The first annual Kite Carnival sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution on the grounds of the Washington Monument. People with home made kites. Man ties string to kite. Photographer clicks pictures. Children watch and hold kites. Man runs and tries to fly a kite. Little girl holds kite's string and fly kite. Notice on tree reads 'Beware, kite eating tree' and a torn kite hung on the trunk of tree. Eagle shaped kite in air.
Frank Sinatra Junior, the son of singer Frank Sinatra, is kidnapped in California. View of Harrah's casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Sign on casino advertises George Jessel and the Mary Kay Trio, along with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Helen Forrest, Pied Pipers, Sam Donahue, and Chas. Shavers. Frank Sinatra Jr performs at Harrah's casino in Lake Tahoe along with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Room no 417 of the motel in Lake Tahoe from where he was kidnapped. John Foss at the press conference about Sinatra Junior's Kidnapping. Policemen at road lock. Policeman stops a Volkswagen beetle in the snow. Closeup of Frank Sinatra as narrator comments on ransom instructions issued by the kidnappers. Sign identifying Bel Air. People gathered where Frank Sinatra Junior was released a few miles from his home. Closeup of him with mother Nancy Barbato and sister, Nancy. He talks to reporters about his feelings during kidnapping. Reporters ask questions from his mother, who replies and ask them to end their questioning.
Mexican Indians use reed and palm to make objects of everyday use in Mexico. Woman puts vessel on to temporary stove. Man cuts wooden logs. Woman puts logs into stove and blows air from mouth to light stove. She puts aniline dye into water and stirs it. Then she puts narrow striped Palm leaves into boiling water. She folds leaves into water. Woman waves mat to light the stove. Then she takes out the leaves from water and hung on ropes to dry.
United States Combat activities during Korean War in South Korea. Animated map shows the UN troops counterattack on Korean and Chinese retreating forces. The UN attack since 20th May till 20th June, 1951. Map of Korea shows Korean and UN occupied area. Arrows show the UN troops advancing from Seoul and Hangye. Communist Forces make a defensive "iron triangle" at Chorwon, Kumhwa and Pyonggang. The UN troops breaches the triangle and occupy Chorwan and Kumhwa. They advance to Pyonggang. Air defense of communists is weakened.
Bandleader-Aviator, Roger Wolfe Kahn, son of multimillionaire banker, Otto Kahn, sits in a 1930 Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket airplane. He taxis and takes off, flying from New York to Norfolk Virginia, where he makes a daring low altitude test of system for in-flight pickup of mail. He swoops to within a few yards of the pickup point, and snags a mail satchel suspended atop a building only 102 feet high, The mail pouch is delivered by air drop in a field, where it is picked up by a man who places it in a car and drives away. (Note: This actual airplane, Bellanca NC 7084, is being restored by its owner, Dan Cullman of Kent, Washington.)
Wright Brothers demonstrate their airplane in public at Hunaudieres horse racing track near the town of Le Mans, France. The "Wright Flyer" is brought to the field in center of the track, by horses. French audience sits and talks. Two men rotate blades of the "flyer" to start it. A team of men pull a rope to raise a weight in a launching derrick. When the weight drops it catapults the airplane into the air. Views of the airplane in flight, with Wilbur Wright at the controls accompanied by a passenger.
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