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Funeral of Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (1826-1907)
Film of funeral procession for Grand Duke Frederick I, in Karlsruhe, Baden, begins with closeup of mounted military band with musicians playing their instruments as they ride on horseback. Scene shifts to numerous officials lined up on one side of the road and civilians on the other, as a line of clergymen pass between them, walking in advance of the partly shrouded carriage carrying the coffin of the Grand Duke. Behind the clergy, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King Gustav V of Sweden are seen walking together. Closeup of the funeral carriage escorted by uniformed military who precede, surround, and follow it
Scenes from the Dole Derby or Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii in August, 1927
Opening scene shows several aircraft and aircrews on an Airfield in Oakland, California, readying for the Dole Air Race to Hawaii. A modified Travel Air 5000 aircraft, NX869, named "Woolaroc," is seen in the near foreground. Behind it is another Travel Air 5000, named "Oklahoma." Next, the "Oklahoma" and the "Aloha"(NX914), a Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane are seen with engines running and taxiing. The "Aloha" takes off and climbs sharply after gaining airspeed. Several Wickes-class destroyers are seen steaming underway. (Slate reports they patrol the course to be flown over the Pacific.) Scene shifts to wreckage of the "Angel of Los Angeles" a twin engine Bryant Monoplane, which crashed on a test flight at Montebello, California. (Pilot, Arthur V. Rogers, bailed out at the last minute but his parachute didn't fully open and he was killed.) Next is shown the wreckage of the "Pride of Los Angeles," an International CF-10 Triplane, after crashing into San Francisco Bay on August 11th. Pilots J. L. Giffin and Theodore S. Lundgren are seen stepping from the water, unhurt. A crane, on a barge, lifts the wreckage from the shallow water.
Scenes from the Dole Trans-Pacific Air Derby of 1927
Aerial view of airfield at Oakland, California. Pilot, Bennett Griffin, is seen with his wife and child, standing beside his Travel Air 5000 airplane,"Oklahoma." Registration number:"N-X 911" is stenciled on its tail. Pilot Martin Jensen, saying farewell to members of his family in front of his airplane,"Aloha" (that finished second in the race). Aircraft being readied for takeoff. Starter with checkered flag stands ready as nine men push the Travel Air 5000 "Oklahoma, the first to take off, forward into starting position, with engine running. Next scene shows starter holding stopwatch and flag. He signals start with the flag. Scene shifts to the second aircraft to take off, the Goddard Special metal monoplane, NX5074, "El Encanto." Camera tracks as the airplane has difficulty breaking ground, skipping several times in a long ground roll. Suddenly, it veers off the the right in a crab, wiping out its landing gear and breaking part of its right wing as it flips over in a crash leaving it tilted on its left wing facing backwards. Some smoke is seen but quickly disappears. Men and rescue personnel rush to the scene. (Reportedly the crew was unhurt.) Next, the prototype Lockheed Vega 1 monoplane, NX913, "Golden Eagle," is making smooth takeoff. Navigator Gordon Scott waves to spectators below as the plane climbs out. Aerial view of the plane in flight. The "Miss Doran," a Buhl CA-5 Air Sedan, number NC2915, is seen next on takeoff, past photographers and spectators, and then airborne. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taking off. It climbs out very slowly. Navigator Paul Schluter waves as they depart. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, Willian V. Davis Jr. are seen next by their plane "Woolaroc." A woman wishes them good luck, with a bouquet of flowers. Next, men are seen pushing the "Woolaroc" and it takes off and climbs. Pre-departure footage of Pilot Gordon Scott and navigator John W. Frost, with friends, near their airplane, "Golden Eagle." (Their aircraft vanished in the Pacific.) Pre-departure footage of pilot John Augie Pedlar, navigator Lieutenant Vilas R. Knopie, and their passenger, Mildred Doran, whose aircraft, "Miss Doran," was also lost in the Pacific.
Winners of the 1927 Dole Derby Trans-Pacific air race land in Honolulu, Hawaii.
A huge crowd of people (including a number of U.S. Army personnel in uniform) converges on the airfield at Honolulu, Hawaii, to witness the arrival of the Travel Air 5000 airplane, named "woolarc," winner of the Dole Derby trans-Pacific air race. The aircraft taxis across a wide swath of grass, assisted by men at each wing. A small airplane taxis behind it. An Army officer walks past the camera. Pilot Arthur C. Goebel and navigator, William V. Davis Jr. are seen next with Hawaiian Leis around their necks as they are surrounded by congratulatory well-wishers. They are closely escorted by an Army officer into a tent, where some children, including one boy with a bandage and patch over his left eye. Outdoors, Pilot Arthur Goebel receives more flower leis and poses for closeups. Next, the Breese-Wilde 5 Monoplane, NX914, "Aloha" is seen taxiing after arriving second in the race. an Army officer waves some spectators away from the taxiing aircraft. Navigator Paul Schluter waves from the rear cockpit. He and pilot, Martin Jensen, are next seen with leis around their necks. In the final sequence, winners Goebel and Davis are seen with second place aviators, Jensen and Schluter, flanking James D. Dole, who has just presented each pair their award checks.
Arkansas National Guard and police prevent integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. German reporter speaks
German reporter speaks (in German) in front of the camera in Little Rock, Arkansas during Little Rock School Crisis, a watershed event dealing with desegregation in schools during the American Civil Rights movement. Arkansas National guard troops in background. Police arrest protesters. African American man being arrested. Large angry crowd gathers. Governor Orval Faubus greets National Guard officers. Man carried away by police. Shows crowds in favor of integration and crowds in favor of segregation (preventing the enrollment of the "Little Rock Nine" African American students), and police and Arkansas National Guard response (under Faubus) dealing with angry racist crowd and preventing integration of the schools despite the National Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
Advancing German troops are subject to heavy Allied shelling during World War I
German troops being shelled heavily by Allied artillery as they advance in France during World War 1. German soldiers rush out of their dugout and move quickly through a trench, and then across No-Man's Land, where smoke rises from exploding shells. Three German soldiers firing a Maxim machine gun from dug-in position. A tremendous explosion near the camera. German troops running around and through a huge crater and hunkered down behind a dirt hill, that they climb, as another tremendous explosion occurs just over the hill. Scene changes to German troops advancing through dried mud boulders and across a field, as what appear to be gas shells, explode nearby. Camera pans across the gas fumes. A German tank seem dimly in background. Heavy black smoke clouds rise from German soldiers using flame throwers. More gas shells exploding as German soldiers run past in foreground, avoiding the clouds. Series of gas shell explosions from Allied barrage. A British Mark V tank with name "Erni" painted on it, maneuvering. German gun crew picks up their Maxim machine gun and runs forward. German troops running forward with gas shells exploding in near background. Advancing German soldiers using flame thrower. German troops in deep trench, with others seen silhouetted against light sky, as they run across a ridge in background. View from low hill of German troops running across No-Man's Land and climbing over a fallen tree as they ascend the hill near the camera. German troops running past bomb and shell craters as they advance. French soldiers, taken prisoners of war, are escorted along a road near a French village. Final scene shows some American prisoners being escorted through the village.
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