Celebration of State's 80th anniversary of admission to the Union in San Francisco, California. Parade pases along streets of city. Spectators standing either side of road. Troops march along road. Various floats pass along streets. Signs on floats: 'NSGW' and 'Mission'. Several patriots walk along road to commemorate the anniversary.
Tennis match for U.S. Open Tennis Championship in Forest Hills, New York. John Thomas Godfray Hope Doeg and his opponent play tennis. Spectators watch the match. John Doeg wins and is greeted by the opponent. John Doeg receives trophy.
Annual gondola regatta is held in Venice, Italy. Race of the gondoliers. Gondolas at canal during the race. Gondoliers go for the racing along the city's canal. They rows their gondola.
Jamestown wins prize money of $121760 in Hempstead, New York. Racing horses ride on race course. Spectators watch horse race. George D. Widener's Jamestown, thoroughbred horse wins the race and prize money of $121760 against Harry Payne Whitney's Equipoise.
Workshop of German rocket pioneer, Reinhold Tilling, in Ahrenshorst or at Osnabruck, Germany. Various models of his postal rockets (recoverable rocket for mail delivery) are seen in the shop. A sketch and stringed models show how the wings fold about the rocket for launching and unfold for gliding descent after the rocket has finished firing. Next, a number of similar-looking rockets or gliders are seen on the ground in a field. Their wings appear to fixed open. The closest one appears to have a radio antenna attached at its wing root. Several young men are occupied with one of the gliders on the ground. Another holds a kite. What is possibly a rocket launching tube sits on a tripod in the background. Closeup of one of the gliders on the ground. Change of scene shows a cylindrical solid fuel rocket on a tripod launcher. The rocket nose is shown without the lower portion. Next, the rocket is seen set up on a beach next to a body of water, where is is ignited and launches at a low angle, in a cloud of white smoke.
Autogyro fly in formation from Cicero Field, Chicago for the National Air Races. The pilots H F Pitcairn, J C Ray and C J Faulkner stand near their autogyro. The autogyro takes off and fly in formation over the city. The Autogyro land.
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