- Title: P-216-30
- Summary: PATHE HISTORICALS: BOBBY JONES. BILLY MITCHELL. AMELIA EARHART. GERTRUDE EDERLE. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. ROGER BANNISTER. JIMMY DOOLITTLE.
- Description:00:26:24 - BOBBY JONES (#102) (1930) 00:26:37 - CU BOBBY JONES. 1930. 00:26:42 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE & PHOTO OF JONES PLAYING GOLF. 00:26:52 - JONES PLAYING GOLF. ALL IN WHITE. KNICKERS. 00:26:59 - MONTAGE OF NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. 00:27:07 - CU JONES IN SUIT & TIE. 00:27:09 - JONES PLAYING GOLF. BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS IN BKGD. ROLLING HILLS. MONTAGE OF JONES HITTING AT DIFFERENT HOLES. SHOWS HIS STYLE. 00:27:58 - SLOW MOTION OF JONES DRIVING BALL. CLUMPS OF DIRT FLY. 00:28:16 - JONES HITS A HIGH BALL ON THE FAIRWAY. 00:28:27 - CU GOLF BALL IN HIGH GRASS. JONES HITS BALL CLOSE TO HOLE. 00:28:38 - JONES STRADDLES A DITCH TO HIT BALL. HITS REALLY CLOSE TO HOLE. 00:28:50 - JONES IN SAND TRAP. ONE LEG UP ON GRASS. 00:28:59 - CU JONES' FEET, BALL. & CLUB. SLOW MOTION 00:29:04 - MAN STANDS NEXT TO HOLE. GRABS FLAG AS BALL COMES EXTREMELY CLOSE TO HOLE. 00:29:09 - CU HITTING BALL. GOES INTO HOLE. 00:29:13 - CU HANDS WRAPPED AROUND GOLF CLUB. SHOWS HOW HE HOLDS CLUB. 00:29:23 - CU JONES HITTING A BALL OVER ANOTHER BALL & RIGHT INTO HOLE. 00:29:35 - CU BOBBY JONES. 00:30:04 - BILLY MITCHELL (#103) (1914-1944) 00:30:23 - PEARL HARBOR BOMBING. SMOKE. FIRES BURNING. BOAT BURNING. PAN OF DESTRUCTION. 12/7/41. SINKING SHIPS 00:30:42 - CU GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL IN UNIFORM. 00:30:47 - WWI. WORLD WAR ONE. LINE OF PLANES. LEADING FULL SCALE BOMBING RAID AGAINST GERMANS. PLANES FLYING. 00:30:53 - PLANE GOES DOWN, SMOKE TRAIL FOLLOWS. 00:30:57 - BECOMES ASSISTANT CHIEF OF AIR SERVICES AFTER THE WAR. COMES OUT OF BUILDING, IN FULL UNIFORM. 00:31:08 - MILITARY MEN ON FIELD IN LONG COATS, BOOTS, HATS WALKING FROM PLANE. 00:31:15 - CU POINTING TO BOMBS WITH CANE. 00:31:23 - MONTAGE OF PLANES FIGHTING. HITTING GROUND TARGETS. 00:31:34 - LINE OF MEN AIMING MACHINE GUNS UP AT PLANES. 00:31:41 - TWO MEN HOLD UP MITCHELL'S TARGET SLEEVE. BIG HUGE PIECE OF FABRIC. HARDLY HIT BY ENEMY. POINTING OUT FEW HOLES. 00:31:50 - CU MAN WRITING ON PLANE, "REGARDS TO THE NAVY". 00:31:54 - CU MITCHELL IN UNIFORM. 00:31:57 - PLANES FLYING OVER BATTLESHIP. BOMB IT. HUGE AMOUNT OF SMOKE. SHIP SINKS. 00:32:07 - MITCHELL AT PLANNING TABLE. 00:32:14 - DIRIGIBLE SHENANDOAH CRASHES INTO TOWER. BLOWS UP. AERIAL VIEW OF CRASH SITE. 1925 00:32:29 - CU "SILENT CAL" COOLIDGE. 