Summary: 27' "OF ALL INVENTIONS, THE ALPHABET AND PRINTING PRESS ALONE EXCEPTED, THOSE INVENTIONS WHICH ABRIDGE DISTANCE HAVE DONE MOST FOR CIVILIZATION" -- MACCAULAY. 43' SEVERAL SCENES BY THE COURTESY OF PATHE NEWS AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS. 50' SEVENTY YEARS AGO CALIFORNIA WAS MANY MONTHS FROM NEW YORK. 57' Animated map of the U.S. with a line from New York to Kansas. 64' LS covered wagon train moving over desert terrain toward camera -- mountains in bg. 72' THE SANTA FE TRAIL, 1849. 76' MLS's & MS's of covered wagon train moving over desert terrain -- mountains in bg. 83' Animated map of the U.S with a line from New York to Kansas, and continuing through New Mexico and Arizona to California. 91' THE RAILROAD SHRUNK THE MAP TO FOUR DAYS. 97' MS train using a steam locomotive moving to the right along a double track. 103' Animation over map of U.S. of line from New York to California. 109' IN THE AIRPLANE TO TWENTY-SEVEN HOURS. 114' AMS Fokker T-2 in flight to the left. 118' Animation of dark line extending across a map of the U.S. 125' NOT SO LONG AGO EUROPE WAS SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY. 128' Animation of a small ship moving away from the east coast of the U.S. 131' MLS a large sailing vessel of the early clipper ship variety on the ocean. 135' Animation of small ship sailing to Great Britain. 139' THE OCEAN GREYHOUND NOW CROSSES THE ATLANTIC IN FIVE-AND-A-HALF DAYS. 147' MS & MCU a four-stack ocean liner sailing to the right. 160' Animation of Atlantic Ocean and coasts of U.S. and England. 165' THE R-34 CROSSED THE IRISH COASTLINE 61 HOURS AND 33 MINUTES AFTER LEAVING LONG ISLAND. 176' AMS of R-34 dirigible in flight toward and to right of camera. 180' MCU R-34 moored to ground with a large craft around the gondola. 183' ALCOCK AND BROWN LANDED IN IRELAND 16 HOURS AFTER TAKING OFF FROM NEWFOUNDLAND. 191' ALS British Bristol fighter in flight to the left, diving and climbing through clouds. (Actual flight was in a Vickers-Vimy, 14 June 1919.) 198' AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT HAS BROUGHT AMERICA AND EUROPE CLOSE TOGETHER. 205' Animation of maps of the U.S. and Great Britain coming closer together. 214' KIPLING WROTE OF AIRCRAFT: "WE ARE AT THE OPENING VERSE OF THE OPENING PAGE OF THE CHAPTER OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES." 228' AMS flight of five Martin MB-1 bombers in formation flight to the right. 237' THE ACHIEVEMENT OF TWO REAL AMERICANS, ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT IS INDELIBLY WRITTEN IN THE FIRS LINE OF THE OPENING VERSE. 250' WILBUR WRIGHT (AT LEFT). 254' MS Wilbur Wright on the left talking to two men (Possibly in Europe.) 288' ORVILLE WRIGHT. 269' CU of Orville Wright river or lake in bg. 275' THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST EXPERIMENTED WITH GLIDERS. 280' LS pan left with flight of an early model glider down the side of a hill group of spectators watch the flight. (Est -- 1902) 298' THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ARE THE PIONEERS AND CREATORS OF AVIATION. THEY CONCEIVED WARPING WINGS WHICH MADE STABILITY POSSIBLE. THEY MADE THEIR OWN MOTOR, THEY BUILT THE PLANE AND MADE THE C0MBINATI0N FLY. 320' MS Wilbur Wright placing wheel under wing of Wright "A" aircraft in France. 328' MLS pan left with flight of Wright Brothers "A" aircraft over a level field balloon in bg. 336' ON KILL-DEVIL HILL, KITTYHAWK, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 17, 1903, ORVILLE WRIGHT FLEW THE FIRST HEAVIER-THAN-AIR MACHINE. 349' CU still photograph of Orville Wright flying the first aircraft, 17 December 1903. 357' THE WORLD SCOFFED, BUT THE WRIGHTS STRUGGLED ON -- AFTER FIIVE YEARS WILBUR WRIGHT MADE THE FIRST FLIGHT IN EUROPE FLYING UNDER FRENCH GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. (1908) 374' MS two men turning propellers and starting engines on a Wright "A" aircraft in France -- catapult launching tower behind aircraft. 379' MLS spectators in stands during the first aircraft demonstration near Paris. 384' LS & MS takeoff and riight of Wright Brothers "A" aircraft in France. 397' THE SAME-YEAR ORVILLE WRIGHT WON THE $30,000 U.S. ARMY PRIZE AT FT. MYER, VIRGINIA FOR A SUSTAINED FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER. 412' MS Orville Wright and Lt. Frank P. Lahm seated in the Wright "A" aircraft at Ft. Myer, Virginia. 423' LS's & MS's of flight at Ft. Myer with Orville Wright and Lt. Lahm in the Wright "A" aircraft. 454' IN 1909 WILBUR WRIGHIT DEMONSTRATED HIS INVENTION BEFORE THE KING OF ITALY AND ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. 465' MS soldiers pushing Wright aircraft out of hangar. 474' LS & MS of King of Italy and Italian officials watching takeoff of Wright aircraft from a launching rail. 497' THE EUROPEAN POWORS SEIZED THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE WRIGHT INVENTION AND ADOPTED A DEFINITE MILITARY AVIATION PROGRAM. 511' ALS flight of five early model aircraft over water. 518' RAPID PROGRESS WAS MADE. LOUIS BLERIOT (FRENCH), JULY 25, 1909, CROSSED THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES. 533' MS Louis Bleriot seated in his Bleriot VI tandem monoplane -- a man starts to turn the propeller and starts the aircraft. 540' HENRI FARMAN (FRENCH) MADE NOTABLE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS. 547' MS pan right to show man working on the Farman Voisin bi-plane. (1907- 1908) 555' AMERICAN GENIUS AND DETERMINATION CONTINUED TO CONTRIBUTE TO AVIATION'S PROGRESS. GLENN H. CURTISS IN HIS FIRST PLANE. 