United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.
American citizens in 1937 marching in protest to demand the expansion of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), the largest New Deal agency providing employment to millions, in New York City. People carry banners with slogans written on them urging the government to continue WPA job programs and benefits.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg speaks, a document titled 'Ridenour Report'. First page of the document titled 'Research and Development in United States Air Force'. Air force organizational chart shows the hierarchy. A map of United States shows the location of ARDC (Air Force Research and Development Command) at various places. Workers at the entrance of Wright Air Development Center in Ohio. Men and women work inside the center. A B-52 aircraft takes off and in flight.
Stress tests of airplanes in Ohio, United States. Structural test hangar facilities in Ohio. Aircraft enclosed in test equipment and girders with instruments to measure force, stress and strain under normal and adverse conditions. Technicians at control panels examining the aircraft.
Operations of the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) Company. Aerial view of New York City's Manhattan Island, below. Camera focuses on Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) seen from above, and then at street level. Travelers purchasing tickets for combined transcontinental rail and air travel at a window in the station. Families seeing travelers off at one of the railroad gates. Temporary sign at gate reads "The Airway Limited, second section." View of passengers on rear car of train as it pulls out. The car displays Pennsylvania Railroad logo sign reading "The Airway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad." Views of Pennsylvania RR passenger train and closeup of locomotive wheels in motion. Animated relief map shows train proceeding from New York, past Columbus, Ohio, to Port Columbus station in Ohio. Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. billroard at the station shows picture of passengers connecting between a train and an airplane. Billboard reads:"Port Columbus, Eastern Transfer Point, Air-rail Service, Coast-to-Coast." Passengers leaving the train and entering the station waiting rooms. Their baggage being weighed (Narrator says 30 pounds is the allowance.) View from terminal roof, of a Ford 5-AT-B, trimotor passenger airplane ready to accept passengers for the next phase of their travel. A logo on fuselage has "TAT" with small ribbon through it reading, "Transcontinetal Air Transport." View of passengers seated inside the aircraft. The plane taxis and takes off from the Port Columbus airport. Ground is snow-covered, but the runway is plowed. Closeup aerial view of the airplane flying over the city of Columbus, Ohio. Distant view of it flying close to the LeVeque Tower skyscraper (a 47-story Art Deco-style building at 50 West Broad Street). Aerial view of the airplane passing the train, continuing westward, from Port Columbus. Views inside passenger cabin of the plane. Animated map show plane heading to Indiannapolis. Officer hands out TAT illustrated map and points out features to passengers.Closeup of map. Aerial view of the airplane on final approach to land at Indiannapolis airport. Clerk at airport typing arrival message on teletype, and company executives reading it at their headquarters. Animated map show plane moving to St.Louis, Missouri. View from air of Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Passengers in cabin. aerial view of the plane on final approach, over snow, to St. Louis. The aircraft taxiing on ramp and parking at terminal building, where passengers enter, under cover of awning-covered walk. Closeup of the aircraft engines. Inserted view of TAT engine overhaul facility, with Charles Lindbergh, the airline's technical adviser, and TAT officials inspecting the operation.
Men working at the Sunnyhill Coal Company mine in New Lexington, Ohio, United States. Huge mining steam shovel carries out coal from open pit strip mine. Train crosses bridge over the Ohio River. Sign for Potter's Shoes seen on building in the busy streets of Cincinnati. Views of Union Rail Terminal and Proctor and Gamble soap factory. Views of lake,industry, warehouses. Men assemble cash registers. Men load fruit into boxes at the farm. Pastures and cattle grazing. Clouds of smoke from steel industry. A paddle-wheel driven river boat on the lake is seen.
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