Oil Refinery blast in Long Beach, California. Black smoke rises after the blast in an oil refinery. Fire fighters spray water on the blazing fire. Huge towers burn. Explosion at the Oil Refinery. Workers lift tin shades and clear debris.
Young American Boy Scouts camp for the first outdoor convention in North Kansas City, Missouri. Scouts march with flags on a field. A closeup view of a scoutmaster or scout leader is shown. The scouts demonstre various outdoor skills. A scout starts a fire using a bow drill. Two boys peel potatoes for a meal. They cut vegetables and cook food over a fire. Scouts pitch tents and two scouts are seen sleeping in a tent.
American throngs pay tribute to Lillian Anderson in Racine, Wisconsin. Women dressed in hats and costumes. World's Fair Queen, Lillian Anderson being escorted on the throne. Anderson being paraded with her court of fifty attendants into the fair on opening day. The attendants wearing white and cream dresses and broad rimmed hats. Lillian Anderson smiles at reviewing stand. Convoy of cars drives past the crowd.
Italian aviator, General Francesco de Pinedo, attempts takeoff in his Bellanca airplane, named the Santa Lucia. The Italian flag is painted on the aircraft rudder. The ship is heavily laden with fuel for a solo long-distance flight from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Baghdad, Iraq. The aircraft is seen to wander during the takeoff roll and with loss of control, crashes near a fence alongside the runway. The aircraft breaks into pieces, and with one wing sticking straight up in the air, begins to burn. It is immediately consumed in fire. Vehicles rush to the scene. Hangar number 6, at Floyd Bennett field, can be seen in background, with "Erickson and Remmert, Inc." painted on it. De Pinedo died in the accident.
Italian aviator, Francesco de Pinedo, sitting in the cockpit of his Bellanca aircraft, the Santa Lucia, on the ramp at Floyd Bennett Airfield, Brooklyn New York. The cockpit contains pillows and other items to help him endure a planned solo long-distance flight to Bagdad, Iraq.
The Prototype Cierva C.30 Autogyro (Registry number: G-ACRI) built by Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd.,of Hanworth, Middlesex, UK. It comes in to land on a grass field, under rotor power only, with its forward engine and propeller stopped. The pilot then starts the forward engine and takes off using power from it and the top rotor.