An airborne life boat experiment in the United States. Airmen wheeling a life boat to the under side of a United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress bomber on an airfield. Fumes rising from a boat at sea during an experiment. The B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, with the life boat underside the fuselage, in flight over the sea. The bomber releases the life boat after spotting the boat in trouble. The life boat equipped with medicines and other emergency supplies is lowered by means of three parachutes attached to it. The life boat reaches the men waiting for rescue.
Demonstration of an ejector seat in Germany. A pilot gets into the cockpit of an aircraft at an airfield. Two airmen outside the cockpit. The aircraft taxis on a runway and takes off. The pilot descending through a parachute during the demonstration of the ejector seat. The pilot lands on the ground. The pilot with several people on the airfield.
A sail boat race competition off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. Several American yachts in water competing during the preliminary trials for the America's Cup. The yachts sailing in the ocean waters. A British yacht among the yachts. Men on the yachts.
The 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. The Avenue of Flags. A huge crowd at the fair. Postmaster General James Farley formally opens the fair. A crowd at the carnival-like "Midway" of the fair. Huge statue of a boy in a red wagon.
John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan) in the United States. Several men and women at a golf course. Wealthy American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, wearing a tropical pith helmet, strikes a ball. The men and women standing beside him watch. John Rockefeller, who is 94 years old, rests in a chair on the course. American banker J. P. Morgan sworn in at a hearing of a Senate Investigatiing Committee. Several senators and officials at the hearing.
A five-wheeled car in California, United States. A man at the steering wheel of a car. The man pulls a lever beside the steering wheel which drops a fifth wheel at the back part of the car that helps the car to move sideways. The car being parked between two other cars on the side of a road.
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