A steamship carrying tourists arrives at port in France. Tourists board a steam locomotive passenger train from the port to Paris. View of railroad train at station, passengers on platform, and train departing. Locomotive engineer's point of view (POV) from moving train of the track ahead and surrounding scenery as the train speeds toward Paris. Point of view (POV) through open window in moving train car. A man and woman relaxing in their passenger compartment on the train. Paris street scenes. Street vendors. Luggage handlers. Luggage being loaded into taxicab. Paris policeman directing traffic on the streets. A nun in habit wearing a large white hat. Pedestrians on sidewalks. Dog in a car. Traffic in downtown Paris and many Paris landmarks as seen from point of view of a moving car. Car approaching Arc de Triomphe. Guests arriving at a hotel. Woman and man exit car and step into hotel.
Newspapers print millions of copies to spread the news of Charles Lindbergh's attempt to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Newspapers being printed, bundled, and distributed to delivery services and sellers.
Several scenes of the Spirit of St. Louis airplane in flight. People in various places and pursuits looking up as if watching Lindbergh flying overhead. Scenes of news being transmitted about Charles Lindbergh via radio, short wave, and teletype. Men moving about in a radio studio broadcasting news of the flight. A man broadcasting the new speaks into a microphone. Scenes of American citizens at home in front of their console radios listening to news about the flight. Multiple different aerial views of clouds, ice on the water, ocean below the aircraft, and other things that one might imagine he encounters in the flight. People relaxing at home listen to radio and others in public places and streets seeking news about Lindbergh. Men selling newspapers and running with extra editions that tell the news of Lindbergh's trip. Crowds of men and women at a news stand buying newspapers. View of Paris, the City of Light with fountains and the Arc de Triomphe seen at night. French men in a bar listening for news on the radio. French people at home listening to news on console radios. View of building and street signs at corner of Rue de Petit Pont and Rue la huchette in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Finally, Lindbergh arrives and lands at the Le Bourget Airport in France, as crowds greet him. Newspapers report his arrival with headlines, including: "Oh What a Welcome for that boy Lindy."
Film opens showing animated images of elephants created by fireworks. View of the Pont Alexandre III bridge illuminated at night with fireworks in the sky above and sparks spouting from containers on the bridge. View of the Nymphes de la Seine statue group by sculptor Georges Recipon, is seen on the near (western side) of the bridge. The fireworks fountains on the bridge increase their discharges. Next, showers of sparks and heavy smoke appear, as people walk across the bridge. (These fireworks are generated East of the bridge.) Spectators viewed from behind are silhouetted against the white smoke and fireworks, as they watch the show from the nearby Pont de la Concorde Bridge. A group of swirling fireworks in the sky. Animated images of dancers wrought in fireworks. One of them collapses. An animated fireworks image of an urn spewing fire, topped by two fish moving atop it. Firework portrait of man with name "Chamberlain" beneath it. Firework bust of Admiral Byrd, with "Byrd" beneath it. Animated firework picture of the Spirit of St. Louis (Lindbergh's airplane) approaching the Eiffel Tower, followed by firework portrait of Lindbergh, with name "Lindy" above, and sequence of word: "The" followed by image of a lone eagle, and words: "of the U.S.A. Film concludes with more fireworks displays.