Various events captured by newsreel cameramen. City of Berkeley, California, burning, in 1923. Furniture on side of road. Some people scramble to save possessions in path of advancing fire. Others watch helplessly. Crowd mills around. View of burning buildings from roof top. Wrecked building. Burning multistory buildings in a city. One collapses. Arctic explorers' ship navigates between icebergs.
Buildings and memorials of historic importance in Washington DC. The facade of Arlington Amphitheater. Inside view. The Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Memorial of the USS Maine in Arlington Cemetery.
Places of historic importance in Washington DC. The Great Falls of the Potomac River located at the fall line 14 miles upstream from Washington DC.
Men examine a low wing monoplane bearing name of Continental Airways, parked on airfield at Washington-Hoover Airport . A biplane taxis on field and takes off. Truck driven on airfield. Biplanes parked along field.
Employees of the Bureau of Reclamation. Commissioner of Reclamation Edward Mead and his employees pose on steps of the Interior Department Building.
View of a Campbell Model F airplane from rear, at Bolling Field in Washington DC. It is a pusher propeller "flivver" airplane, costing $1500, with tricycle landing gear and twin tail design, powered by a stock Ford V8 engine, with single ignition. View of engine running and long transverse central elevator, as well as side being moved. View of steerable nose gear. Pilot and inventor Hayden Campbell in the cockpit. Aircraft taxis out and takes off (view of Capitol dome in distance). Views of the airplane's Ford V8 engine, with one spark plug for each cylinder. Removing and replacing the engine cowling. Interior of cockpit, with ignition key, conventional yoke flight controls, basic instruments in panel and long push-pull throttle control.
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