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Crashes showing pilots Lindbergh, Richard B. Byrd, Noel Davis and Stanton Wooster in the United States.

'The Epic American Trans Atlantic Flight' depicts crashes involving various pilots in the United States during early aviation history. Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. On September 21, 1926, Rena Fonck stands in front of his Sikorsky airplane, ready to try a solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. He takes off and crashes in flames. Navy Commander Richard E. Byrd poses. On April 16, 1927, his Fokker C-2 trimotor airplane ("America"), piloted by Anthony Fokker, with Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and George O. Norville on board, flips over on takeoff at Hasborough, New Jersey. In September, 1927, Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca aircraft taxis and takes off. The tail and right main wheel dig into the soft field on landing and the airplane is severely damaged. The wreck of the "American Legion" Keystone Pathfinder airplane that carried Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster to their deaths, in a crash landing, in the Back river, near Langley Field, Virginia, In Paris, on April 26, 1927, French pilot, Captain Charles Nungesser, and Francois Coli pose before taking off on their ill fated flight in a Levasseur PL8 aircraft named " White Bird." Charles Lindbergh standing next to his mother, Evangeline Land Lindbergh. The "Spirit of St. Louis" is towed out and refueled at Mineola, New York. Charles Lindbergh climbs into the plane and makes a bumpy takeoff. Bystanders watch. People gather to greet him upon arrival in Paris. Lindbergh poses with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh honored by the French President Gaston Doumergue.

Date: 1928
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031734
Sketches of Lockheed C-130E Hercules and technicians inspect the plane in the United States.

C-130 annual report shows Lockheed C-130E Hercules in the United States. Sketches showing front, side and top views of C-130E Hercules. A picture shows the fuel tanks. A Lockheed C-130E Hercules parked. The Hercules engines show four blade propellers, a gas tank and a landing gear. Technicians inspect the Lockheed C-130E Hercules. Men at bunks and in pilot and copilot seats of the plane. Men at an instrument panel. A man's Hand on a control handles. Men at navigator's station and galley. Men at cargo compartments with cargo doors and ramp opening. Palletized cargo is loaded and unloaded from Lockheed C-130E Hercules.

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031746
Brigadier Kinder with officers at a dock area and Charles A. Halleck and his wife leave a patrol boat in Wiesbaden, Germany.

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. Late model automobiles leave the Lindsey Air Force Base gate. A sign reads 'Lindsey Air Base'. A man stands outside a door. A man standing in front of the gate of a building salutes. Brigadier Herbert M. Kinder, Judge Advocate,USAFE and other naval and air force officers in the dock area of Schierstein naval port. Representative Charles A. Halleck and his wife leave a U.S. Navy Rhine River Patrol boat. Accompanying them in civilian clothes is General C. J. Hauck,Jr. Chief of Legislative Liasion in the office of the Secretary of the Army and wave commander, Elma Ellis. Representative Halleck is greeted on the dock by General Herbert M. Kinder.

Date: 1955, August 31
Duration: 2 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031760
Congressman C.R. King meets R.J. Morman and Major Mark E. Bradley at headquarters of the USAFE in Wiesbaden, Germany

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany. Congressman C R King meets and talks to R.J. Morman on the steps in front of the headquarters of the USAFE. Major Mark E. Bradley stands with them. The B-15 headquarters USAFE at Lindsey Air Force Base.

Date: 1955, September 2
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031761
Senator Byrd meets William H. Tunner and inspects the honor guard at the USAFE headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany.

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers arrive at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) in Wiesbaden, Germany. Senator Robert Carlyle Byrd arrives at the USAFE headquarters. He meets Lt. General William H. Tunner. The two men inspect the honor guard in the lawn in front of the USAFE headquarter building. The Senator is introduced to Mrs. William H. Pace, a dependent wife of a USAFE non commissioned officer, on the steps of the headquarter building. General Turner stands next to the group. The Senator and the General enter the headquarter building. A sign on a door reads 'Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe'.

Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031770
Admiral and Mrs. W. Radford at Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany enroute to NATO ministers conference in Paris.

U.S. Congressmen and high ranking officers at Wiesbaden Air Base in Germany. Four stars on a board in front of a United States Air Force Car. A plane taxis. U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur William Radford and Mrs. W. Radford enroute to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ministers conference in Paris. They come out of the plane. They are greeted by Lieutenant General William H. Tunner, Commander United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE), and his staff. They leave in a staff car. Planes stationed in the background.

Date: 1955, December 13
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031775