Scorching summer heat and great humidity drive millions of people to the Long Island seashore and other watering places. An aerial view of the crowded Long Island seashore in New York, United States. Crowds of people on a Long Island New York beach. Children frolic in fountains under streams from fire hydrants.
View of a ship in New York, United States. Mrs Samuel Insull aboard the ship leaves for Chicago where her former utilities magnate husband faces trial on several fraud charges. Her son, wearing a black armband, greets her aboard the ship.
A submarine of unusual design moored in the East River during a break from its search for sunken gold off New York City, United States. Men getting aboard the submarine. Man emerges from the submarine hatch. The submarine's inventor, Simon Lake, removes his hat and poses for a photograph. His "salvage tube" apparatus was searching New York's Hells Gate for the wreckage of the British frigate HMS Hussar that sunk with gold and silver aboard in 1780.
A girl performs various acrobatic maneuvers at May Day Festival in Ford Motor Company's Greenfield village, Dearborn, Michigan. Group of people dance on field wearing traditional costumes. Spectators watch from the edge of the field. Festival queen watches the show with two young boys from her court standing beside. Child performs tap dance on a wooden platform.
A U.S. Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 pursuit plane is set up with engine running and prop turning, during test of its machine guns at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Cameramen stand on a stand and record the action from behind the right horizontal stabilizer. Its 50 caliber machine guns are seen firing through through the spinning propeller, with which they are synchronized while its 30 caliber guns fire from the wings. The gunfire is directed at a target set within an earthen revetment, on a remote part of the airfield. Bullets are seen tearing through the target and churning the earth behind. Glimpse of the control panel inside the cockpit, where engine instruments read normal for engine-running condition. Flight instruments are inactive and altimeter reads 800 feet ( Wright field elevation). Gloved hand of person test firing the guns is seen on the control stick. Quartering front view of the aircraft during firing including closeup of the twin 50 caliber machine guns firing from atop the engine nacelle. More views of guns firing. In the last scene, photographers are shown hunkered down beneath the aircraft right wing with their cameras. (World War II period).
United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt arrive in an open car at West Point, New York. Cavalry unit on horseback leads their car. Cannons can be heard firing a salute to the Commander-in-Chief. President Roosevelt, along with Major General Connor,Superintendent of the academy, reviews cadets. The Cadets in white uniforms march in formation. General Connor gives a brief speech to welcome President Roosevelt to United States Military Academy, West Point. The President responds.
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