00:32:33 - MITCHELL IS SUMMONED TO COURT MARSHALL. INSIDE COURT. PANS GROUP INSIDE. HIGH RANKING MILITARY OFFICIALS INCLUDING MACARTHUR 00:33:06 - COMING OUT OF BUILDING. MITCHELL RETIRES. 00:33:12 - MITCHELL & WIFE. MITCHELL HOLDS BABY. WALK TOWARD CAMERA. CU OF FAMILY. 00:33:17 - CU BILLY MITCHELL. 00:33:55 - AMELIA EARHART (#108) (1930-1937) 00:34:08 - 1932. FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN. RAINING ON PEOPLE WAITING TO GREET HER, HUDDLED. LANDS IN LONDONDERRY, IRELAND. 2000 MILES IN 13 1/2. HATS OFF TO AMELIA. SHE IN PLANE, WAVES TO HER PUBLIC. GETS OUT OF PLANE. GREAT AVIATION OUTFIT OF THE DAY. 00:34:39 - SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS. 00:34:48 - BEING SWARMED BY REPORTERS. SURROUNDED BY MEN. SHAKES HANDS WITH AN ELDERLY IRISH MAN. 00:35:03 - TICKER TAPE PARADE FOR EARHART IN NEW YORK. EARHART HOLDING HUGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. 00:35:09 - MOTORCADE. LINE OF CARS PARADE. FLANKED BY POLICE ON HORSE BACK. HUGE CROWDS LINE STREET. PAN SEA OF MEN IN HATS. 00:35:20 - AERIAL OF PARADE BELOW. SNOWING PAPER. 00:35:25 - MONTAGE OF PARADE. 00:35:39 - ARRIVES AT CITY HALL. POSES WITH MEN IN FRONT OF PLANE. CU EARHART WIDE SMILE, EAR TO EAR. 00:35:54 - 1937. READYING FOR PACIFIC TRIP. WITH FRED NOONAN, NAVIGATOR. MAN FILLS PLANE WITH GAS. SHE CARRIES SUPPLIES INTO PLANE. 00:36:02 - FANS BEHIND ROPE WAVE ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR THEIR GIRL. 00:36:03 - AMELIA GETS IN PLANE, TAXIES, TAKES OFF. OAKLAND CALIFORNIA. THROUGH WATER PUDDLES ON RUNWAY. HAZARDOUS TAKE=OFF 00:36:23 - IN FLIGHT OVER WATER. 00:36:27 - NEWSPAPER PRINTING MACHINE RAPIDLY SPITS OUT STORY OF THE TWO LOST AT SEA. CU HEADLINE. 00:36:34 - SHIP CARRYING PLANES AT SEA. CU USS COLORADO. TAKING OFF FROM BOAT. PLANES LEAVING BOAT. 00:36:56 - PLANES IN FLIGHT OVER WATER. 00:37:02 - LONG SHOT OF AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC. 00:37:04 - CU AMELIA EARHART. 00:37:32 - GERTRUDE EDERLE (#109) (1926) 00:37:56 - CU EDERLE IN SWIMMING GOGGLES & CAP. 8/6/26. 00:37:59 - GERTRUDE BEING GREASED UP FOR SWIMMING ENGLISH CHANNEL. PROVIDES WARMTH AGAINST ICY WATERS. MAN SLATHERS GREASE ON SWIMMER. 00:38:15 - GERTRUDE ENTERS WATER. COACH GIVES FINAL WORDS OF WISDOM. KISSES HER, GETS IN BOAT TO FOLLOW. 00:38:24 - ROW BOAT GOES OUT TO SEA. WAVES BREAK. WHITE CAPS. 00:38:28 - CU GERTRUDE SWIMMING ACROSS CHANNEL. 00:38:36 - MEN IN OPEN BOAT FOLLOW HER. ROWING. 