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Newsreels: 1931 - January 12
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keywords: US Military, Armored Vehicle, Tank, Inventor J. Walter Christy, Tracked Vehicle, Wheeled Vehicle, Maritime Disaster, Environmental Disaster, Coal Cars, Aeronautics, Inflatable Rubber Glider, Aircraft Designer Taylor McDaniel, Pilot Joe Bergling, Amateur Sports, Wash Tub Paddling Competition, World Record, World's Smallest Baby, Ruth Angeline Hein, Amateur Sports, Ice Racing, Power Sledding, Lake Quinsigamond, Animals, Penguins, Novelty, Pulitzer Building NYC, Golden Dome, Amateur Sports, Ice Jib Racing, Lake Hopatcong NJ, Aeronautics, Air Show, US Marine Pilots, Bi-Planes
Synopsis: Military Experts Amazed At 84 mph Super Tank!, Steamship George Washington Causes Coal Spill In East River, Inventor Demonstrates The Safety Value Of A Rubber Glider, Tub Racers Vie For Title In Annual Florida Competition, World's Smallest Baby Weighs In At 24 Ounces, Power Sleds Race The Ice, Penguins Celebrate Winter's Arrival, Daredevil Cleaners Give Skyscraper Its Annual Face Wash, Ice Jib Racers Hit The Ice On Lake Hopatcong, Marine Fliers Wow Crowds At Miami Air Show...(read more)
- Date: 1931
- Duration: 00:06:24
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States, Germany
Military Experts Amazed At 84 mph Super Tank!
In Linden, New Jersey Army technicians see a real juggernaut of war rip its way across land and water obstacles with the ease of a motor cop overhauling a joy rider. Inventor J. Walter Christy, demonstrates the power of monster tank with and without caterpillar treads, speeding at almost 1 1/2 miles a minute on rubber tires and 45 miles per hour with metal tires.
Steamship George Washington Causes Coal Spill In East River
Thousands of tons of sorely needed fuel in coal cars go to bottom when steamship George Washington rams sea-going freight yard off large industrial center in Long Island City, New York. Gondolas were overturned and their contents lost, but the great passenger craft is able to proceed for repairs under her own power.
Inventor Demonstrates The Safety Value Of A Rubber Glider
Government aviation experts in Washington D.C., watch successful tests of an odd wreck-proof aircraft . Inventor Taylor McDaniel, acts as ground crew for pilot Joe Bergling, who takes the machine into air and deliberately crashes it nose first. First bounce shows no injury to man or aircraft.
Wash Tub Racers Vie For Title In Annual Florida Competition
Tub racers in annual Miami, Florida competition! Champion paddlers vie for sink-or-swim carnival honors.
World's Smallest Baby Weighs In At 24 Ounces
World’s smallest baby makes debut! Miss Ruth Angeline Hein of Cedar Lake Indiana enters world weighing but 24 ounces.
Power Sleds Race The Ice
Home-made power sleds crash! Ice aeros in stirring race on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA.
Penguins Celebrate Winter's Arrival
Arctic feathered colony rejoices at first snow! Penguins take stroll to celebrate winter’s arrival in Berlin.
Daredevil Cleaners Give Skyscraper Its Annual Face Wash
Group of workers, defying death high above Brooklyn Bridge, frolic at work of cleaning the golden dome of the Pulitzer Building in New York City; once the highest structure in lower Manhattan and still the towering and brilliant sentinel which stands over world-famous Park Row.
Ice Jib Racers Hit The Ice On Lake Hopatcong
Record field of fling ice-jib experts gather here for most dangerous one-man speed game in list of pastimes. Despite spills and injuries, even among most skilled operators, number of human kites this season is largest ever seen at one time on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey.
Marine Fliers Wow Crowds At Miami Air Show
Startling evolutions of battle planes in skies, with ferris wheel pursuit, group loops and other hair-raising stunts, mark dedication of naval aero base in Miami Florida, officially designated as All-America Airport. Admiral Moffett and other leaders of national defense participate in ceremonies.