569' MS's of Glenn H. Curtiss seated in his Gold Bug bi-plane, starting the motor and taxiing away. (Est 1909) 585' THE GERMANS (1911 1914) CARRIED 34,228 PASSENGERS IN THE ZEPPELINS OVER A REGULAR ROUTE WITHOUT INJURY TO PASSENGERS OR CREW. 599' LS a German Zeppelin dirigible in flight to the left over landscape -- trees in fg. 606' Animation showing the Zeppelin routes in Germany. 623' WHEN THE GREAT WAR BROKE OUT THE EUROPEAN NATIONS HAD AIRPLANES AND AIRSHIPS AND MEANS FOR THEIR PRODUCTION. 634' LS's French Nieuport aircraft parked on an airfield. 639' AIRPLANES WERE USED ONLY FOR OBSERVATION AT FIRST, BUT SOON DEVELOPED INTO BOMB CARRIERS AND AERIAL COMBAT PLANES. 651' MS as bombs are loaded into early bomber with bombardier's compartment in nose of open cockpit. 662' MS machine gunner in open cockpit of aircraft in flight. 668' IN 1914 THE FASTEST FLYING SPEED WAS 70 MPH. BEFORE THE WAR WAS OVER COMBAT PLANES ATTAINED 140 MPH. 682' MS pan right with takeoff of Curtiss JN-4 aircraft. 690' AIR SERVICE MILL NEAR BELRAIN MEUSE, FRANCE, OCTOBER 19, 1918, MAJ. GEN. PATRICK DECORATING FIRST LT. E. C. RICKENBACKER WITH DSC BEARING FOUR OAK LEAVES. 701' MS Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick decorating Lt. E. V. Rickenbacker -- Air Corps officers standing by on parade field. 719' FIRST LT. E. V. RICKENBACKER AND CAPT. J. A. MEISSNER. 724' MS left to right Capt. J. A. Meissner and Lt. E. V. Rickenbacker with Distinguished Service Crosses. 735' FIRST AIRPLANE IN BATTLE FORMATION GOING OVER THE LINE TO BOMB THE ENEMY. 742' ELS seven bi-wing airplanes flying overhead away from camera -- observation balloon in distant fg. 757' BUSIGNY, NORD, FRANCE, OCTOBER 14, 1918-THE SIXTH SECTION BATTERY "F" ANTIAIRCRAFT SERVICE OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN ACTION AGAINST A GERMAN OBSERVATION PLANE. 772' MS to MLS two antiaircraft guns mounted on WW I vintage trucks which are jacked up on blocks and leveled with leveling screw jacks. 783' SOUAIN, MAINE, FRANCE, OCTOBER 2, 1918. A BARRAGE SENT UP BY THE FRENCH TO PROTECT THEIR OBSERVATION BALLOONS FROM A GERMAN PLANE WHICH IS TRYING TO SHOOT IT DOWN. 797' ELS's of observation balloon in extreme distance with anti-aircraft bursts near by -- wreckage of a bombed village in bg. 814' TOUL, MEURTHE-ET-MOSELLE, FRANCE. NOVEMBER 8, 1918. COL. F. P. LAHM, CHIEF OF AIR SERVICES 2ND ARMY. 825' MS Col. Lahm speaking to another officer. 839' IN THE SPRING OF 1917, WHEN THE U.S. ENTERED THE WAR, THE GOVERNMENT HAD ONLY EIGHT AIRPLANES. 851' IT COST US $382,000,000 TO SUPPLEMENT THE AIRCRAFT ACTIVITIES OF OUR ASSOCIATES. 859' AN 800-FOOT WING ROOM IN ONE OF THE GREAT AIRPLANE FACTORIES. 866' LS INT factory where wings for aircraft (WW I) are being fabricated. 873' DURING THE 18 MONTHS WE WERE IN THE WAR WE TRAINED 17,000 PILOTS AND DEVELOPED THE LIBERTY MOTOR. 885' LS's & MS'S of Liberty motors installed on fuselage of WW I aircraft in a factory. 899' $100,OOO,OOO IN PRIVATE CAPITAL WAS INVESTED IN OUR AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY -- 250,000 WERE EMPLOYED. WHEN THE ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED UNCLE SAM CANCELLED THE AIRCRAFT CONTRACTS BY LONG DISTANCE. 923' Animation over map of U.S. of cartoon of Uncle Sam talking on telephone. 936' UNTIL THE TREATY OF VERSAILLES STOPPED HER, GERMANY MADE GREAT STRIDES WITH BOTH LIGHTER AND HEAVIER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT. AIR ROUTE DEVELOPMENT FROM 1919-1921. 951' Animated lines going from various cities on European continent including Germany and Poland. 969' LS large group of workers and spectators watching as the dirigible "Bodensee" is pulled out of large hangar. 975' MS workers around and in the gondola as it rests on the ground. 980' THE BODENSEE MADE 103 FLIGHTS IN 98 DAYS AVERAGING 62 MILES AN HOUR AND CARRYING 2,380 PASSENGERS. 988' ALS's over an unidentified German city. 995' MS's INT gondola showing two men eating dinner-other people are looking out windows of gondola. 1008' AMS of crowds on the ground looking up. 1012' LS as "Bondensee" comes in for landing-crowd on ground. 1018' THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY. END OF PART ONE. EDUCATIONAL SERVICE. 1021' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY. PART Two. EDUCATIONAL SERVICE. 2' OTHER NATIONS ARE SPENDING MILLIONS ANNUALLY ON SUBSIDIES FOR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. IN THE UNITED STATES NO DIRECT SUBSIDIES ARE PAID. 12' EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL AIR ROUTE. 16' Animated map of Europe showing lines extending from London to Paris. 21' FRANCE AND ENGLAND MAINTAIN AIR ROUTES BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. 29' MLS passengers entering the cabin of the Handley Page W8B transport aircraft. 41' MS as cargo is loaded into an early single-engine bi-winged aircraft. 48' MLS & MS passengers getting out of old touring car and boarding a Farman Goliath airliner -- on the airliner is printed GRANDS EXPRESS AERIENS -- on the door: EXPRESS TO LONDON. 62' MS a medium-sized British bi-winged transport taxiing left on an airfield. 67' LS early bi-wing single-engine aircraft in flight to the left over an airfield. 72' ALS of a European city. 8O' LS early model single-engine bi-winged transport landing to the left in bg. 87' MS's as passengers debark from early model passenger aircraft. 95' Animated air routes superimposed over a map of Europe. 104' MS as passengers board and cargo is loaded onto an early model bi- plane. 116' MS's & CU's of a pig being loaded into a Farman Goliath early model airliner. 130' Animated airline routes over a map of Europe. 136' MLS & MS's as cargo is loaded and passengers board an early model Spad commercial bi-plane. 152' EUROPE DEVELOPS COMMERCIAL AERONAUTICS FROM A MILITARY STANDPOINT. AIRLINE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE IN WARFARE IN CASE OF NECESSITY. 