The Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour in the United States. Several people on the airfield at Ford Airport during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. People with baggage beside a scale on the field. An aircraft taxiing on the runway. A few men on the side of the runway. Another aircraft flagged off on the runway. An aircraft on the airfield and several people beside the aircraft. A dirigible in flight over the airfield. An aircraft in flight. People on the airfield watching the dirigible. The dirigible comes in for landing on the field.
Metal-skinned airship ZMC-2 in Grosse Ile, Michigan. The airship is attached to a mooring cable. 'US Navy' written on the ship. ZMC-2 airship is launched. Men watch. The airship in flight. The control room of the airship. The airship in flight.
Filipino military leader and former President of the Philippines Emilio Aguinaldo greets the Washington Corrals of the military order of the Carabao in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. A group of Americans and Filipinos stand under a balcony as they hear General Aguinaldo's message to the Washington Corrals. The general delivers his message from a balcony as other Filipino dignitaries stand around him. General Aguinaldo reads from a paper.
Filipino military leader and former President of the Philippines General Emilio Aguinaldo greets the Washington Corrals of the Military order of the Carabao in the Philippines. Aguinaldo and others visit the Barasoain Church (Paseo del Congreso Street corner Don Antonio Bautista Street, Brgy. San Gabriel, Malolos, 3000) in Malolos City, Bulacan. The former president and party shake hands with men outside the church.
Several Mississippi river steamers are seen. The U.S. Greenbrier, a stern paddlewheeler river steamer in the Lighthouse Service is seen. (It was later transferred to the Coast Guard, in 1939, and designated a Coast Guard Cutter -- SAGL-214). President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, are seen on deck, with members of their party. Spectators line the upper bank of the wharf. Many hold umbrellas due to rain. An American flag flies over the wharf. The Greenbrier backs away from the wharf in clouds of smoke and steam. The Grand Avenue suspension bridge can be seen in background. The President and Mrs. Hoover smile from the deck.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover at the White House in Washington DC. A large crowd of men women and children gathers on the White House lawn. Girls perform a Maypole dance, weaving different colored ribbons into an elaborate covering on the pole. President comes out on the balcony of the White House and waves at the crowd.