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Aviator Charles Lindbergh flies from San Diego to New York.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh flies from the West Coast to New York. Lindbergh works on his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' in San Diego, California. Charles Lindbergh in a suit. Mid May: He reaches Curtiss Field in two hops from the West Coast. Aerial view of the Spirit of St Louis preparing to land at Curtiss Field. A large crowd gathered to greet him. Lindbergh lands and taxis in surrounded by crowd of well wishers. He looks out the cockpit window and then climbs out of the plane.

Date: 1927, May
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031350
Dogs participate in a Mid West Dog show in Chicago, Illinois.

A Mid-West Dog show in Chicago, Illinois. Owners hold leashes of Saint-Bernard and other large dogs. A dog sticking out its tongue. Terriers such as Bull Terriers and Wire Fox Terriers join as contestants. Women with bulldogs. A little girl sits beside a bulldog. Wire Fox Terriers and Chow Chow on leash. A black poodle at the dog show looks up and sticks its tongue.

Date: 1930, April 2
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056182
French General Charles de Gaulle is feted in Chicago during his visit to the United States in 1945

Film opens showing people in an American city (possibly Chicago) celebrating the Allied victory over Japan on VJ Day, August 15th, 1945. Scene shifts abruptly to Chicago, Illinois, where French General Charles de Gaulle is seen saluting in a reviewing stand at Victory Plaza near Lasalle Street entrance to City Hall. (On August 24th, he had accepted an invitation from Mayor Edward Kelly to stop in Chicago on August 27-28, 1945, during his visit to the U.S. and Canada.) Next, general de Gaulle and Mayor Kelly are seen in an open car in a motorcade amidst crowds of well-wishers. Enthusiastic spectators run along side their car. Glimpse of a dense crowd of people, including a contingent of sailors in dress whites. Final scene shows General de Gaulle speaking with reporters and photographers near a sign reading "W-G-N." (A Chicago radio station). (World War II period).

Date: 1945, August 28
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022066
Charles Augustus Lindbergh successfully completes first nonstop crossing from New York to Paris, and is celebrated worldwide.

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.

Date: 1927, May 20
Duration: 10 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041030
Men prepare Charles Lindbergh's plane prior to his flight to Mexico.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to leave for Mexico as a goodwill ambassador. Men push his plane out onto the field. People look at his plane the 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Lindbergh directs the men. He talks to an officer watches the men work on his plane. Lindbergh inspects the cockpit. Two officers stand nearby.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031372
Charles Lindbergh takes off for Mexico as a goodwill ambassador.

Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to fly to Mexico as a goodwill ambassador. A gale blowing. An officer with Lindbergh near his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. They shake hands and Lindbergh climb into the cockpit. Two officers near the plane. Me push the plane onto the runway. People watch as the plane taxis and takes off.

Date: 1928
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031373