00:38:50 - CU REPORTER TYPING IN ROW BOAT. RECORDING YOUNG GIRL'S STORY. 00:38:55 - CU MAN WRITING ON PAPER. PULLS PIECE OF PAPER OFF, PUTS BEHIND REST, WRITES MORE. 00:39:00 - PASSES FOOD TO EDERLE FROM BOAT. CAN'T TOUCH BOAT, WOULD DISQUALIFY HER. 00:39:09 - OCEAN TUG BOAT & CREW WATCH AS EDERLE SWIMS. 00:39:16 - GERTRUDE SWIMS NEXT TO ROW BOAT. GRABS BITE TO EAT. 00:39:29 - MUSICIANS IN SUITS PLAY ON BOAT. 00:39:38 - WAVES THREATEN TO BASH HER AGAINST BOAT. FIGHTS WIND & RIP TIDES. 00:39:51 - LOTS OF PEOPLE IN OLD STYLE BATHING SUITS WADING IN WATER WAITING FOR GERTRUDE TO REACH SHORE. 00:39:55 - CU EDERLE ON SOLID GROUND. RECEIVES KISS. SMILES. 00:40:00 - NEW YORK CITY ROLLS OUT RED CARPET. TICKER TAPE PARADE. RAINING PAPER. HUGE CROWD WELCOMES EDERLE. HER CAR TRAVELS SLOWLY THROUGH CROWD. POLICE ON HORSES ESCORT HER ENTOURAGE. 1926 00:40:37 - CITY HALL. CARRYING FLOWERS, SHE MAKES HER WAY THROUGH THE STREETS OF LOWER MANHATTAN. 00:40:44 - GREAT SHOT OF A SURGING CROWD GREAT SWARMING CROWD. THEY ALL MOVE TOGETHER. CROWD SWAYS BACK & FORTH. 00:41:18 - THE WRIGHT BROTHERS (#13) (1903/1961) 00:41:42 - HIGH ANGLE AERIAL OF WRIGHT BROTHERS MEMORIAL. KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA. HELICOPTER'S SHADOW PASSES BY MEMORIAL. CAMERA POV FROM PLANE ABOVE. GRANITE TOWER. 00:41:53 - PLANES IN FORMATION FLY BEHIND MONUMENT. 00:42:11 - ELDERLY MAN IN HAT LOOKS UP AT THE SKY AS PLANES FLY OVERHEAD. 00:42:20 - CU MONUMENT ENGRAVED WITH ORVILLE & WILBUR'S NAMES. LOW SHOT. 00:42:25 - POV PLANE FLYING IN CLOUDS. PANS DOWN TO HOUSES IN DAYTON, OHIO. DOLLY DOWN STREET WHERE THE WRIGHT'S LIVED. 00:42:48 - STILL OF BROTHERS. 00:42:51 - CU WHITE FRAMED WRIGHT'S HOUSE. 00:42:54 - STREET WHERE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HAD A BICYCLE SHOP. CU WRIGHT CYCLE CO. WINDOW. PLATE GLASS. 00:43:02 - PAN INTERIOR. MECHANICAL PARTS, INSTRUMENTS. 00:43:15 - AERIAL PAN OF WIND BLOWN DUNES OF KITTY HAWK. 00:43:21 - MS HANGAR & TOOL SHOP. CU WALL WITH TOOLS HANGING. 00:43:35 - ROCK MONUMENT WITH PLAQUE. PAN TO OLD PLANE. 00:43:39 - ORVILLE & FRIENDS WORKING ON PLANE. TWO MEN TURN PROPELLERS. 00:44:04 - PLANE TAKES OFF IN FLIGHT. 800 FEET 00:44:19 - LOW ANGLE OF VAPOR TRAILS FROM PLANES. 00:44:30 - CU ORVILLE. PAN TO BROTHER, WILBUR. MEN POINT. 00:45:13 - ROGER BANNISTER (#14) (1923-1954) 00:45:37 - 1923. FINLAND'S PAAVO NURMI RUNNING. 00:45:43 - AUDIENCE WATCHING NURMI RUN AROUND THE COURSE. 00:45:46 - NURMI RUNS TO FINISH LINE. TRYING FOR 4 MINUTE MILE. 00:45:51 - 1934. GLENN CUNNINGHAM TRIES TO BEAT MILE RECORD. 