The De Bothezat helicopter built by George de Bothezat. The quadrotor aircraft being tested at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, United States. The DeBothezat rotorcraft with four huge rotor blades lifts off, hovers and touches the ground several times.
De Bothezat helicopter with four rotors rotating at each end of its arms. The experimental quadrotor designed by George de Bothezat is seen in flight at McCook Field in Dayton Ohio. The helicopter rising just above the ground and moving from side to side but remaining just aloft, then descending while a man stands nearby.
Crowd gathered around viewing early helicopter with multiple tiers of rotating blades. Various VIPs attending the demonstration, including Argentine inventor of the helicopter, Raúl Pateras Pescara. View of people looking at helicopter. Tests in Issy France outside a large hangar shows helicopter rising from ground about six feet and then landing. Action is repeated. View of rotor blades, rotor columns and fuselage section of helicopter.
Snow in Washington DC. Men shovel snow. U.S. Capitol building in the background. White House in the snow. Lincoln Memorial with horse drawn sleighs in foreground. Children slide down hill in front of Lincoln Memorial on sleds.
Army Air Corps under direction of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell bombs the decommissioned battleships "New Jersey" (BB-16) and "Virginia" (BB-13) at Diamond Shoals, N.C. Chemical Warfare Smoke Curtain seen. Officers check the bomber aircraft before take off. USS New Jersey BB-16 anchored and after several bomb droppings sinks in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina.
USS battleship Virginia BB13 bombed by Army Air Service Martin Bomber. A 1,100 pounds bomb demolishes the ship. USS Virginia sinks beneath the waves.