U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. A group of men and a jeep on a beach in at Clipperton Island. USS Concord CL-10 in background. An officer gets in the jeep and drives away. A man sitting on a barrel puts on his trousers. A Navy seaplane flies overhead. The plane makes a close pass. Men stand in a group. Men load a raft onto a trailer. The jeep is driven away, raft and trailer in tow.
View of rock cliffs around Clarion Island during U.S. Rear Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. Long shots of Clarion Island in its entirety.
An Amphibious Attack (APA) transport ship underway at a sea during U.S. Admiral Byrd's special navy mission in the South Pacific. A man on the bridge looks through binoculars. Three ships in the convoy. A man looks over rigging and life rafts. A cargo ship in background. A gun crew and a gun in foreground. A shirtless gun crew man operates controls to rotate the gun. . (World War II period).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives, in an open car decorated with patriotic bunting, at a pier in San Diego, where the American cruiser, USS Houston (CA -30) is docked. Camera focuses on the superstructure of the Cruiser, which displays the American flag and a flag with the Presidential Seal. Next, the President is seen looking over the railing of the Houston as well-wishers wave from the dock below. Closeup of Roosevelt smiling broadly as he waves from the ship's railing. Glimpse of USS Houston underway in San Diego harbor. (Note: On this occasion, President Franklin D. Roosevelt boarded the USS Houston for a fishing trip. His party included scientists from the Smithsonian Institute, who were to collect specimens from Central and South America while the President fished.)
Glimpses of airplanes and crews that made the Pan American Goodwill flight that covered 22,000 miles to 21 Central and South American nations, in 1926. Aerial view of hangars and runway at kelly Air Base, Texas, as one of the five Loening OA-1 Amphibious aircraft takes off from the runway on Dec. 21, 1926.The five aircraft seen in flight over a city, are: The New York, with crew: Maj. Herbert Dargue and Lt. Ennis Whitehead; The San Antonio with crew: Capt. Arthur McDaniel and Lt. Charles Robinson; The San Francisco with crew: Capt. Ira Eaker and Lt. Muir Fairchild; The Detroit, with crew: Capt. Clinton Woolsey and Lt. John Benton; and The St. Louis, with crew: Lt. Bernard Thompson and Lt. Leonard Weddington. President Coolidge presenting the pilots with with citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1927, at the opening of the Pan American Air Commission Conference.
Brief scenes from the U.S. Army Air Service Pan American good will flight that covered 22,000 miles on a goodwill mission to 21 Central and South American nations, during 1926-1927. A view of the hangar area and flight line of Kelly Air Field in Texas, as one of the five Loening OA-1 Amphibious aircraft, on the mission, takes off from the runway on Dec. 21, 1926. Five of the aircraft in formation over a large city. U.S.President Calvin Coolidge presents the aircrews with citations for the Distinguished Flying Cross, at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., on May 2, 1927.
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