United States Army Air Service (USAAS) 94th Aero Squadron in Toul, France during World War I. April 1918 - Commanding Officer 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron Major John W.F.M. Huffer and French-American pilot Major Raoul Lufbery talk with AEF weekly newspaper "Stars and Stripes" editor Major S. P Adams. Captain David M. Peterson stands beside a Nieuport 28c.1 fighter aircraft,with its "Hat in Ring" insignia on the side. 1Lt. Alan F. Winslow stands beside Lt Rickenbacker's Nieuport #12 and starts walking. Jump to November, 1918 - the remaining officers of the 94th Aero Squadron reunite, including Captain James A. Meissner (C.O.147th Aero), 1st Lt Joseph Eastman, Captains Eddie Rickenbacker (now C.O. 94th Aero) and Reed Chambers, and 1st Lt Thorne Taylor (all 94th) standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, November 1918. (WWI,WW1, World War One, First World War)
The first mid-air refueling at Rockwell Field in San Diego, California. 1st Lieutenant Virgil Hine and 1st Lt. Frank W. Seifert pose next to the cockpit of a modified United States Army Air Service Airco DH-4B. Workmen repair a hose under the fuselage of the modified DH-4B tanker aircraft. A workman pulls the hose out from under the aircraft. A second DH-4B aircraft in the background. The modified DH-4B transfers fuel to another modified DH-4B via a hose between the aircraft. Wings of DH-4B camera airplane. The modified DH-4B tanker with the fueling hose trailing behind it. Two modified DH-4Bs. The tanker aircraft with the hose trailing below it moves away from the fueled airplane and flies away.
A statement about atomic power and harnessing its use for good, and not for destruction, is read at Dr. Einstein's residence in Princeton, New Jersey. Interior of Albert Einstein's home. Harold C. Urey, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sitting at a table. Urey reading a written statement which is subscribed to by other scientists outlining their responsibility in harnessing the atom for peaceful uses. Albert Einstein states that he agrees with the statement.
A killer misses assassinating President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt in Miami, Florida. Chicago mayor Anton (Tony) Joseph Cermak, a man and a woman raise a toast. Crowds at Bayfront Park A house seen. A wounded man on a bed smiles. Another wounded man waves and smiles. View of a building. Giuseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate United States President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt, held in custody. Views of Giuseppe Zangara as he speaks.
Honor burial for riot victims in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, officials of the Reich, Nazi officials and large crowds gather to attend a funeral. Dead bodies of a Nationalist Socialist storm troop leader and a state policeman are carried down steps and placed in caskets. The crowds give Nazi salute as the carriages carrying the caskets pass along streets. Troops follow the cortège.
Giuseppe Zangara is sentenced to 80 years in prison in Miami, Florida. Officials, prosecutors, a judge and Giuseppe Zangara in a court room. Giuseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate United States President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt is prosecuted. He is found guilty to four counts of attempted murder, each calling for twenty years in prison. He is taken away to a prison. Giuseppe Zangara behind bars. A custody officer standing outside the jail.
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