A car drives up to the Lincoln Building, in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford step from the car and walk toward the entrance.They are met by Henry Leland, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Leland, who come out to greet them. A chauffeured car arrives carrying Henry and Mrs. Ford, who walk from their car to the entrance where they are greeted by the Lelands. The group poses on the building step, from left to right: Henry Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Leland, Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford. Henry Leland does an impromptu dance which Henry Ford briefly imitates. The group enters the building. Inside the building, company founders, Henry Leland, and Henry Ford, respectively, stand as Edsel Ford (President of Ford Motor Company) signs a document as a lawyer witness sits nearby. Henry Leland (President of Lincoln Motor Company) signs the document while a different witness lawyer sits nearby. The lawyers step in momentarily, and Henry Leland is again seen signing a document. He steps away, and a lawyer sits down and signs as witness.
Flight Deck activities aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) in United States. Planes take off from the flight deck of USS Langley. Lieutenant Commander VC Griffin pilots the plane. Smoke rises from smokestack of the ship. Plane in flight above water. A plane passes over USS Langley.
Flight Deck activities aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) in United States. Lieutenant Commander VC Griffin lands in an Aeromarine. Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier. Black smoke rises up.
Aircraft Carrier Operations. The U.S. Navy biplane takes off from turret of a battleship in United States. Plane in flight over water. Sailors aboard the battleship. Biplane hoisted aboard ship. U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway. Preparations made before landing. Mast lowered on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Smokestacks lowered. First landing aboard USS Langley. Several aircraft land on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Men aboard USS Langley. 'USS Langley' marked on the planes. A landing mishap.
Aircraft Carrier Operations. U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) underway. Several aircraft land on flight deck of aircraft carrier. Men aboard USS Langley. 'USS Langley' marked on the planes. Pilot seated in the cockpit. Several planes lined on the flight deck. Smoke arises out of smoke stack in the background. Plane is catapulted from deck of USS Langley.
The German racing yacht "Germania" docked in the United States, where it is being refurbished following its purchase by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury. Views of the masts of the sail boat. Men working on deck. The ship's wheel with "Germania" painted on it. Yacht's linen with original initials of Bohlen and Halbach embroidered thereon. Views of interior, with leather easy chair. Dishes bearing seal of the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel, where the yacht was built in 1908.