The ninth annual convention twins parade in Saint Louis, Missouri. Twin children parade on a road with their mothers. Twin children in a pram pass in the parade. Twin winner men, women and children in pram pose with their trophies.
Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy in New York. Views of the two boxers posing for press photographers. Each boxer takes a turn standing on a podium for the media. Joe Louis and Godoy stand together and shake handh. A close up of Joe Louis. A close up of Arturo Godoy and he smiles. Photographers take pictures. Scene changes to after the fight. A man looks into the bruised eyes of the boxer. Godoy, wearing a suit, is seated on a sofa with his wife, Leda Urbinati, and an interviewer. He has a swollen cheek and eye. Godoy talks to the man and his wife, Leda. He comments on the skill of Joe Louis, speaking in English and then in Spanish. He expresses his desire to box with Louis again. His wife, Leda, also speaks briefly in Spanish.
Chimpanzees show balancing stunts at Saint Louis Zoological Park in St. Louis, Missouri. A chimpanzee on a toy car. A chimpanzee balances on a wheel. A chimpanzee balances on a stand and a animal trainer places another monkey on the top. Spectators watch the stunts. A chimpanzee kisses a young boy. A trainer holds hand of one of the chimpanzees and walks. Monkeys walk in tandem.
Opens with scenes of aviators unsuccessful attempts to cross the Atlantic in pursuit of the Orteig Prize. Failed attempt by Fonck in his Sikorsky aircraft as he headed for Paris on September 21, 1926. French aviator René Paul Fonck standing beside his aircraft before takeoff. Fonck's plane taxiing for takeoff. View of the plane crashed and consumed in fire and smoke. Crash of Byrd's Fokker plane on April 16, 1927, injuring Byrd and crewmen Noville and Bennett. View of Byrd in uniform before the crash. View of the crash as Byrd's plane is seen tumbling nose over on landing. Failure of Chamberlin's Bellanca aircraft carrying Chamberlin and two little girl passengers. The plane stalls at landing but passengers are safe. Next scene of crash of plane carrying Davis and Wooster on April 26, 1927 near Langley Field, Virginia, killing both men. The crashed plane beside a swamp. View of France's Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli before their attempt in L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). Plane with Nungesser and Coli taking off; it disappeared after taking off from Paris, with the last sighting of it over Ireland. View of Charles Lindbergh and then also of Lindbergh and his mother, and of the Spirit of Saint Louis on May 20, 1927 before his successful Atlantic Crossing to Le Bourget at Paris on May 21, 1927. The aircraft being backed out of a hangar and being fueled. Captain Charles Augustus Lindbergh enters the cockpit. The Spirit of Saint Louis Wright Whirlwind powered monoplane taxiing and taking off slowly from Roosevelt Field in New York, heavily burdened by fuel. Aerial view of the Spirit of St Louis in flight, taken from another airplane. Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic in the plane 'Spirit of St. Louis'. Charles Lindbergh is greeted by huge crowd in Paris. Views of crowds, dignitaries and celebrations as he is welcomed by people in Paris, Brussels and London. Also views of his receptions in Washington DC and New York City in the United States in June 1927.
Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy in New York. Joe Louis and Godoy talk to men. A close up of Joe Louis and Godoy together. Press and media take pictures. A close up of Joe Louis. Joe Louis stands with two men. A close up of the Chilean boxer. Scene after boxing match (won by Louis) with Arturo Godoy seated on a sofa with his wife, Leda Urbinati. He speaks about the match and says that Louis is a great fighter. Godoy's face is swollen and bruised from the match. The woman smiles, seated by him.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns from Cuba. His plane approaches and lands in Saint Louis, Missouri. A large crowd awaits to welcome him. People help the plane halt on the wet and muddy field. Officials greet Lindbergh as he climbs out of the cockpit. Lindbergh in flying gear, stands before his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Lindbergh in the cockpit
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