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ROTC Activities - Rockwell Field CA 1925
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Synopsis: Unedited footage of college ROTC Cadets at Rockwell Field California as they are instructed in maintenance of aircraft, cadet in PT exercises as well as scenes of the SS Yale leaving San Diego Harbor...(read more)
- Date: 1925
- Duration: 00:09:29
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
ROTC Activities - Rockwell Field CA 1925
Unedited footage of college ROTC cadets at Rockwell Field California in 1925, a historical airfield, that played a fundamental role in the development of the United States military aviation in the period before and during WWI.
Shot List:
00:00:05;12
Shows college students entering base by automobile and waking. Shows vintage automobile driven by college students of that era. Note driver wearing a straw hat, automobile has no hood.
00:00:40;05
College ROTC cadets camp at Rockwell Field, mail call for cadets, and cadets in line for milk rations.
00:01:28;11
Scenes of cadets being instructed in maintenance of Liberty aircraft engine and rigging on a Dehavilland DH-4 two-seat biplane. Sequence of scenes of cadets at Signal Corps radio truck, starting engine on DN-4 biplane, rotating aircraft on concrete pad, cadet climbing into rear cockpit of DH-4 which taxis away in cloud of dust.
00:04:28;19
Scenes of DH-4 dropping practice bomb and in flight. Shows cadet leaving rear cockpit of DH-4 aircraft.
00:05:10;22
Scenes of Army Major Henry Kress Muhlenberg pilot and Honorable Hiram Bingham, Senator from Connecticut. CU of DH-4 plane with Army Air Service on fuselage.
00:05:44;22
ROTC cadets in formation. Shows the Commanding Officer and instructors at Rockwell Field in 1925.
00:06:12;00
ROTC cadets in PT exercises and swimming. Men and swimming suit fashions in 1925. Shows cadets aquaplanning, similar to water skiing, at Coronado Beach, California. Shows Beach Party and dance for ROTC college cadets at Rockwell Field.
00:08:16;22
ROTC college cadets leaving Rockwell Field after summer encampment, see vintage automobiles driven by college students in 1925.
00:08:32;10
Aerial view of the SS “Yale” leaving San Diego Harbor. The SS “Yale” was a passenger steamship, providing fast passenger service along the West Coast of the United States in 1925.
- Related Titles:
- Army Reserve Team
- NROTC Dress Parade At UCLA