163' LS four French Breguet 14 reconnaissance photo planes parked on an airfield -- one of the aircraft starts motor and taxis right. 169' HUGE AIR CRUISERS START C0MMERCIAL FLYING SEASON. TEMPELHOFER AIRDROME BECOMES BUSY PLACE AS 13 PASSENGER LINES BEGIN OPERATIONS. 181' LS pan left to show buildings and aircraft parked on the ramp at Tempelhofer Airdrome in Berlin, Germany. 190' MS pan right to show a row of Dornier Komet III monoplanes parked at an air base. 196' THE LAST WORD IN AERIAL TRANSPORTATION, A GIANT FOUR-MOTORED MONOPLANE MAKES ITS DEBUT. 205' MS's workmen pushing a Udet Kondor transport aircraft (German) -- a high-winged four-engine pusher transport aircraft. 229' LIGHT AND INEXPENSIVE AIRPLANES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. 236' MS takeoff to the right of a small single engine high-winged one-passenger light aircraft. 251' PROJECTED ROUTES FROM EUROPE. 254' Animated map of the world showing lines of projected air routes from Europe to Australia, South America and Africa. 292' TESTING IN FRANCE. A NEW TYPE OF AIRPLANE WITH TWO PROPELLERS AND TWO MOTORS -- IT'S SUCCESSFUL! WILL BE USED AS MODEL FOR HUGE MACHINE TO FLY BETWEEN PARIS AND NEW YORK. 310' MS a French DeMonge Type 7-5 aircraft taxiing to the left on an airfield. 321' AFTER THE WAR WE THOUGHT OF THE AIRPLANE NOT AS A MILITARY WEAPON BUT AS A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE -- A SERVANT OF MANKIND. 332' MLS passengers climbing the stairs and into an early model bi-winged, twin-engined passenger airliner. 339' AIRCRAFT IS BEING USED IN THE U.S. FOR MANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. 347' PASSENGER CARRYING. 350' MLS to MS passengers getting out of an early model touring car and getting into a Larson JL-6 transport aircraft. 392' MLS & MS's pilot getting into cockpit of Larson JL-6 aircraft. 410' LS'S Larson JL-6 taxiing left and taking off to the right. 423' MS's passengers getting in and out of the cabin of an early model seaplane -- just nose and cabin door of seaplane is visible. 445' AMS of an Aeromarine West Indies Airways U.S. and Cuban mail service amphibian, which is converted US Navy TN-1O airship, in flight to the right over water. 453' MS INT view of passengers looking out windows of the converted TN-10 airship. 458' ALS over the water -- ships are on the ocean. (Night scene) 477' TRANSPORTING MERCHANDISE. 481' MLS as equipment and merchandise are loaded in rear cockpit of Curtiss JN-6. 489' THE AMBULANCE AIRPLANE OFFERS THE FASTEST MEANS OF TRANSPORTING THE INJURED. 496' MS a Cox-Klemin XA-1 ambulance aircraft taxiing to the right. MLS's man putting a stretcher patient into a US Navy model of a DH-4Amb-1 ambulance plane. 534' AMS DH-4Amb-1 ambulance plane (US Navy) taking off and in flight to the left. 546' THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND ARMY AIR SERVICE KILL INSECT TESTS. 555' ALS down on a DH-4D aircraft crop dusting a field. 565' THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FIGHTS THE BOLLWEEVIL WITH THE HELP OF THE ARMY AIR SERVICE. 576' MS a DH-D Curtiss aircraft with a Wright engine crop dusting a field. 585' AN ARMY BLIMP SPRAYING POISON IN WAR ON MOTHS -- DESTROYERS OF TIMBER EXPECTED TO SUCCUMB BEFORE AERIAL ATTACK. 597' MS & MCU men loading insecticide into the hopper in the gondola of the US motor balloon. 611' MS to MLS takeoff of the US motor balloon. 629' MLS US motor balloon flying to the right over a wooded area dusting the woods with insecticide powder. 646' MAP MAKING. 649' MS & MCU men and pilot and observer loading three-lensed camera into rear cockpit of a two-winged bi-plane. 668' AMS looking down from an aircraft into the two cockpits of another aircraft directly below. 690' ASSEMBLING A MOSAIC MAP COMPOSED OF MANY HUNDREDS OF SEPARATE PHOTOGRAPHS. 697' MS's two Air Service officers assembling a mosaic map on the wall. 708' CU of a mosaic aerial map. 715' AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. 719' MS aerial photograph of New York, the Island of Manhattan with the East River on the right and Hudson River on the left. 725' THE SKYWRITER ADVERTISING. 729' ELS of skywriter aircraft that has made the letter "S" and is completing a "T." 740' TO CHART UNKNOWN ALASKA FROM THE AIR -- FINAL TESTS ARE GIVEN AMPHIBIAN PLANES TO BE USED BY U.S. NAVY DURING THREE-YEAR PIONEERING EXPEDITION. 757' MLS pan right with takeoff of a US Navy Loening amphibian aircraft. 770' AMS US Navy Loening amphibian in flight to the left. 781' AMS US Navy Loening amphibian in flight to the left and lowering its landing gear. 794' BY FOLDING THE WHEELS THE SHIP IS CONVERTED INTO A HYDROPLANE. 800' AMS Loening amphibian in flight to the left, raising its landing gear. 817' MLS pan right with Loening amphibian landing on water, taxiing and rolling out of the water onto the beach. 840' THE U.S. AIR MAIL SERVICE IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL AVIATION. 848' MLS workmen placing mail sacks in aircraft pilot is in the rear cockpit of a U.S. mail service modified DH-4 -- covering is placed over the front cockpit in which the mail is carried. 856' LS takeoff to the right of U.S. mail service modified DH-4 aircraft. 862' ROUTE OF AIR MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK. 869' Animation showing small aircraft going over a line on a map from New York across the United States. 876' AMLS early model U.S. mail service aircraft (possibly a DH-4) in flight toward camera. 887' Animation of small airplane traveling along a line on a map from New York to San Francisco. 889' NIGHT FLYING WITH LIGHTED LANDING FIELDS BRINGS SAN FRANCISCO WITHIN 30 HOURS OF NEW YORK. 898' Animation of small aircraft following a line on a map from New York to San Francisco. 