Aviatrix (Woman pilot) Nancy Hopkins, who was invited to fly in the 1930 Ford Reliability Tour, is seen in the cockpit of her Kitty Hawk B4 biplane, manufactured by the Viking Flying Boat Company. ("Kitty Hawk" is written on her plane's vertical stabilizer.) She has been assigned the number 22 for this event, which starts at the Ford Airport in Dearborn Michigan. Scene shifts to A Waco CSO J6-7 airplane, serial number NC634N, taking off. A large formation of U.S. Army Boeing P-12 biplanes flies overhead. Crowd of spectators is gathered on ramp behind the airport terminal. The Army airplanes fly back overhead again. In foreground, a Ford Trimotor passenger airplane sits with its 3 engines running. Bill Stout of Ford's Stout Metal Aircraft Company shakes hands with Texaco Company's pilot, Captain Frank M. Hawks, in the cockpit of his Travel Air Model R "Mystery Ship," named Texaco 13. Photographer takes their picture. (Hawks is a tour referee, and about to depart for Grand Forks to make advance preparations there.) Mrs. Henry Ford steps up and also shakes Hawks' hand. He waves goodbye and taxis out for takeoff.
Subject is the 1926 Ford "National Air Tour for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy," which started at Ford Field, Dearborn, Michigan, on August 7, 1926. Film opens showing a parked biplane with tandem open cockpits. It has an unusual exhaust gathering container atop its engine and an exhaust pipe extending straight down below the fuselage. Camera shows the same aircraft from the rear, with hangar and terminal building in background. Another parked biplane displays the number "19." It is equipped with small interconnected wing flaps on its upper and lower wings. Next is seen a Woodson Model 2-A Biplane with number 14 on its fuselage and another biplane marked Number 11. Closeup of Henry Ford leaning out of a car, talking with a cinematographer, holding a camera, and reporters. A large group of persons involved in the events pose for a photograph. The camera pans across them as they pose in front of a hangar. Scene shifts to spectators crowding around a Ford-Stout 2-AT aircraft as it begins its takeoff roll. Camera follows the airplane as it continues and becomes airborne.
The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race in the United States. A few men on a field preparing for the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race. Several partially filled balloons on a field. A few men on the field. The men attaching a tube to the balloon to pump up the balloon. Several children on the field. Men walk about on the field. Two Air Corps men beside a balloon. Several people beside a moored balloon. The balloon rises. Two men in the wicker basket of the balloon. The people watch the balloon rising. A man poses beside a balloon. People gathered beside the balloon. The balloon released and it rises. The man from the basket waves to the people on the field. P 143 written on the envelope of the balloon. The balloon rising high into the sky. People moving about on the field. Several moored balloons on the field and a balloon in the sky.
Afghan Army units parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. An officer standing on the side of the road saluting, during the Afghan Army parade in Kabul. Armored vehicles pass along the road. The limousine carrying the King, with motorcycle escort moves on the road. View of the guests and dignitaries on the reviewing stand. Army personnel lined on the side of the road. View of the women guests on the reviewing stand. The guests and officials on the reviewing stand get up from their seats. Leaflets dropped from Afghan Air Force Mi-4 helicopter in flight over the region of the parade. Afghan Army color guard march with troops. The troops marching along the road. Men and children on the side of the road watch the troops. Armed troops march.
The Kabul International Fair in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe band playing at the U.S. pavilion during the Kabul International Fair. The conductor in front of the band. The members of the band playing different instruments. Views of the audience at the U.S. pavilion listening to the band.
The Malta Conference in Malta, United Kingdom during World War II. U.S. Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall disembarking from an aircraft at Allied Air Terminal in Luqa. He salutes and is greeted by British Army Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson. Officials and military officers shaking hands and talking in the background. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William Averell Harriman and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden talking and laughing. Several officers in the background. Foreign Secretary Eden walking away followed by an officer.
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