Aviation thrills during the Thompson Trophy Race of National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Aircraft take off from an air base. Colonel Roscoe Turner is forced out because of a burning engine. Harold Neuman wins the race. The aircraft land. People gather at the air base to greet the pilots. Pilot Harold Neumann seen smiling. From a 1960 newsreel describing the event 25 years prior.
Slate reads “Secret”. A V-2 rocket launches from launch pad. A nighttime V-2 guided missile launching. Aerial view of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. View of the main entrance of the Air Materiel Command building of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Cars are parked near the building. Various buildings of the engineering division inside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Three men enter the administration building of the Aero Med Lab, an engineering division laboratory. View of the Supply and test building. Officers (USAF) & civilians at meeting in above building. United States Army Air Force officers during a meeting. An officer points out item on chart of air-to-air missile.
An early United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress at Wright Airfield (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Dayton, Ohio during World War II. The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber taking off from the airfield. The B-29 Superfortress in flight. Front view of the B-29 in flight with the engines running. Close up and side view of the bomber flying over land.
A United States Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress flying over Ohio near Wright Patterson AFB. The bomber climbs to a higher altitude. The B-29 Superfortress bomber banking in flight. The bomber begins its descent before landing at Wright Airfield (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base).
Delegates of the Pan American Highway Commission present a gift after a month-long tour of the United States in 1924. Ceremony at the Pan American Union in Washington DC. Tablet is unveiled inscribed with the title 'Highway of Friendship', and presented as a gift to the Highway Education Board. The first line of the tablet reads, "Commemorative of the Official visit of the Pan American Highway Commission to the District of Columbia and the states of North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey June 2 to July 3, 1924. The happiness and prosperity of the people of the United States have been greatly enhanced by your definite program of Highway education...." U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg accepts the tablet and speaks to those gathered.
Americans listen to a chamber string quartet playing music on stage. Vintage views of various famous American cities in the 1950s. Sweeping wide views of American wilderness with mountains in distant background. Elevated view of a river in America. A railroad marshaling yard with skyline of Chicago Illinois in the distance. Close view of two railroad trains passing in opposite directions in downtown Chicago with skyscraper in background. A city street in downtown Detroit Michigan with 1950s cars on the road. View of the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis Minnesota and the city skyline in background. View of Saint Paul Minnesota with river, bridge, and some nearby factories. View of Saint Louis Missouri as seen from an anchored position on the Mississippi River. The city skyline of New Orleans from a distance. View of Pittsburgh skyline with the West End Bridge over the Ohio River in the foreground. People walk on the grounds of Liberty Island in New York, with the Statue of Liberty seen towering above. Aerial view of New York city's skyline, skyscrapers and New York harbor. Camera view panning from ground to top of Empire State Building in Manhattan. Aerial view of Washington DC and Potomac River. Ground view of Jefferson Memorial. The Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol seen together. Steps of Lincoln Memorial and view of statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln inside the memorial. An eastern American mountain view, witha lake or river in the foreground. View of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park seen from a moving vehicle. Elevated view of a dense forest in the western United States. Pacific coast scene of surf washing onto rocks in a rocky area with nearby cliffs and mountains.
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