Here’s 1932 footage highlighting four heroes of aviation: Amelia Earhart, James “Jimmy” Doolittle and Josephine Doolittle, and Auguste Piccard. 

The clips begins with a parade in New York held in honor of Amelia Earhart after she successfully flew across the Atlantic alone. Shots of confetti falling like snow and streamers getting tangled on American flags hanging from buildings. 

A line of convertibles drive through the street, accompanied by horses on either side. Amelia Earhart waves from one of the convertibles. The crowds cheer. 

Mayor James “Jimmy” Walker gives a speech in Earhart’s honor as she stands beside him holding a huge bouquet. 

We then see James “Jimmy” Doolittle and his wife, Josephine, as they board an American Airlines plane to fly from coast to coast across the U.S. in 11 hours. Shot of plane taking off from runway, then flying in air with mountains and sky in background. 

Next, we see a gas-filled balloon carrying a suspended, spherical, enclosed, aluminum capsule or cabin, what the narrator calls a "gondola." The balloon floats through the air over a wooded area. 

On the ground, Auguste Piccard, a Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer, emerges from an opening in the capsule and climbs down. Piccard was one of the first humans to enter the stratosphere, and he broke a record in 1932 when he ascended roughly 16,200 meters in his gondola with radio equipment.