USS Shenandoah destroyed tragically in Ava Ohio. The giant airship ZR-1 crashed due to cyclonic storm. Ripped and torn into three pieces killing several crew members. Front part of the airship crashed at Ava while middle part and tail of the ship fell at Sharon 10 miles away from Ava in Ohio.
Delegates of the Pan American Highway Commission present a gift after a month-long tour of the United States in 1924. Ceremony at the Pan American Union in Washington DC. Tablet is unveiled inscribed with the title 'Highway of Friendship', and presented as a gift to the Highway Education Board. The first line of the tablet reads, "Commemorative of the Official visit of the Pan American Highway Commission to the District of Columbia and the states of North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey June 2 to July 3, 1924. The happiness and prosperity of the people of the United States have been greatly enhanced by your definite program of Highway education...." U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg accepts the tablet and speaks to those gathered.
Interior of a Ford Aircraft plant in the United States. A number of unfinished Ford Aircraft in a hangar. Two workers working on fuselages of the aircraft. A number of aircraft in the hangar. Men lowering an airplane part with the help of a crane.
A Ford aircraft takes off from Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A group of men turn the Ford aircraft. The airplane takes off from a runway. A large tower in the background. Henry Ford and other members gathered around the airplane. The American flag flutters on a pole at the Ford Airport building. A Ford Tri motor airplane taxis and takes off from the runway.
Henry Ford at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford speaks with pilots and other officials. He shakes hands with them. Men converse with each other. Ford airplanes parked in the background. Men watch as a Ford Airplane taxis and takes off from a runway.
A Ford airplane takes off from Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. An air transportation vehicle drives away from a building and halts next to a Ford airplane on a runway. The Ford airplane taxis and takes off from the runway.