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Various "firsts" in U.S. aviation history from 1918 through 1924; early history of flight and vintage flight scenes

Shows several aviation "firsts" accomplished by U.S. Army Air Service aviators in the period from 1918 through 1924. A close formation of biplanes in flight. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson chat with Major Fleet, Officer in charge, on the occasion of the first air mail flight, inaugurated on May 15,1918 between Washington DC and New York.The mail is loaded into the Curtis JN-4 aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight. Air Service. Mention of aviators helping spot forest fires. Smoke rising from forest fires and mountain ranges. In 1920, U.S. Army Captain St. Clair Streett is seen with some of his Squadron who flew four De Havilland DH-4 aircraft 9,000 miles, from New York City to Nome, Alaska. Two of the men play with pet dogs. Their itinerary is painted on the side of one of the aircraft, along with the names of pilot and mechanic (C.E. Crumline and J.E. Long). In 1923 the first non stop coast-to-coast flight was made in the Fokker T-2 aircraft. . A sign on the aircraft reads 'Army Air Service non stop coast to coast'.First Lieutenants Oakley O.Kelly and John A. Macready board the aircraft, at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923. Their Fokker T-2 in flight. Their arrival at Rockwell Field, on Coronado Island (San Diego) California. In 1924, Lt. Russell Maughan is seen boarding his P-1 Hawk airplane at Mitchel Field, on Long Island, New York, and taking off , bound for Crissy Field at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. His goal is the first dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast flight. Views of his P-1 Hawk airplane flying over Manhattan, New York City.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033857
Bomb destroys historic German beer Hall. Hitler escapes, but Nazi veterans killed. Hitler attends funerals in Munich

Entrance of a memorial with the years 1923 and 1939 posted above the doorway on large wreath. Two German Eagle statues stand on either side. A German military officer is exiting the doorway. Seen are remains of Bürgerbräukeller or Burgerbraukeller Hall, the historic site of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch in Munich (Rosenheimer Str. 5, 81667 München, Germany) that was destroyed by decapitation strike using a time bomb. The explosion occurred 15 minutes after Hitler departed after giving speech there, marking memory of old veterans of the Nazi movement. Six veterans were killed outright and 60 injured in the blast. The building is a shambles, with steel girders collapsed. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler attends funeral ceremony for 8 victims of the bombing. Soldiers hold Nazi flags. Some of the Nazi veterans are seen bandaged with injuries. Hitler and his Deputy Rudolf Hess honor the dead with a Nazi salute. Hitler talks to relatives of the victims. A large wreath is carried bearing the name Adolf Hitler. Funeral procession moves along a road, as Nazi veterans carry the coffins of their comrades. The funeral procession moves through the Victory Gate (Siegestor 80539 Munich, Germany) in Munich. Hitler and Hess ride in a car and step down in a small plaza. Nazi movement veterans stand, some with bandaged injuries. Crowds in the streets of Munich. Hitler rides standing in open car as he is cheered by crowds. German bombers fly overhead in formation.

Date: 1939, November
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675074057
German soldiers fire machine guns at Soviet enemy forces and advance with tanks on the eastern front in World War 2

View of map showing Riga, Tilsit, and Warsaw. German soldiers advance with tanks and Assault Guns in eastern Europe. A German soldier looks through binoculars. Slit trench with boards at bottom for protection against mud. Two German soldiers, one with a machine gun and the other with a rifle. The soldier fires the machine gun at enemy Soviet Union forces. German StuG III assault gun and troops advancing forward. Four German soldiers pull a dead soldier along a tarpaulin. Troops fire flamethrower towards a bunker.

Date: 1944, June 7
Duration: 1 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675043979
Russian Kresta Class destroyers and cruisers underway in the Mediterranean sea.

Starboard bow section of the soviet ship with side No. 618 underway in Mediterranean Sea. View of the bridge, the tripod mast and low canted stack. Fantail showing several of the crew on the fantail around the mount. Kresta Class destroyer in far background. A Riga Class Destroyer Escort. Starboard side of the Destroyer Escort, No. 618. View of a Russian CLG framed by a signal light. Starboard side of the Kresta Class cruiser side No. 542. View of clipper bow, radar and missile launcher.

Date: 1969, April 9
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030341
U.S. General Eisenhower, British General Montgomery and U.S. General Bradley with French officials in Liberated Paris France in World War II.

United States General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower and other French officials at Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France) in Paris, France during World War 2. General Eisenhower and British General Bernard Law Montgomery (wearing civilian clothing) walk along a field. Eisenhower and Montgomery both study a map. General Eisenhower watches military trucks move along the road. Eisenhower points to German wreckage. Remains of a burned German tank outside Paris. General Eisenhower takes a photograph of the German tank using a subminiature camera. Two British soldiers meet and shake hands with General Eisenhower, who is holding a subminiature camera (probably a Riga Minox subminiature camera). General Eisenhower, United States General Omar Nelson Bradley and French officers pose for a photograph at Arc de Triomphe. The crowd gathered waves and cheers. General Bradley and General Eisenhower in car. French civilians applaud and welcome the officials.

Date: 1944, August 26
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065394
Evacuation of German forces from the Baltics in World War II

Film begins showing map of the Baltic sea and cities of Reval (Tallinn), Riga, Tilsit, Mariompole (Marienburg) ,Warschau (Warsaw) and Krakau. German naval warships and troop carriers are seen in a convoy evacuating German forces from the Baltics in World War 2. The German Navy ships fire their guns. View of the German Cruiser, Admiral Scheer. Troop ships and barges arrive with German soldiers at a dock in Germany. Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner (wearing Knights Cross of Iron Cross with oak leaves, crosses and diamonds) is the first to step ashore. He is Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord which is a unit being evacuated. He is greeted by a German General. They converse and shake hands. Closeups of Marshal Schoerner interacting with German soldiers. Some troops manually move an artillery piece along the dock. Views of German soldiers eating snacks and seeming quite happy. Marshal Schörner decorates some German soldiers on the spot. Later, he is seen shaking hands with two newly decorated soldiers at a ceremony in an open field. Closeup of one soldier and an iron cross award pinned on a German uniform.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675078937