U.S. Navy Alaska survey expedition. Hydrographic officer instructs the men for operation. Snow capped mountains. Plane takes off on survey. Men on the shore. Several men aboard a boat. The boat underway to collect the data.
U.S. Navy Alaska survey expedition. The USS Gannet near the Bear Glacier in Alaska. Snow capped mountains in the background. Planes fly overhead.
U.S. Navy Alaska survey expedition. Arrival of the plane on the expedition in Seward, Alaska. Plane taxis in water. Snow capped mountains in the background. Men stand aboard a vessel.
Lawrence Tibbett, New York Metropolitan Opera baritone seated in front of a mirror in his dressing room. Several articles lie in front of him. He uses cream or lotion in his hand to remove stage makeup from his face following a performance of Aida by Verdi. Mr. Tibbett wears a dressing robe and a wrist watch.
Zelli’s Royal Box night club in Paris, owned by Joe Zelli and located at 16 bis rue Fontaine. Several tables set in the club. People seated at the tables. The room is decorated. Bottles of alcoholic beverages are evident everywhere. An African American dancer performs in the center of the dance floor. Audience cheers and claps. An African American ensemble plays jazz and patrons dance. The trumpet player is Crickett Smith, and the drummer is USA Army Corporal Eugene Bullard. Patrons are seen on the dance floor under a chandelier with streamers. A balcony is seen above, where so-called "Royal Boxes"were arranged allowing patrons to watch festivities below. (Note: Bullard lived a storied life. Among other things, he served in World War 1 as one of 200 U.S. servicemen who flew for France. He was the first African American combat pilot and the first to shoot down enemy aircraft, and was decorated multiple times for valor. He was living in the Montmartre section of Paris after World War 1, which was known as a center for American Jazz music. He learned to play drums from the pioneer jazz musician Louis Mitchell and played in the house band at Zellis nightclub before taking over the management of a nightclub called Le Grand Duc, in 1924. The 2006 movie "Flyboys" portrayed members of the Lafayette Flying Corps and included a character based on Bullard.)
'Terminus Aviation Buffet' written on a building in Paris. People gathered in front of the building. A huge crowd. Aviator Charles Lindbergh looks below from a building. People gather to welcome him. Posters on the walls in the street. Charles Lindbergh waves U.S. flag and French flag. Men stand with him in the building. Crowd cheers.
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