00:46:06 - 1954. ROGER BANNISTER RUNS MILE IN 3 MIN, 59.4 SEC. COLLAPSES AT FINISH LINE. CROWD GOES WILD. 00:46:33 - 1954. AUSTRALIA'S JOHN LANDY RUNS MILE IN 3 MIN. 58 SEC. CUTS RUNNER & SPECTATORS. 00:46:49 - REFEREE HOLDS GUN UP IN AIR, SHOOTS TO START RACE. AUDIENCE INTERCUT. #1 ON SHIRT. AS HE FINISHES, HE TURNS IN A GESTURE OF GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, GRABS OTHERS AS THEY FINISH. GREAT SHOT OF AUDIENCE ON ROUNDED CURVE OF STADIUM. TRACK AT LOWER RIGHT. 1954. VANCOUVER. BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES. 00:47:32 - HIGH SHOT OF LANDY BREAKING OUT AT BEGINNING OF RACE. 00:47:40 - BANNISTER DOGS LANDY'S HEELS. BANNISTER OVERTAKES LANDY & SOARS. COLLAPSES AT FINISH LINE. 00:48:03 - PEOPLE MOB BANNISTER AT FINISH LINE. PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE PHOTOS. PANS UP BLEACHERS TO FANS GOING WILD. 00:48:12 - BANNISTER, EXHAUSTED TRIES TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT OF WAY. 00:48:22 - BANNISTER & LANDY TOGETHER. 00:48:29 - BANNISTER IN SUIT WAVES. 00:48:58 - JIMMY DOOLITTLE (#91) (1925-1945) 00:49:22 - YOUNG JIMMY DOOLITTLE AS A STUNT FLIER. GOGGLES & OLD PILOT'S UNIFORM. 00:49:28 - PAN OF SEA PLANES IN WATER. 00:49:33 - DOOLITTLE'S PLANE TAKES OFF. RACING THROUGH WATER. ASCENDS. FLYING IN AIR. 332 MPH. RECORD TIME. SCHNEIDER CUP RACE, 1929 00:50:01 - FUNKY EXPERIMENTAL MECHANISM RACING AROUND WATER. 00:50:09 - WWII. STANDING WITH MILITARY OFFICER. SOME KIND OF BOMB SITS BEFORE THEM. APRIL, 1942. 00:50:11 - CU HANDS WRAPPING TAG AROUND BOMB. 00:50:17 - MEN WALK ON DECK OF BOAT. PREPARING FOR WAR. 00:50:25 - MILITARY PILOTS STAND NEXT TO PLANE. 00:50:31 - ON DECK OF CARRIER HORNET. PLANE SEEN AT LEFT CORNER. 00:50:32 - PLANE TAKES OFF FROM CARRIER. 00:50:43 - DOOLITTLE WALKS WITH GENERAL PATTON UP A SET OF STAIRS. 00:50:51 - AUDITORIUM. DOOLITTLE SEEN WRITTEN ABOVE ENTRANCE. PAN TO PODIUM. EAGLE & STARS SEAL IN FRONT OF PODIUM. DOOLITTLE IN UNIFORM GIVES SPEECH IN CALIFORNIA. JAPANESE THREAT. TEAM WORK. 00:51:59 - PARADE HONORING DOOLITTLE. MARCHING SOLDIERS. BANDS, FLAGS. 00:52:05 - LINE OF WOMEN WATCH PARADE. WOMAN IN A HAT HOLDS BOUQUET OF FLOWERS. 00:52:08 - OPEN CAR HAS SIGN WITH 34 ON IT CARRIES DOOLITTLE THROUGH PARADE. HE WAVES TO CROWD. 00:52:14 - PAN OF CROWD WATCHING PARADE. POV CAR DRIVING THROUGH PARADE. DOOLITTLE WAVES TO CROWD HONORING HIM. 00:52:20 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1903
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: P-216-30