Scouring the Skies!

[Music] [Music] [Music] Army Maneuvers in the clouds Pursuit planes doing their stuff in the news rail give her the gun [Music] boy victories of the future and the battleground of the sky will be won by just such perfect precision and control a new science of fighting never dreamed of by the conquerors of the past and cloud pictures beyond the imaginations of newsreal editors of [Music] all we share the hazards and thrills with army pilots who Brave the air bumps and pockets of Yos Valley this is no place for a jittery pilot to take a bomber steep stone walls and sudden wind currents May mean quick dis any moment but that's the chances you take in the bombing business all the news re imitating the hell divver staging a smoke screen display at Miami Airport another skyw maneuver to hide from enemy planes if they fail to see one another at this game hell divers is [Music] right going down th minded acrobats dis life saving equipment at Rosell field Gil out is the order and they don't mean Robo count 10 over the rip cord and if the shoot doesn't open it's too late to be surprised but these have all opened and proven an aviation Safeguard to Floyd Benfield comes a German gentleman to see how much his life and our nerves will stand Mr ger ailles who chances his neck to prove a plain coner third rides this plane like a wild steer in a rodeo stunt fires have proven invaluable in testing plane [Music] construction hey not too close P if you want to see this picture on the screen the only trouble with stunt flying is you're the only one who never knows what happened with a plane look at that monkey trying to see how close to the ground he can fly without [Music] crashing there he comes an upside down all the way take it up you fool take it up wow 10 ft from the ground C you're a sniggle quick look at him waving we filmed aviation history with the First Flight of the China Clipper Captain mus takes his giant ocean liner The Waters at Alama California on route for the Philippines over the new bridge to Oakland and headed for the Pacific an Intrepid feed of Sky Trail blazing 70 flying hours of possible disaster and then the news wheel cameraman meets them over Manila another Link in the air route that girdles the world another chapter of man's conquest and a new Transportation era in aviation history hurry call takes our cameras to Miami to shoot a giant mystery plane who is it and what is it attempting perhaps another Lindberg or a round thee Daredevil it's Landing with a dead stick now we'll [Music] know fool you but the Youth of the world is been fooling the spirit of Aviation has captured their imagination Cowboys and Indians are forgotten the future generation is aired even though some of their planes aren't Mr bernelli demonstrates his Auto carrying planes at Floyd Benfield just hit your speed wagon to a star soaring airliner and enjoy motoring while flying and News Real novelty now but perhaps a vital necessity in the future a great opportunity to get even with a backseat driver light hangor there's in the smallest flying fleas the inventor claims it's fool proof that everybody should own one when they do meet for the subway there he goes in the Jitter Special Hold on Clyde she's a rearing well the first Motorcars would fear that too who knows in 10 years instead of slapping pleas we'll be riding on one maybe you prefer The tailess Wonder of Santa Monica wdo water it's proves that actually fli we s them realize how indebted we are to these Fearless men who Brave death for our progress okay Waldo I'll show the audience the brakes on the front wheel Jim Ray returns from work to his home in Garden City Long Island this Auto gyro commuter is never to by traffic jams he calls a motor car a relic of the past as he locks up his Sky speed for the night phel has its air mail delivered by Auto gyro right on the roof of the post office so far Auto gyro seem to be the answer to the spot Landing problem a forerunner of office and apartment roof Flying Fields with one of these windmill buggies in Every Family the male's new RFD roof flying delivery beet a man who crashes planes and news rails on purpose Fearless Frank prank with 19 crack UPS to his credit Frank faces death for a living and here's a sample of his work there he is and still alive county fairs prefer his typ SE crck or perhaps his house wrecking masterpiece tyq [Music] hurry up Frank or you'll never crash your [Music] 20th just in time B Frank solves a used plane problem but Aviation also has real disasters at henden England while shooting an air pageant one of the pilots lost control crashes right before the Royal BX in the early morning of September 2nd 1933 we cranked away at the takeoff of the Italian General de Pato leaving Floyd Bennett Field for [Music] Rome look look he can't rise he's going to crash into the fence quick get him out he didn't cut the motor there she goes and he's still in [Music] there the sorrowful end of Another Hero the news Le has never filmed a greater tragedy aon's death fails to dim the courage of the Monte verie Brothers however as they enter their big Blane Bound for Rome but in taking off from Floyd Bennett they almost meet the same fate loaded to capacity the giant Skyliner is unable to rise watch the camera keep grinding it looks like a crck [Music] can't it up there they go another tragedy but only for the plan the two Brave Flyers Escape alive still determined to try [Music] again that is the true Spirit of Aviation the spirit of the sky Pioneers who have made our present flying era possible the rare Miss half person they because we still consider flying spectacular n out of 10 crack-ups are the result of stunting or taking full hearty chances man has conquered the sky and given the news reals a glorious victorial Saga of achievement [Music]