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A map depicting path for Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, and fireworks at Dearborn airfield in the U.S.

The Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A map depicts the path to be followed by the aircraft through 11 cities, during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, taking off at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several people gathered on the airfield at night. Fireworks in the sky at Dearborn airfield. Radio airplane flights featured at the airfield.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066196
Several balloons released and lifting off during the balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit.

A balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit, Michigan. A half filled balloon on the field. A few men beside the airfield. Aerial views of the balloons moored to the ground and the people spread over the field. A balloon piloted by W.C.Naylor and Kenneth Warren released and lifts off into the sky. 'Skylark' written on the envelope of the balloon. Another Army Air Service balloon piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and Lieutenant W E Huffman released and lifts off. A balloon piloted by Charles D Williams, Jr, and Arthur G Schlosser with Dr Geo M LeGallee lifts off. A balloon piloted by J.A.Boettner and W W Morton with H W Maxson lifts off. View of the balloon piloted by S A U Rasmussen, E J Hill and S A Mitchell lifting off from the field and who were the winners of the trophy. 'Detroit News Trophy Race' written on the envelope of the balloon.

Date: 1925, October 3
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066197
Henry Ford and Edsel Ford at the Ford Airport when the aircraft returned after the Airplane Reliability Tour in Dearborn.

Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. A large crowd on the wet airfield at the Ford Airport to receive the aircraft returning to the starting point, the Ford Airport, during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy. The aircraft which came in first on the airfield after the trip. Several people beside the aircraft. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and Edsel Ford, President of the company and a few men on the airfield. The aircraft in flight which came in second. The aircraft in flight over the airfield and comes in for landing. The Ford aircraft lands on the airfield. Number '30' and 'Ford' written on the aircraft. Several men beside the aircraft. The pilot gets out of the cockpit of the aircraft and walks through the crowd beside the aircraft. The pilot Eddie Hamilton and the mechanic James Phelps shakes hands with Edsel Ford, Henry Ford and other men. The pilot and the mechanic talking to the men on the airfield. A search light beam from a building at the airport. Henry Ford with a man on the airfield. A few men behind them. Men seated at tables at a dinner hosted in honor of the pilots at the Ford Airport.

Date: 1925, October 4
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066198
Several officials present as the last wire splice is made in the New York-Chicago telephone line in the United States.

The last wire splice made in the New York-Chicago telephone line in the United States. This completed the storm proof long distance cable connection from New York to Chicago. Men exit cars on a grassy area. A number of people on a raised platform in the grassy area. Officials standing in a group. The officials watching a telephone official making the last of the wire splices for the New York-Chicago telephone line. Other officials standing beside him. A few telephone technicians fixing the splice in the heavy duty cable on the line. The officials raising their hats. A biplane aircraft in flight. View of the officials on the platform.

Date: 1925, August 11
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066333
A still photograph of Master Sergeant George Holmes in his youth in the United States.

A still photograph of Master Sergeant George Holmes at an airfield in the United States, taken in the 1920s. Master Sergeant George Holmes in his youth. Buildings in the background. He is wearing an Army Air Service uniform and pilot headgear that extends down to include neck coverage. Circa 1920s.

Date: 1925
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675076272
The technological advancement of the country by using various resources in the United States.

A film titled: 'The Story of Dynamite' on the advancement of the United States by using raw materials. A man and a woman pouring water in a container from a ditch in a field. Water wheels used to furnish power. Prairie schooners moving across the field. Steamships underway at sea. Trains on a railroad track. Buildings along the sides of streets in a city. Traffic on a street. The country advances by extracting great quantities of raw materials from the earth.

Date: 1925
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076914