903'THROUGH ALL KINDS OF WEATHER, FLYING OVER THE ALLEGHENIES, ROCKIES AND SIERRA NEVADA, THE AIR MAIL MAINTAINS ALMOST 1O0% EFFICIENCY. 918' ALS & AMS of snow-covered mountains. 943' Animation of small airplane following a line across a map from New York to San Francisco. 954' MS to MCU a U.S. air mail truck backed up to a U.S. mail service converted DH-4 aircraft on a grass landing field. 964' COMMERCIAL AIRLINES CARRYING AIR MAIL MERCHANDISE AND PASSENGERS. Shows animated map with line from New York to San Francisco. 1061' Total footage in reel. Reel 3: BOSTON. NEW AIRDROME HAS SPECTACULAR OPENING -- MARTIN BOMBER ARRIVES FROM MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK. 6' MS pan right with Martin NBS-1 bomber landing. 32' MAYOR CURLEY STARTS THE AIR RACE TO BOSTON FLIGHT. 37' MS a Dayton Wright model WA two-seat amphibian taxiing to the right on takeoff from an air strip. 42' ELS large number of people swarming around aircraft on field at an air show. 58' THIS IS THE WAY AIRFIELDS IN AMERICA SHOULD BE DEVELOPED. 63' Animated dots indicating locations of airfields appearing on a map of the U.S. 102' IN A NETWORK OF AIRLINES TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR IMPORTANT CITIES. 107' Animated air routes on map of the U.S. with a small aircraft following these lines. 187' PRESIDENT COOLIDGE PRESENTING A CUP TO CAPT. H. D. CAMPBELL WHO HAS A FLYING RECORD OF 25,000 MILES WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. 202' MS & CU President Coolidge presenting the trophy cup to Capt. H. D. Campbell. 217' LACK OF NATIONAL AIR REGULATION HAMPERS OUR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT. 221' TINY TIM SETS OUT TO BREAK THE ALTITUDE RECORD IN A NON-INSPECTED PLANE. 230' Animated cartoon of a fat man getting into airplane -- after aircraft takes off, he falls through bottom of aircraft. 252' Sequence of animated cartoons of aircraft performing stunts and becoming a nuisance to farmers. 373' IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUT OF JAIL, MR. AVIATOR EQUIPPED HIS PLANE WITH A LIBRARY ON LOCAL FLYING LAWS. 384' Animated cartoon of aviator in an aircraft with books and globe. 390' AMLS of Dayton, Ohio, at Main and Third Streets. 395' Animated cartoon of aviator in aircraft getting a book out and reading the laws, then climbing to a high altitude. 414' AMLS of Dayton, Ohio, at Main and Third Streets. 418' Animated cartoon of aviator in aircraft getting book out and reading trespassing law. 427' AMS of Dayton, Ohio along Fourth Street between St. Clair and Ludlow Streets. 442' THE ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCES ARE LEADING IN EXPERIMENT AND DEVELOPMENT. 451' ENGINEERING DIVISION, ARMY AIR SERVICE McCOOK FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO, WHERE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK IS DONE ON CREATIONS AND IMPROVEMENT OF AIRCRAFT, POWER PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. 471' AV's of McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. 490' ENGINES OF ALL TYPES AND FOR ALL PURPOSES ARE DEVELOPED. 498' MS & MCU aircraft engines in a test cell bloek. 517' THE REVERSABLE PROPELLERS SHORTENS THE LANDING DISTANCE. 524' CU of levers working the pitch of a propeller on the front of a Curtiss JN-4 aircraft. 529' MS pan left with JN-4H taxiing, landing and stopping. 535' PARACHUTES ARE FIRST TESTED WITH DUMMY WEIGHTS. PROVED SERVICE TYPES ARE TESTED BY LIVE JUMPS. 545' AMS of man on a wing with a parachute -- he opens parachute and lets it pull him off wing of aircraft. 570' THE DELAYED OPENING PARACHUTE DESIGNED FOR A QUICK GETAWAY. 577' AMLS man jumping from a DH-4 in flight to the left -- parachute opens as he drops from underneath the aircraft. 598' LS parachutist coming down and landing using two parachutes -- after he lands an old model truck pulls up and men jump out to assist him with the parachute. 629' AMCU looking over the side of an aircraft as six men jump with parachutes. 648' LT. J. A. MACREADY, USA HOLDS THE AMERICAN ALTITUDE RECORD OF 34,509 FEET. 657' MS & MCU Lt. Macready, in the cockpit of Packard-LePere LUSAC-11, wearing heavy flying clothes and a mask with a tube (oxygen) running out of the front of the mask -- at the side of the plane he removes the mask from his face. (1921) 669' THE AIRSHIP CAN BE USED FOR THE MOTHER SHIP FOR OTHER AIRPLANES. TESTS SHOWING METHOD FOR RELEASING AIRPLANES FROM AIRSHIPS. 677' LS a TC-type US Army airship, with a Sperry M-1 Messenger aircraft suspended underneath, takes off from ground. 686' AT SCOTT FIELD LT. FINTER IS THE FIRST TO SUCCEED IN HOOKING ONTO AN AIRSHIP IN FLIGHT. 695' MS the pilot standing on top of the Sperry M-1 opening and closing the hook arrangement where it is attached to the airship. 698' THE HOOK-ON. 701' AMLS Sperry M-1 hooks onto a sling underneath US Amy TC-3 airship while in flight to the left. 709' THE AIRPLANE PILOT CAN RELEASE AT ANY TIME. 713' AMLS Sperry M-1 releasing and dropping away from the hook and carriage of the TC-3 airship while in flight to the left. 723' AN AMERICAN HELICOPTER. 727' MLS's pan left with flight testing of an early model helicopter, a bi-winged two rotor aircraft, which raises off the ground several feet and flies to the left at Bolling Field. 760' COMPARATIVE TESTS ARE MADE WITH FOREIGN PLANES, THE GERMAN ROLAND. 768' AMS an Albatros D-3 bi-winged German aircraft with US markings in flight to the left and making a tight turn away to the right. 779' OBSOLETE AIRPLANES ARE CRASHED TO DETERMINE ORIGIN OF FIRES AND METHOD OF PREVENTION. 787' LS's & MS's engineers pushing an obsolete aircraft fuselage down a ramp into a wall, then it bursts into flames. 