Visitors enter the West Point Bullion Depository (now known as West Point Mint Facility) near the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States during its construction. View of a woman wearing a black cartwheel hat. West Point Bullion Depository staff opens bank vault door. Guests enter bank vault. View of bank vault inside. Man closes shut West Point Bullion Depository bank vault door. This building was also referred to as the "Fort Know of Silver."
A football match between the West Point cadets and the Columbia Eleven at West Point in New York, United States. Highlights of the football match between the two teams. Spectators watch the match. The Columbia Eleven wins over the cadets 20-18.
The United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Cadets walk towards a chapel and enter it. Interior of the chapel. The cadets stand and pray.
Activities of West Point cadets in New York. The cadets participate in sports activities. They watch army matches with leading university teams. A baseball match in progress. People watch the match. Players run on a race track. Trees along the sides of a street. The players participate in high jump. Cars drive past on a street in the background. Some players participate in hurdle racing.
At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, scenes from an American College football game between the gallant U.S. Army 'Eleven' from West Point and Notre Dame's 'Fighting Irish'. U.S. Army cadets and other fans in the stadium. A West Point cadet with the Army team mascot, a mule. Two Notre Dame students with its mascot dog, an Irish Terrier. Spectators cheer for players. Football game underway on the field. Ambient sound and cheering from the stadium is hear. The Army cadets seated in the stands cheer for their team. The Fighting Irish from Notre Dame win the game 19 to 7.
Film notes 35th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight and reviews history of transportation and advances in transportation brought about by railroad and aircraft. An animated map of the United states before the advent of mechanized transport methods. It illustrates the difficult and long overland journey to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast. Travel by horse and wagon over the Santa Fe Trail in 1849 is recreated in a brief film clip. Next, a locomotive is shown pulling a passenger train at high speed along a railroad at the base of a mountain. Animated map charts fairly direct path from Coast to Coast, taking only 4 days by railroad. Next a nearly straight course is traced across the map illustrating the path of an airplane taking only seven and a half hours for the journey. Change of scene shows aerial view of Howard Hughes' Lockheed 14 Super Electra Special, Model 14-N2 ( NX18973), christened "New York World's Fair 1939," in flight over New York harbor with the skyline of Manhattan, New York City in the background. Camera follows the plane as it passes over lower Manhattan. The Empire State building is seen prominently with other skyscrapers below the aircraft. This was filmed, on July 14, 1938, as Hughes and his crew were returning from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Floyd Bennett Field, on Long Island, at the conclusion of their around-the-world flight (circling the Northern Hemisphere) from July 10 - July 14, 1938.
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