People attend the Circuit de L' Quest. Alfred LeBlanc is the winner of the race. Leblanc lands aircraft and personnel run out to meet him. LeBlanc congratulated. Jules Vedrines is the winner of the Paris-Madrid race. Jules Vedrines lands at San Sebastian completing the second of three legs in the race to Madrid in 1911. Jules Vedrines alights the plane. View of Andre Beaumont (really Jean Louis Conneau but better known as André Beaumont), winner of the first European Circuit Air race in 1911. André Beaumont smiles from the cockpit of his airplane. Female aviator (aviatrix) Helene Dutrieu (Hélène Dutrieu) seated in cockpit of a Santos-Dumont designed Demoiselle. View of the first multi-passenger aircraft built, the Albessard tandem monoplane.
Medical troops arrive at the South bank of Pasig River to help the wounded Filipino victims of the Battle of Manila during World War II. Chinese and Filipino Red Cross workers carry away wounded natives in boats with Red Cross flag across the Pasig River. Dead bodies of murdered Filipino civilians in the rubble. A weakened Augustinian priest receives, and eats food given by Santa Clara monastery nuns. Red Cross workers carry Allied and Filipino wounded from Santo Domingo Church. Filipino refugees travel by small banca boats on the Pasig River.
The four engine seaplane Blériot 5190 (possibly the first one, called ‘Santos-Dumont’, named in memory of a friend of Blériot) descends a ramp into the water and takes off in Dakar, French West Africa. The Bleriot 5190 floatplane in flight. Views of the amphibious aircraft as it flies.
Civilians demonstrate on road with banners in the Dominican Republic. A man paints a board. Civilians jam the streets of town. People on buildings. Exteriors of the National Palace (Av. México, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) shows a military truck arriving. President Joaquin Balaguer walks out of room in presence of some officials. Balaguer speaks at mike.
Pilot Roland Garros first man to cross the Mediterranean 1913. Pegoud taking off--first man to make successful loop in a bi-plane, shown making loops. Landing of bi-plane. View of flyer Clement Ader. Scenes of famous flyers superimposed atop take offs, landings, and aerials to show the progress from 1890 to 1945. View of Alberto Santos-Dumont. View of Bleriot. Views of aircraft flown in WW I. French aces Capt. Georges Guynemer, Lt. Charles Nungesser, Capt. Rene' Fonck. Views of practice bombing. Views of formation flying and two flights super-imposed over each other. World War 2 era bomber shown at end.
Airlift of U.S. 82nd Airborne troops by Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Tactical (TAC) aircraft from Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina, United States to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Lockheed C-130B Hercules and C-130E Hercules of the United States Air Force parked on an apron. An airstrip and a grassland in the foreground. C-130 Hercules taxi and take off.