812' BY THE USE OF SLOW MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION STUDIES THE CAUSE OF FIRE. 820' MS high-speed camera footage of an obsolete fuselage of an early model aircraft crashing into a stone wall and bursting into flames. 873' THE ARMY AIR SERVICE HAS DEVELOPED THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRPLANE -- THE BARLING BOMBER. 883' MS pan right to show XNBL-1 Barling bomber parked on an airfield -- military personnel and civilians look over the aircraft. 893' THE BARLING BOMBER HOLDS FOUR WORLD'S RECORDS FOR ALTITUDE AND DURATION FLIGHTS WITH LOADS OF TWO AND THREE TONS. 905' AMS XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight to the left. 913' LAUNCHING A PLANE FROM THE TURRET OF A BATTLESHIP. 919' LS & MLS JN-4 aircraft takes off from a platform built on top of the turret and gun of a battleship. 928' CATAPULTING A PLANE FROM THE DECK OF A BATTLESHIP. 934' LS & MS launch and takeoff to the left of a Loening amphibian aircraft from catapult on a battleship. 953' Total footage in reel. Reel 4: LAUNCHING A SEAPLANE FROM A SUBMARINE. 3' MS's sailors on the deck of a submarine rolling out the fuselage of an XS-1 seaplane and attaching the wings, floats and rudders to craft. 14' MLS the XS-1 aircraft on the deck of a submarine with the engines running -- shows the submarine submerging to the left so that the plane is floating in the water. 28' FROM THE USS LANGLEY, THE NAVY'S AIRPLANE CARRIER. 36' LS pan left with takeoff of a Mark SC-2 aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS LANGLEY. 55' LS's pan right with landing of SC-2 on deck of aircraft carrier, USS LANGLEY. 78' LAUNCHING THE AIRPLANE CARRIER SARATOGA. 83' MLS & MS's as bottle is broken on the bow and the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA slides into the water. 99' THIS SHIP WILL CARRY 75 AIRPLANES. 105' LS USS SARATOGA in the middle of the bay. 115' SEAPLANE FIRING A TORPEDO. 119' MS's Navy personnel rolling a torpedo under and raising it up into the racks of a seaplane version of the Douglas Torpedo Bomber. 131' LS pan left with seaplane version of the Douglas Torpedo Bomber in flight just above the surface -- aircraft drops a torpedo. 137' AN ARMY PLANE LAYS A SMOKE SCREEN FROM AN ALTITUDE OF 1,000 FEET. 142' ALS of early model aircraft laying a smoke screen over the water -- several ships are in the water. 191' THE AIRSHIP "LOS ANGELES" IS A MAJESTIC CRAFT. 196' LS's of airship "Los Angeles" being taken out of hangar and on airfield. 215' LS the airship "Los Angeles" takes off to the left. 224' MS the airship "Los Angeles" in flight overhead to the left. 232' MLS the airship "Los Angeles" being pulled down to the ground by cables. 248' LS & MLS the airship "Los Angeles" attached to its mooring mast with its elevator in the mooring mast going up and down. 265' THE AIRSHIP "LOS ANGELES" IS LOWERED FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE MAST OF A SHIP THE USS POTOKA. 274' LS & MS's the airship "Los Angeles" coming in and being moored to the USS POTOKA out on the water. 317' WE HAVE A NATURAL MONOPOLY OF HELIUM, A NON-INFLAMMABLE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR GAS PLANT AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS. 327' MLS INT of the helium-producing plant at Ft. Worth, Texas. 335' BOMBING TESTS OF USS ALABAMA, SEPTEMBER 1921. 342' MLS of the USS ALABAMA anchored in the water. 350' MCU soldier arming and working with a fuse mechanism of a large bomb swung underneath a large bomber. 355' AMS a Standard-Handley Page 0/400 bomber in flight to the right over water. 360' AMLS looking straight down on the USS ALABAMA. 366' AMS a Dayton Wright DH-4 aircraft in flight to the left dropping a bomb. 370' ALS looking down as bomb falls. 373' AMLS bomb exploding on the USS ALABAMA. 384' A PHOSPHORUS BOMB -- ENOUGH POISON GAS TO KILL THE ENTIRE CREW. 392' MLS of a phosphorus bomb exploding on the USS ALABAMA and engulfing the entire ship in smoke. 408' A FINAL SHOT WITH 2,000 LB. BOMBS. 414' MLS of explosion of the USS ALABAMA-part of the superstructure topples off into the water. 422' A COMPLETE WRECK IN SHALLOW WATERS. 428' MS USS ALABAMA listing over on side with one of the towers bent over and lying in the water. 432' THE ANNUAL RACES HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS ASSOCIATION PROMISED TO BECOME THE COUNTRY'S GREATEST SPORTING EVENT. 445' ROUNDING A PYLON AT THREE MILES A MINUTE, DETROIT RACES. 449' LS a small aircraft flying at high speed around pylons at an air show. 457' CROWD AT THE DAYTON, OHIO, RACES. 460' LS pan right to show large crowd at the air races. 476' THE GRANDSTAND OVER A MILE IN LENGTH. 481' LS's of large crowd in the grandstands at the air races. 501' LT. AL J. WILLIAMS, USN, HOLDS THE OFFICIAL WORLD'S SPEED RECORD AT 266.6 MILES AN HOUR. 510' MS a Curtiss R2C-1 racer parked on an airfield. 516' MS Lt. Williams in cockpit of Curtiss P2C-1 racer. 523' REAR ADMIRAL MOFFETT CONGRATULATING LT. WILLIAMS. 529' MS Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett shaking hands with Lt. Williams -- cameramen and officials in bg. (1923) 539' ELS's & LS' s of Curtiss R2C-1 racer flying by and overhead and to the right and left and around pylon. 598' LS pan right with Curtiss R3C-1 racer coming in and making a landing to the right. 626' THE 1926 SCHNEIDER CUP RACES AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, WAS WON BY ITALY -- DE'BERNARDI AVERAGES 246 1/2 MPH IN CLASSIC 217 1/2 MILE RACE. 637' MLS workmen pushing a MACCHI 39 racing seaplane down a ramp and into the water for the races. 649' LS pan left with takeoff from water of Curtiss R3C-2 racer. 662' LS pan left with takeoff of a Macchi racing seaplane to left. 673' MLS men pushing a Curtiss R3C-2 racer down ramp toward water. 686' LS pan left with takeoff of R3C-2 racer. 