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Eddie Rickenbacker, President of Eastern Airlines, hosts Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, after both airlines acquire DC-3 airplanes
Glimpse of U.S. Army gun crew operating a 3-inch M3 Anti Aircraft gun. Glimpse of 1st Lt Joseph H. Eastman and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, 1918. Sequence shifts to 1936, and office of Rickenbacker, now President of Eastern Airlines. A poster on the wall contains memorabilia from the 94th Aero Squadron, with which Rickenbacker flew in World War I. Camera pans over photographes bordering the poster. Next, Rickenbacker is seen conversing with his guest, Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, as they look at a picture of Rickenbacker and his Spad airplane, signed by numerous pilots who also served with the 94th Aero Squadron. A mounted model of a Douglas DC-3 airplane sits atop a table in the foreground. Rickenbacker and C.R. Smith, both hold onto the DC-3 airplane model as they shake hands. Closeup of the DC-3 model as Rickenbacker rotates it before the camera. (Note: Both Smith and Rickenbacker, presidents of their respective airlines, had mutual admiration for the Douglas DC-3 airliner. In 1934,Smith arranged to purchase 20 new DC-3 airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft Company. American's first DC-3 "Flagship Illinois," had its maiden flight on June 25, 1936. Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first DC-3 in December 1936.)
New U.S. Navy recruits arrive at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Chicago, Illinois
New recruits for the U.S. Navy line up on a train platform after arriving in Chicago. Sailors in uniform organize the recruits into groups. The next scene shows the recruits, carrying personal belongings, being escorted through the gates of the Great lakes Naval Training Center. Several U.S. Navy officers step from an official staff car and are seen posing in front of a flag pole at the Navy Station. The senior officer is Captain William A. Moffett, USN, Commandant of the center, flanked by a Lieutenant Commander and a Lieutenant, and two other officers in the background. Captain Moffett is later seen observing the new recruits as they are escorted on the base. Next, the recruits are seen carrying white towels as they march to a building where they will be issued personal clothing and uniforms. Later they are seen marching in their new summer uniforms, carrying their original civilian luggage. Under the watchful eyes of the officers, the new sailors use their new mess kits to get food from a chow line. Captain Moffett watches and converses with other officers (not seen). The recruits are next seen, in winter blues, exiting a building carrying their bedding, and presumably headed toward their billets. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
City scenes including highways and rapid transit in Chicago, Illinois
Scenes of Chicago, Illinois, United States, and various modes of transportation serving the city. A neon sign board outside a building says 'Second Marriage Blood Test'. Another one reads: 'Use Rapid Transit, 13 minutes to Loop.' Cars, trucks and buses on busy highway. Freight train passes over highway on elevated track. Trains and passengers at railroad station in center of highway. Views from inside first car of train as it runs along track in center of highways. Several passengers seen in the car. The train arriving on an elevated station in heart of the city. View of downtown Chicago, including the Woods Movie Theater, at corner of Randolph and Dearborn Streets.
New York City Mayoral Candidate, Fiorello LaGuardia, is introduced at a Fusion Party meeting.
Meeting of the Fusion Party, at the Manhattan Opera Center, during campaign to elect a Mayor of New York City. Their candidate for Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, is introduced to the crowd. The crowd welcomes him. 1934. The sequence is repeated several times and there is only a momentary bit of sound (when LaGuardia is introduced as the next Mayor of New York).
Gold Reserve Act revaluation of dollar by President Roosevelt causes influx of gold to United States and rise in prices of goods.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
The election campaign of F.H. La Guardia for the Mayor of New York City.
The campaign of the Fusion party for the election of Mayor of the New York City at the Manhattan Opera Center, New York City. The chairperson gives an introductory note. There are banners supporting F.H. LaGuardia's candidature for the Mayorship of New York. 1934.
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