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Airplane flight endurance record set by U.S. Army Air Service Fokker trimotor aircraft using inflight refueling

The U.S. Army Air Service modified Atlantic-Fokker C-2A, named the 'Question Mark,' taxis and takes off. Refueling operation between the Question Mark and a Douglas C-1 aircraft. Question Mark in flight over the coast of California. A U.S. Army Air Service Douglas C-1refueling plane, with hose trailing below it, flies above the Question Mark. Crew member can be seen disconnecting the 3 inch fuel hose and throwing it off the Question Mark. After being aloft continuously for 6 days, the Question Mark landed at Metropolitan Airport, Van Nuys, California on January 7, 1929. Staff Sergeant Roy W. Hooe, Lieutenant Elwood R.(Pete) Quesada, Lieutenant Harry A. Halverson, Captain Ira C. Eaker and Major Carl A. Spatz, stand beside their airplane. (Spatz later changed spelling of his name to Spaatz.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1929, January 7
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033872
Animated map of U.S. Army's flight around the world. Expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin congratulates crews.

Animated map shows the course taken by Douglas World Cruiser aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Service in their round-the-world flight in 1924. It also highlights mishaps, such as the location of Major Fredrick F Martin's crash in mountains off Alaska and where Lt. Wade was forced down and wrecked near Iceland. Animation shows route from England to Newfoundland to Greenland to Labrador to east coat of United states and aerial route across states. The expedition was completed by 2 of the 5 original Douglas World Cruiser aircraft, namely: the "Chicago," crewed by Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Leslie Arnold; and the "New Orleans," crewed by Lt. Erik Nelson and Lt. Jack Harding. They are seen being congratulated by their Expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin at the completion of the mission, on September 28, 1924, in Seattle, Washington.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033875
U.S. Army Air Service Lt. Cyrus Bettis wins the Pulitzer Trophy at the International Air Races, Mitchel Field, New York

U.S. Army pilot Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis gets out of his Curtiss R3C-1 racer airplane after winning the Pulitzer Trophy Race and setting a new world speed record of 249.3 miles per hour in the International Air Races at Mitchel Field, New York. He is congratulated by U.S. Army Air Service Major T. G. Lanphier.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1925, October 12
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033879
Arms race between United States and the Soviet Union; Arms Control and Test ban Treaty.

Teletype machines in Washington DC and in Moscow, used for rapid communication between the two countries during Cold War. Scene of buildings with golden dome in Moscow, Soviet Union. U.S. Navy officers view a document on a teletype hotline machine. Scene of fountain and White House behind it in Washington Dc. United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Russian Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko as they sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev toasts with others include British statesman Edward Heath.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034069
Super outbreak of tornadoes and related emergency coordination in United States.

Scenes of Tornadoes in the U.S. during a Super Outbreak in early April 1974, when a series of tornadoes struck numerous states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. A man receives a call at a radio station during tornado in United States. He goes to door and see outside. He comes back and gives warning on radio. Message received at local emergency center. A man announces warning. A helicopter flies and relays report of tornado sightings from flying helicopter. A man talks on phone giving sighting reports. A meter indicates wind speed. View of tornado bearing down on Louisville Kentucky downtown buildings after having hit state fairgrounds. A cameraman takes video. A man talks at National Warning System. A man points location of tornado on a map. Various departments having meetings. Police jeep on road. Scenes of Tornado. People carry dead ones on stretcher and in hands.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1974, April 3
Duration: 8 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034357
L-4 aircraft landing by Brode system in United States.

XB-48 aircraft taxiing. Engine Mechanic working on jet engines of XB -48. XB-48 taxiing, taking off and landing. A-20 aircraft landing with tractor landing gear. L-4 aircraft landing by Brode system. United States C-47 aircrafts dropping paratroopers. United States A -26 aircraft dropping parachutes. Officers spreading large laced parachute on floor. B-17 aircraft drops parachute.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1947
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034478
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