694' LS Curtiss R3C-2 racer flying over to right. 7O1' THE VICTOR LANDS AFTER BETTERING THE PREVIOUS SEAPLANE RECORD BY ABOUT 4 MPH. 709' LS pan left with Macchi 39 racing seaplane landing to left. 725' MS & MCU of pilot in cockpit of Macchi 39 racing seaplane and the pilot on the shoulders of men around the aircraft. 741' THE NAVY WAS FIRST TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. 746' MS of US Navy NC-4 seaplane taxiing away from shore. 759' MLS US Navy NC-4 flying overhead to the left. 765' THE DAWN TO DUSK FLIGHT OF LT. MAUGHAN, JUNE 23, 1924. 770' MS Lt. Russell L. Maughan in the cockpit of a Curtiss N-8 pursuit ship. 776' T.T. MAUGHAN TOOK OFF FROM MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK, AT DAWN, 2:58 EST, IN A CURTISS PURSUIT PLANE. MS pan right with takeoff of Curtiss PW-8 pursuit ship. 792' AMLS Curtiss PW-8 pursuit ship in flight to the left over New York City showing the East River with Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridge visible -- also over the Wall Street district, Battery Park and Hudson River. 809' ARRIVED AT MCCOOK FIELDS DAYTON, 0HIO, 7:08 A.M. EST. 820' AIRLINE DISTANCE, 580 MILES; TIME: 4 HOURS AND 1O MINUTES. 825' LS's & MS's of Lt. Maughan in PW-8 on ground-gasoline truck is at left and fire truck at right as aircraft is refueled with the engine running. 854' LEAVING MCCOOK FIELD AT 8:15 A.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME -- HE ARRIVED AT SAN FRANCISCO AT 9:48 P.M. PACIFIC TIME. 862' LS's pan right with takeoff of Curtiss PW-8-gasoline and fire trucks and service people in fg. 876' MCU Lt. Maughan standing beside Curtiss PW-8. 884' THE ARMY HOLDS THE WORLD'S ENDURANCE RECORD OF 37 HOURS AND 15 MINUTES IN THE AIR, FLYING 3,293 MILES. 894' MS Lt. Lowell Smith and John T. Richter in the cockpit of their DH-4D aircraft. 900' THIS RECORD WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY TAKING ON GASOLINE DURING THE FLIGHT. 909' AMS of air-to-air refueling from DeHavilland DH-4DM aircraft. 918' THE ARMY WAS FIRST TO MAKE A NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM COAST TO COAST, 2,650 MILES IN 27 HOURS. 927' MS pan left with Army Fokker T-2 with ARMY AIR SERVICE NON-STOP COAST TO COAST painted on the side. 935' MS's Lt. John A. Macready and Lt. 0akley G. Kelly being helped into their parachutes beside the Fokker T-2. 940' LTS. MACREADY AND KELLY WHO PILOTED T-2 IN ITS FLIGHT. 947' MCU of Lt. Macready and Lt. Kelly standing beside T-2 aircraft. 952' MS pan right with T-2 taxiing during takeoff. 963' AMS Army Fokker T-2 in flight to the left. 974' LTS. KELLY AND MACREADY CHEERED BY CROWD AT SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. 982' LS pan left with Army Fokker T-2 landing. 987' MCU Lt. Macready and Lt. Kelly standing beside T-2 -- many people in bg. 990' THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY. END OF PART IV. EDUCATIONAL SERVICE. 993' Total footage in reel. Reel 5: NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY PART V. EDUCATIONAL SERVICE. 2' THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT OF 1924 WAS THE FLIGHT OF ARMY AVIATORS AROUND THE WORLD. 9' Shows a globe turning with the route of the "Around the World Flight" marked on it. 26' SCENES BY COURTESY OF PATHE AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS. 30' PRESIDENT COOLIDGE BIDS GOODBYE TO THE ARMY AIRMEN STARTING FOR THE AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT. 39' MLS's & MS's President Coolidge and Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick and "Around the World" flyers on lawn of White House. 53' THE OFFICIAL START WAS FROM SEATTLE, APRIL 6, 1924. 58' AMS flight of three DWC world cruisers in flight to the left. 65' ON THEIR WAY TO ALASKA. 68' MLS's three DWC's parked on a bay with a small boat near one of the DWC's in fg -- forest in bg. 77' THEY ARRIVED AT CHIGNIK BAY, ALASKA, APRIL 15. 83' LS's of DWC parked on the water -- camera pans up to snow-covered Alaskan mountains. 117' WHILE FLYING OVER THIS TERRITORY IN ALASKA, COMMANDER MARTIN AND MECHANIC HARVEY CRASHED INTO A MOUNTAIN IN A FOG AND WERE LOST FOR TEN DAYS. 132' LS DWC's flying overhead to the left -- iceberg with mast of a ship on the other side of the ice in bg. 145' LS two DWC's in flight to the right over a lake -- snow-covered mountain in bg. 161' LT. LOWELL SMITH WHO ASSUMES COMMAND OF THE SQUADRON. 167' MLS Lt. Smith standing on one of the pontoons and working with propellers on his DWC. (Snowing) 177' ON THEIR WAY, THE FIRST FLIGHT FROM AMERICA TO ASIA. 182' LS two DWC's in flight to the left over snow-covered barren country. 188' AT YETORUFU, JAPAN, MAY 19. SAFE ON LAND AFTER THE MOST DANGEROUS OCEAN FLIGHT ON RECORD. 196' MS's as US aviators are welcome by Japanese officials. 206' MLS & MS's Japanese children playing in schoolyard -- one child has US and Japanese flags, one in each hand. 217' JUNE 8, AT HONG KONG, CHINA. A FLEET OF BRISK LITTLE JUNKS GREET THE FLYERS IN TRUE NATIVE FASHION. 224' LS's a large number of native junks on the water. 240' HALF WAY ROUND THE WORLD JUNE 26, THE FLYERS REACHED CALCUTTA, INDIA, HAVING FLOWN 12,500 MILES. 248' MLS a DWC taxiing to right on river -- many people on bank and several steamers in river. 257' MLS large number of Indian natives around the DWC which is parked on ground. 264' MLS a crane lifting DWC out of water onto dock -- large number of people on the bank and on dock watch operation. 272' JULY 11, CONSTANTINOPLE, THE LAST STOP ON THE CONTINENT OF ASIA. 277' LS pan right with DWC landing to the right on an airstrip. 291' MLS's & MS's of pilots talking to people around DWC's. 301' PARIS, JULY 14. 304' AMS of formal gardens and a large palace near Paris. 