Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with American aviators Richard Evelyn Byrd and Clarence Chamberlain before his flight to Paris. Charles Lindbergh in cockpit of aircraft. After his successful nonstop transatlantic flight, Lindbergh is seen arriving at Mitchel field from Washington. Charles Lindbergh is whisked by car quickly to another waiting flying boat biplane aircraft and he boards the rear of two seats. Aerial view of many steam ships and smaller boats seen at harbor near New York City to welcome Lindbergh. Passenger ferry with name "Bear Mountain" is seen. Amphibious plane landing. Charles Lindbergh and officials aboard the Macom, the yacht of the Mayor of New York City. View from on board the Macom as the yacht, flanked by scores of other steam and sailing ships and ferries heads for the Battery at New York City. Aerial view of city near Battery of Manhattan, with areas filled with crowds. Crowd and ticker tape parade in streets of New York City to welcome him. Views of ticker tape parade from various heights and angles. Charles Lindbergh speaking into microphone at City Hall.
'Terminus Aviation Buffet' written on a building in Paris. People gathered in front of the building. A huge crowd. Aviator Charles Lindbergh looks below from a building. People gather to welcome him. Posters on the walls in the street. Charles Lindbergh waves U.S. flag and French flag. Men stand with him in the building. Crowd cheers.
Men examine a plane in Paris. People gather in front of a hangar. Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives with a group of men. They escort him by a French biplane and down a street past an honor guard. Large group gathers around the monoplane of Charles Lindbergh 'Spirit of St Louis'. Charles Lindbergh poses on steps next to French President Gaston Doumergue. He wears the Honor Legion medal awarded by the French President
A dam and spillway. Large flow of water through the spillway falls with considerable force. Mountains in the background. Lake formed by the dam. Trees seen. River flows. Rocks on the side of the river.
Aviators Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta fly plane along Roosevelt Field, New York. They set new flight record for flying for the longest duration. Huge crowd gathers to watch them. Plane in flight. A flare signal informs them when the previous record was broken. The wives of the aviators watch them. View of land below. A clock shows the time when the record is broken.
U.S. Army soldiers surround aviators and their aircraft at Wheeler field in Hawaii. U.S. Army aviators Lieutenant Lester J Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F Hegenberger wear Hawaiian flower Leis, presented upon their arrival in Hawaii after flying from Oakland, California. The aviators completed the first flight from mainland U.S. to Hawaii, some 2400 miles, setting a new record. Their airplane, a Fokker Trimotor, named Bird of Paradise, is seen in background. They hold a news conference.