Moving Picture News (1911) . -droplane from the water and soaring in thefrost-laden air, rising very easily and gracefully on. MR. J. C. HEMMENT AND :\IR. PAGE JUST GOING OUT IN-FIRST FLIGHT our way to the summer AAhite House of PresidentTaft, at Beverly. About a couple of miles had been traversethe coast line when a flock of ducks was put to flight bythe whirring of the hydroplane motors, just in front ofus. Mr. Page gave me a nudge as much as to sayshoot em, and you can bet I shot. I trained my gunfcamera) on them for at least a thousand yards. Inthat time I calculated I eat up about a hundr


Moving Picture News (1911) . -droplane from the water and soaring in thefrost-laden air, rising very easily and gracefully on. MR. J. C. HEMMENT AND :\IR. PAGE JUST GOING OUT IN-FIRST FLIGHT our way to the summer AAhite House of PresidentTaft, at Beverly. About a couple of miles had been traversethe coast line when a flock of ducks was put to flight bythe whirring of the hydroplane motors, just in front ofus. Mr. Page gave me a nudge as much as to sayshoot em, and you can bet I shot. I trained my gunfcamera) on them for at least a thousand yards. Inthat time I calculated I eat up about a hundred feet offilm. I could have made more as ]\Ir. Page threw hisdescending lever into action and brought me down toabout one hundred and fifty feet of them, following


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