326' LONDON, ENGLAND, JULY 16. THE FIRST TO CONGRATULATE THE AIRMEN WAS MRS. MACLAREN, WIFE OF BRITISH AVIATOR ATTEMPTING TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 344' MS Mrs. MacLaren shaking hands with American aviators standing beside the DWC aircraft. 351' JULY 30, THE CREW OF THE USS RICHMOND CHEER THE AMERICAN AVIATORS PREPARING TO HOP OFF FROM THE ORKNEY ISLANDS TO ICELAND. 361' MS's Navy personnel and officers raising their hats and cheering American aviators onboard the USS RICHMOND. 369' MS's the US aviators boarding DWC aircraft from a small boat. 380' THEY REACH THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT LANDING IN LABRADOR, AUGUST 31. 386' MLS DWC flying overhead to the left over rocky, hilly landscape -- many people watch aircraft fly overhead. 400' LS's two DWC's anchored in bay aviators are in a boat being brought to shore. 413' NAVAL OFFICERS GIVE THE DARING AVIATORS A REAL GLAD HAND AFTER THE LINKING OF THE TWO CONTINENTS. 421' MS's US Navy personnel shaking hands with the Army aviators as they arrive at the rocky shore. 434' ARRIVING IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 6. 438' ELS two DWC's in flight to the right over the Boston skyline. 448' Mls two DWC's taxiing right in Boston harbor -- motor launch in fg moves out to meet the aircraft. 458' MLS's & MS's of Army aviators arriving at the dock in the motor launch and being greeted by officials. 476' FLYING OVER NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 8. 481' MLS two DWC's, fitted with wheels, in flight to the right over New York City. 486' FLAGS WAVE GAYLY OVER MITCHEL FIELD, LONG ISLAND. 493' LS dignitaries getting out of automobiles and a large crowd waiting at Mitchel Field, New York. 503' LS two DWC's taxiing up to crowd at Mitchel Field, New York. 515' MS's large crowd surrounding two DWC's at Mitchel Field. 517' ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 9, THEY ARE CONGRATULATED BY PRESIDENT COOLIDGE AND SECRETARY WEEKS. 525' MS's Army aviators shaking hands with President Coolidge and Secretary Weeks -- large crowd in bg. 542' MS President Coolidge, Secretary Weeks and the Army aviators standing in front of the DWC aircraft BOSTON. 550' MS President Coolidge, Secretary Weeks and Lt. L. H. Smith standing at side of DWC aircraft CHICAGO. 559' THE GIANT BARLING BOMBER IS PART OF THE ESCORT INTO DAYTON, SEPTEMBER 13. 566' LS XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight overhead to the left, followed by a small pursuit aircraft. 572' MLS three DWC's followed by the XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight overhead toward and over camera. 582' LT. JACK HARDING IS WELCOMED HOME. 587' MS Lt. Jack Harding being carried on the shoulders of a group of men and shaking hands with a number of people. 595' THE END OF THE WORLD FLIGHT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 28. DISTANCE 27,537 MILES, IN 5 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. 607' MS pan right with DWC No. 2 landing. 624' GREETED BY MAJ. MARTIN WHO WAS FORCED OUT OF THE WORLD FLIGHT WHEN HIS PLANE WAS WRECKED IN ALASKA. 633' MS Maj. Martin shaking nands with the aviators standing beside the DWC aircraft CHICAGO. 650' Total footage in reel. Reel 6: LT. COMMANDER BYRD, USN, AND FLOYD BENNETT HOLD FOR AMERICA THE HONOR OF BEING THE FIRST TO REACH THE NORTH POLE BY AIR. BYRD'S STEAMER CHANTLER ARRIVES AT KINGS BAY, SPITZBERGEN. 17' LS's two ships in an ice-clogged harbor. 29' COMMANDER BYRD IS WELCOMED BY HIS FRIENDLY RIVAL CAPT. ROALD AMUNDSEN. 35' MS Roald Amundsen climbing from one ship to another ship and shaking hands with Commander Byrd. 48' BYRD WITH CHARACTERISTIC ENTERPRISE MAKES IMMEDIATE PREPARATION FOR THE DARING HOP OFF. 56' MS's Commander Byrd and Roald Amundsen walking around and looking over Byrd's Fokker tri-motor aircraft with skis, parked in the snow. 64' MLS workmen pushing fuselage and wing section of the Fokker tri-motor across the snow. 71' THE GIANT AIRPLANE MOVES SWIFTLY DOWN A SNOW-CLAD INCLINE TO CLAIM FOR AMERICA THE HONOR OF THE FIRST AERIAL VISITOR TO THE POLE. 84' MLS pan left with ski-equipped Fokker tri~motor aircraft taking off to the left from a snow-covered field. 89' 15 HOURS AND 31 MINUTES AFTER HIS DEPARTURE COMMANDER BYRD'S PLANE RETURNS -- THE POLE CONQUERED BY AIR. 101' MLS pan right with Fokker tri-motor aircraft, equipped with skis, landing on snow-covered field large hangar and snow-covered mountains in the bg. 115' CAPT. AMUNDSEN CONGRATULATES COMMANDER BYRD. 120' MS & MCU Capt. Amundsen shaking hands with Commander Byrd -- many people, dressed in heavy clothing, shake hands with Commander Byrd. 148' CAPT. ROALD AMUNDSEN AND LINCOLN ELLSWORTH, HIS AMERICAN AIDE, ARRIVE AT KINGS BAY, SPITZBERGEN ON THE USS KNUT SKAALOREN READY FOR THE EPOCHAL JOURNEY SOON TO ASTOUND THE WORLD. 165' MLS's Capt. Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth walking back and forth on the deck of the USS KNUT SKAALOREN. 181' FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY A DIRIGIBLE RAISED THE ARCTIC IN CONQUEST OF THE POLE -- THE NORGE COMPLETES HER TRIP TO SPITZBERGEN FROM ROME. 195' MLS & MS's the dirigible Norge arriving for landing -- in bg is a large hangar for the airship-snow-covered mountains in extreme bg. 205' CAPT. AMUNDSEN AND ELLSWORTH PREPARE TO HOP OFF FOR THE UNKNOWN. 211' CU of Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. 224' THE GREAT DAY ARRIVES AND THE AIRSHIP "NORGE" IS BROUGHT FROM HER HANGAR READY FOR THE FLIGHT TO THE POLE AND ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD TO ALASKA. 239' LS & MCU of the airship "Norge" being backed our of hangar snow-covered mountains in bg. 250' AGAINST THE PICTURESQUE SNOW-CLAD HILLS OF SPITZBERGEN EUROPE'S FARTHEST NORTH. 