick greeted by Raymond Orteig in Paris. New York City hotel owner Raymond Orteig offered the Orteig prize of $25000 for the first non-stop trans-atlantic flight. The three of them in a balcony. Lindbergh waves to the crowd below and waves the U.S. and French flags.
Charles A Lindbergh's plane, Spirit of St Louis in Paris. People take a look at the plane after its epic flight from New York to Paris. The plane parked behind a fence. Nose of the aircraft.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh on an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark to Columbus. Interior of the airmail aircraft. Shadow of the air borne plane in fields. Lindbergh at the controls of the plane. Aerial views of buildings, fields and bridges in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania including Pennsylvania State Capitol building. Aerial views of city of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh on an inspection tour of the new coast-to-coast express from Newark to Columbus. Lindbergh in the air mail aircraft cockpit as they fly over the Allegheny Mountains. He looks out at the grey clouds as they fly into a raging snow storm. Tree covered mountains. They fly over fields. Aerial views of landmarks in city in Columbus Ohio. View of airfield in Columbus. The plane lands at Columbus, Ohio after the test run. Colonel Lindbergh and his copilot, Robert S. Leroy (Bob Leroy), exit the plane and pose for the camera.
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan during World War II. A C-45 military transport aircraft lands at the new Ford Bomber Plant. The visitors get off the plane. They are greeted by the Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and others. W. Averell Harriman converses with Henry Ford. Nelson, Harriman and Oliver Lyttelten pose. Photographers take pictures and cameramen record the event. A stationary U.S. bomber B-24 Liberator with engines running. Civilian guard patrolling in the foreground. Hangar and civilian cars in the background. The visitors and hosts near the first bomber built by the Ford Bomber Plant. Henry Ford has trouble being heard because of the aircraft engine noise. The B-24 engines are shut down. Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in civilian clothes, with two U.S. military officers. Henry Ford and others get into a car.
Animation shows the first Soviet satellite Sputnik being launched into space early in the "space race." Animated cartoon shows Sputnik 1 being launched by a rocket booster. Rocket takes off and detaches later on. Satellite being placed in the earth's orbit. Narrator refers to the satellite as a "new moon". Satellite orbiting the earth. Technician in front of IBM computers receives telemetry.
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