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35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight. Advances in travel due to rail and airplane. Howard Hughes' round the world flight.

Film notes 35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight and reviews history of transportation and advances in transportation brought about by railroad and aircraft. An animated map of the United states before the advent of mechanized transport methods. It illustrates the difficult and long overland journey to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. Travel by horse and wagon over the Santa Fe Trail in 1849 is recreated in a brief film clip. Next, a locomotive is shown pulling a passenger train at high speed along a railroad at the base of a mountain. Animated map charts fairly direct path from Coast to Coast, taking only 4 days by railroad. Next a nearly straight course is traced across the map illustrating the path of an airplane taking only seven and a half hours for the journey. Change of scene shows aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973), christened "New York World's Fair 1939," in flight over New York harbor with the skyline of Manhattan, New York City in the background. Camera follows the plane as it passes over lower Manhattan. The Empire State building is seen prominently with other skyscrapers below the aircraft. This was filmed, on July 14, 1938, as Hughes and his crew were returning from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Floyd Bennett Field, on Long Island, at the conclusion of their around-the-world flight (circling the Northern Hemisphere) from July 10 - July 14, 1938.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1938, July 14
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027429
A film titled 'Skating on Lake, Central Park' in New York City, United States

A film titled 'Skating on Lake, Central Park.' The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park, in Manhattan, New York City, crowded with ice skaters. Children seen skating along with elders in the park.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1902, January
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040623
George Ries holds a Gold Cup after winning a speed boat race at Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York

A speedboat race at Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York The speed boat race at Lake George. George Ries, the winner of the race, with a Gold Cup. A car parked in the background.

Location: Bolton Landing New York USA
Date: 1935, July 29
Duration: 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033890
Skaters skating on Hession Lake during the Interstate Championship in Bear Mountain, New York.

Interstate Skating Championship on Hession Lake in Bear Mountain, New York. Men and women skate on the Hession Lake. Skaters whiz by on the ice. Skaters begin their race while spectators watch the championship.

Location: Bear Mountain New York USA
Date: 1940, January 29
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044062
Jack Frost and other participants ride on Ice boats during a race in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

Ice boat race in Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. Ice boats in lake during the race. Jack Frost rides ice boat during the race. Other participants on boats. The boat of Jack Frost turns up side down.

Location: New Jersey United States USA
Date: 1939, January 30
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068185
Simon Lake and his "salvage tube" submarine in the East River in search of sunken gold off New York City

A submarine of unusual design moored in the East River during a break from its search for sunken gold off New York City, United States. Men getting aboard the submarine. Man emerges from the submarine hatch. The submarine's inventor, Simon Lake, removes his hat and poses for a photograph. His "salvage tube" apparatus was searching New York's Hells Gate for the wreckage of the British frigate HMS Hussar that sunk with gold and silver aboard in 1780.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1934, November 14
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022438
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