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This short film look at some of the news highlights from the 1920s and 1930s. This includes the life of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington, a women trying to fly, the development of Miami into a sprawling metropolis, some fashion trends, and sports news. 0:08 Title “Yesterday’s Newsreel”, Title “Life of Lady Lexington”, 0:42 (proposed) battle cruiser USS Lexington in the docks during construction, 1:02 aircraft carrier USS Lexington being put into service, 1:22 American flag raised over the deck, 1:34 biplanes take off in tests as Admiral Nimitz and other brass watch, 2:08 USS Lexington burning at Battle of the Coral Sea after being hit by Japanese bombs, 2:45 Title “Ceiling Zero” 1930, 2:51 woman singer Helene Alberti puts large wings on and tries to fly unsuccessfully, 4:04 assistant tries jumping off a platform, 4:16 Title “Personalities” 1924, 4:21 Diving Champion Aileen Riggin swimming, 4:39 Dr. Wellington Koo, China's ambassador to France, Great Britain and the United States 4:57 Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who made the Titanic memorial, shown working on a sculpture, 5:19 Title “Big Oasis”, 5:28 Florida’s East Coast in 1900 5:49 rich people at a resort in the 1920s, 6:07 men playing golf, real estate craze in Florida, 6:45 street shots from the teeming metropolis of Miami, 7:09 a street parade in Miami, 7:29 Title “She’s pipe” 1921, 7:38 a Harvard Hasty Pudding cross dressing actor getting ready for a play, with a pipe in his mouth, 8:26 title “Aviation”, 8:33 U.S. Navy Zeppelin ZMC 2 all metal dirigible being released out of a hangar and flies, 9:10 Title “Fashions of the Day,” 9:16 travelers getting on an ocean liner, 9:33 people having tea on the ship and a kiddy car race as well as shuffle board, 10:03 men and women in a pool, 10:28 Title “Sports”, 10:43 the Red Sox team at Ebbets Field in 1931, 10:51 two men who are former members of the Washington Senators box comically before the match, 11:44 baseball game begins, The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 cubic foot capacity) was the only successfully operated metal-skinned airship ever built. Constructed at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile by The Aircraft Development Corporation of Detroit, the ZMC-2 was operated by the U.S. Navy at Lakehurst, New Jersey from 1929 until scrapped in 1941. While at Lakehurst it completed 752 flights, and logged 2265 hours of flight time. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
