Flight of autogyro from Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The autogyro appears to be a hybrid blend of an airplane and an early helicopter. Autogyro inventor Juan de la Cierva demonstrates a new model at Bryn Athyn. The autogyro taxis and takes off from the airfield. 'GAAKY' written on the side of autogyro. The autogyro in flight over field and lands.
View from above, of railroads and rail yards in vicinity of the seaport of Bordeaux, France during World War I. Locomotive moving short train of war materiel for American base Section Number 2, past a large hill of cut logs. Numerous railroad tracks and roads around them. Materials piled up in various places throughout the area. Crane moving cargo. Smoke rising from self-propelled steam railroad crane on railroad track. Trains loaded with cargo on railroad tracks in the port, with large ships tied up at dock next to tracks. Many men at work throughout the port. Large cranes on rails, moving cargo between ships and docks. Teams of African American soldiers, some with wheel barrows, building new rail spurs in the port. An American soldier walking along the rails in midst of workers. Train station under construction. Moveable derrick on rails with smoke stack on top. Several yard workers run across tracks.
The opening of a new cabaret show at Club Lido at the Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. Entrance to Club Lido (78 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris, France). The Duke of Windsor Edward VIII and his wife Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, are at the club. Michelle Morgan, Salvador Dali, Maurice Chevalier, French author Françoise Sagan, and other celebrities are also seen at Club Lido. Parisian cabaret dancers performing onstage.
International Track and Field event in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd of spectators gathered for the International Track and Field event between the USA and Poland. A 110 meter hurdle race. American athletes Hayes Jones and Jerry Tarr participate. Spectators cheer the players. The 200 meter race begins. American athlete Al Oerter sets a new world record in discus throw.
Aerial overview of several French military outposts in Algeria. French Legionnaires constructing a new fort on top of a hill. They set barbed wire at periphery; crack rocks with sledge hammer; pass building stones in a brigade, passing them along a line of soldiers. They mix mortar with shovels and pass it to masons using it to set stones. A field kitchen feeds the troops. Touch of humor noir: they name the mess tent: "Restaurant Mort delice." Views from outpost. French Legionnaires raise the tricolor over finished outpost. A large white cross held on ground with stones, marks helicopter landing site.
A U.S. experimental tank undergoing field tests in the United States. Soldiers test weapons on a field. An officer demonstrates use of mortar. A flame thrower being fired. Instructors explaining new Army weapon systems. U.S. soldiers pull a captured German V-1 buzz bomb from a shed, for testing. A captured German V-2 rocket is rolled out for testing. The rocket is launched successfully from a launch pad. Soviet Leader Joeseph Stalin and Foreign Minister Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov together, with two Soviet Generals,are seen on a reviewing balcony, above Lenin's tomb, as they watch a Military parade in Red Square, Moscow. Soldiers holding guns march through streets. Tanks and missiles mounted on flat cars move. Buildings in the background. Russian revolutionary Vladimir Llyich Lenin's poster on a wall.
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