258' MLS's the airship "Norge" outside hangars -- snow-covered mountains in bg. 288' A FINAL INSPECTION OF THE HIGH-POWERED MOTORS. 273' MS to MLS a workman working on one of the motors on the side of the airship "Norge." 281' AMUNDSEN AND ELLSWORTH BID A LAST FAREWELL. 286' MCU & MS's Amundsen and Ellsworth in the door of the gondola of the airship "Norge" waving to the people around the gondola. 300' OFF FOR THE POLE AND ALASKA, ONE OF THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HIST0RY OF EXPLORATION. 308' MLS to LS the airship "Norge" taking off from Spitzbergen. 322' WITHOUT COMMAND OF THE AIR WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF ANY FOREIGN NATION. 330' SOMEDAY WE MAY BE DRAWN INTO ANOTHER WAR -- IN EVENT OF AN ATTACK BY AN ENEMY EVEN THOUGH OUR NAVY WERE THE EQUAL OF ANY IN THE WORLD. 344' AMLS of six battleships steaming in a line away from camera and to the left. 351' UNLESS WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE AIR FORCE FOR DEFENSE, ENEMY AIRCRAFT COULD DESTROY OUR GREAT CITIES. 361' LS a flight of eleven bi-winged single engine aircraft flying overhead in a V-formation to the left. 381' IN A GENERAL NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WE DEFEAT THE ENEMY. 390' AMLS a line of six battleships in the water. 395' MS a 1920 vintage battleship firing a salvo from its guns. 397' Series of shots of battleships firing their guns and shore batteries firing large guns. 411' MS early model submarine moving to the left. 415' Series of scenes of sailors firing a deck gun, a submarine submerging and its periscope in the water. 432' Series of scenes of Naval craft setting their depth charges and firing them -- shows depth charges going off in bg. 474' MLS a ship sinking. 486' AMS Curtiss PW-8 in flight to the left. 492' AMS as four bombs fall away from the aircraft. 497' MLS bombs hitting and exploding on the USS ALABAMA. 503' AMS a ship in the water rolling over and sinking. 513' AMLS Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight to the right. 515' AMS two bombs falling away from aircraft. 518' Aerial and ground shots of ship sinking. 542' MS's large guns of a battleship firing. 547' BUT WITH COMMAND OF THE AIR THE ENEMY BOMBS NEW YORK CITY. 556' Animation of airships, carrying fighter or bomber aircraft, flying over water toward New York -- shows release of the aircraft and the airships and aircraft flying over New York City. 603' AMLS a flight of four aircraft in flight to the left over New York City. 619' AMLS NBS-1 Curtiss-Martin bomber in flight to the right. 622' Aerial shots looking down as two bombs fall toward ground. 624' Animation of explosions against the New York skyline. 626' AMLS JN-4 in flight to the left. 629' AMLS looking straight down as one large bomb falls away toward ground. 631' Animation of bombs hitting New York City. 643' Series of shots of machine gunner in fighter aircraft firing at other aircraft -- shows aircraft falling and burning and bombs hitting New York City. 681' LS of a barrage or observation balloon falling and catching on fire -- man in parachute descends near the balloon. 700' Animation of a burning city. 721' THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR CITIES BEING DESTROYED WAS DEMONSTRATED IN ARMY AIR SERVICE EXPERIMENTS AS SHOWN BY THE PICTURES YOU HAVE SEEN. 735' AN ADEQUATE ARMY AND NAVY AIR FORCE STILL PROTECT OUR CITIES- DEVELOP A THREE-PLANE NAVY -- UNDERSEA, ON THE SURFACE, AND IN THE AIR. 747' MLS an early model submarine cruising to the left. 755' LS & ELS of a bi-winged twin-pontooned aircraft flying over a group of battleships and destroyers. 761' ELS's groups of airplanes flying over battleships and merchant ships in the water. 774' BUILD THE ARMY AIR SERVICE, DEVELOP C0MMERCIAL AERONAUTICS. 782' AMS Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight to the left. 793' A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE. 797' Animation of an airship flying over city and tying up to a mast located on top of a tall building. 842' WE JUST MAKE AMERICA FIRST IN THE AIR. 847' THESE ARE THE MEN WITH THEIR SHOULDERS TO THE WHEEL. 853' MAJ. GEN. MASON M. PATRICK, CHIEF OF AIR SERVICE, USA, WITH MISS KATHERINE WRIGHT, SISTER OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. 866' MS Maj. Gen. Patrick and Miss Wright on the porch steps of a house. 874' REAR ADMIRAL W. A. MOFFETT, CHIEF BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, USN. 881' MS Rear Admiral Moffett seated at a desk writing on a note pad. 890' COL. B. F. CASTLE, TREASURER OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 898' MS Col. Castle seated at a desk. 908' PORTER ADAMS PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL ASSOCIATION. 914' MS Porter Adams at a gathering -- Army, Navy and other officials in bg. 923' FREDERICK B. PATTERSON, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NAA, PRESENTING A MEDAL TO ORVILLE WRIGHT COMMEMORATING THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST FLIGHT. 936' MS Mr. Patterson presenting the medal to Orville Wright on the steps of a house. 941' CU of the medal on the medal is: 20TH ANNIVERSARY WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FLIGHT, 1903-1923. 943' THE CARDINAL PRINCIPLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION IS TO SPEED UP AIR MAIL SERVICE; C0MMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION; NATIONAL DEFENSE; PROSPERITY IN PEACE; AND SECURITY IN WAR. 964' THE UNITED STATES IS FALLING BEHIND THE WORLD IN MANPOWER AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION -- THE HELP OF EVERY AMERICAN IS NEEDED. 973' MS's an American flag flying in a breeze. (48 star) 979' THE END. 981' Total footage in reel. Fair (Basic: Mas pos) ALLISONRACHEL
