Opens with scenes of aviators unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic in pursuit of the Orteig Prize. Failed attempt by Fonck in his Sikorsky aircraft as he headed for Paris on September 21, 1926. French aviator René Paul Fonck standing beside his aircraft before takeoff. Fonck's plane taxiing for takeoff. View of the plane crashed and consumed in fire and smoke. Crash of Byrd's Fokker plane on April 16, 1927, injuring Byrd and crewmen Noville and Bennett. View of Byrd in uniform before the crash. View of the crash as Byrd's plane is seen tumbling nose over on landing. Failure of Chamberlin's Bellanca aircraft carrying Chamberlin and two little girl passengers. The plane stalls at landing but passengers are safe. Next scene of crash of plane carrying Davis and Wooster on April 26, 1927 near Langley Field, Virginia, killing both men. The crashed plane beside a swamp. View of France's Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli before their attempt in L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). Plane with Nungesser and Coli taking off; it disappeared after taking off from Paris, with the last sighting of it over Ireland. View of Charles Lindbergh and then also of Lindbergh and his mother, and of the Spirit of Saint Louis on May 20, 1927 before his successful Atlantic Crossing to Le Bourget at Paris on May 21, 1927. The aircraft being backed out of a hangar and being fueled. Captain Charles Augustus Lindbergh enters the cockpit. The Spirit of Saint Louis Wright Whirlwind powered monoplane taxiing and taking off slowly from Roosevelt Field in New York, heavily burdened by fuel. Aerial view of the Spirit of St Louis in flight, taken from another airplane. Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic in the plane 'Spirit of St. Louis'. Charles Lindbergh is greeted by huge crowd in Paris. Views of crowds, dignitaries and celebrations as he is welcomed by people in Paris, Brussels and London. Also views of his receptions in Washington DC and New York City in the United States in June 1927.
United States ship USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, underway in the Panama Canal. The ship, an ancient frigate, underway at Gatun Locks in the Panama. The frigate underway in the canal zone and a ship in the background.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States Army Caribbean headquarters in Canal Zone, Panama. Men and cars pass by the building. Trees in front of the headquarters.
Canal Zone in Panama. A United States Air Rescue Sikorsky H-5 helicopter with 'Rescue' written on it lifts off at Albrook Air Force Base in Panama. Helicopter hovers around and lands back at the base.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States airmen play a doubles game of tennis on a court at the Albrook Air Force Base in Panama. Buildings and palm trees in the background.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States soldiers catch fish with fishing rods at the end of causeway at Fort Amador in Panama. Ships in the distant background as they wait to enter the canal. Hills in the background as soldiers stand and sit on rocks to catch fish.
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