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Salvaged Aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

Formation of U.S. Army Air Forces B-17s is seen in flight with clouds behind. Narrator speaks of salvaging them and similar older aircraft. . B-24 bombers landing at Davis- Monthan Airfield, to be placed in storage for preservation or salvaging. A sign reading, "Bone yard." B-24 taxiing into a Bone Yard filled with other aircraft. Among aircraft seen in the yard are those named: 'Double Trouble;' 'Gentle Annie;' and 'Boobie Trap.' Crews salvaging aircraft wheels and tires. Men removing an airplane wing, with a derrick. Aircraft being de-militarized. Plexi-Glass is replaced with aluminum skin. . Workers steam blast and paint aircraft that will be re-used for non-combat missions.

Location: Tucson Arizona USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022355
Famous early French flyers and aircraft flights in the early 1900's

Major Phillipe who flew from Villacoubay to Eastchurch, England in three stops. De Moulinet who flew 1450 kilometers. Pegoud, pilot for the Bleriot firm, shown making flight tests with arresting gear. Scenes of first live parachute jump over France made by Adolphe Pegoud. Aerial maneuvers piloted by Pegoud in 1913. Views of jubilant crowd who watched the flight and race to meet Pegoud after landing, then carry him on shoulders and celebrate.

Location: France
Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: French
Clip: 65675022367
Aged waiters participate in the Annual Wine Race in Paris, France.

Elderly waiters participate in the Annual Wine Race in Paris, France. Man fills glasses with wine. Group of aged waiters run to participate in the competition. Waiters rush to the booth to get wine glasses. Elderly waiters jump out of a restaurant window. They laugh and enjoy during the competition. 65-year-old veteran Pierre Jacques de la Fontaine wins the race in Montmartre.

Location: Paris France
Date: 1931, November 5
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022474
Generals Salvador Mercado and General Castro along with federal soldiers at Ojinaga, Mexico.

Federal Soldiers lined up for inspection at Ojinaga, Mexico. Associated Press Reporter Charles A. Pryor and cameraman on the scene. Generals Mercado (film slate says "Mercada" which is incorrect spelling) and General Castro who evacuated Ojinaga stand with other Federals. Shot of Charles A. Pryor (Chas) again, who was captured and held by Federals at Ojinaga, and released by General Castro. Views of Federal encampment with low brick buildings and tents. Horse carts cross a stream. American Punitive Expedition forces seen among those crossing. Federal gunners fire with tanks and rifles, while lined up behind an embankment. Dead men on ground and a dead horse. Federal generals look through binoculars, standing behind the firing line. Federal soldiers search for hidden treasure by dismantling rebel encampment buildings. (They are likely seeking a horde of gold that was reportedly hidden by Pancho Villa somewhere near Devils Cave on the Cerrito de la Santa Cruz, near Ojinaga).

Location: Ojinaga Mexico
Date: 1913
Duration: 5 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023028
Town square and view of Police and Jail buildings, likely in Guadalupe Distrito Bravos, Mexico

A town square in Mexico. 'Inspection De Policia' written on top of a gate entrance. Police officials on horseback come out of the gate. View of the municipal court building with signage indicating it is for "Distrito Bravos", which makes the location likely Guadalupe Mexico or possibly Juarez Mexico. View of 'Carcel Publica' jail building between two court buildings. Vendors selling goods on street.

Location: Guadalupe Mexico
Date: 1920
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023054
Construction of the Panama Canal

Construction of the Panama Canal connecting the Caribbean Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Views of abandoned and failed first attempt by French team led by Ferdinand de Lesseps, with scenes of Panama natives cutting vegetation with machetes. Scene of abandoned canal work area. Scenes of United States work to build the canal beginning in 1903. Steam shovels digging and moving earth. Laborers construct railroad for use in canal building. General Glen Edgerton talks about the construction difficulties from malaria, and the worker prescription of quinine three times daily. Views of British and French workers on the site working and arriving by rail to work. Dynamite explosion removes rumble for railroad construction. View of locks under construction 1000 feet long and 110 feet wide. Excerpt from interview with former Canal Zone Governor and Congressman Maurice Thatcher, who characterizes the project as the greatest liberty that man had ever taken with nature. (Thatcher was honored when the first bridge connecting both sides of the Panama Canal was named after him as "Thatcher Ferry Bridge". In 1979 the name was officially changed to the Bridge of the Americas.) Clip next shows 1970's aerial view of the Panama Canal. Ships moving through the Panama Canal.

Location: Panama
Date: 1903
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023504
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