Northrop Gamma 2G (NR13761) aircraft in final approach and landing at airstrip of Union Air Terminal in Burbank California. It is arriving from its record setting speed flight from Chicago to Los Angeles, piloted by Howard Hughes. Aviator Howard Hughes emerges from cockpit and greets crew who approach plane as it taxis to a stop near terminal buildings. Howard Hughes walks away with several associates. He had flown from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California at a top speed of 215 mph, arriving in 8 hours and 10 minutes.
American President Franklin D Roosevelt at the unveiling ceremony on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. President Roosevelt arrives in his car as crowd cheers. He waves his hat and takes a look at the monument. Gigantic head of Thomas Jefferson carved on the side of a mountain. A large American flag alongside. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
French Marshal Philipppe Petain in France. French airmen lined up at an airfield. A Farman F.220 bomber takes off and flies past the military assembly. Marshal Petain reviews the troops. French Farman F.220 bomber aircraft parked in the background. An officer being decorated at a ceremony. The troops march past the reviewing party.
A speedboat sails through a wall in Chicago, Illinois. The speed boat driver dons his gear. The speedboat underway in Burnham Park lake with a speed of 50 miles per hour. The boat sails through a wooden wall built over the lake.
Decorated floats at a parade in Ocean Park, California. Children dressed in colorful costumes during the parade. Children in prams pushed around by their mothers. Floats decorated with flowers. Children dressed in colorful costumes on the floats as they pass in review. A large number of people gathered on either side of a street to watch the parade.
A cotton boll picking machine in Stoneville, Mississippi. Men pick cotton bolls with hand in a field. The Rust Brothers demonstrate a cotton picking machine invented by them. A sign on the machine reads 'Rust cotton picker'. The machine picks cotton bolls. People look on at the machine in operation. The bolls are loaded in a bag attached to the machine.
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