Various landmarks in Hood Canal region in Washington, United States. Women on deck of the trim steamer ship S.S. Potlatch (active 1912-1917; scrapped 1937). View from ship of wooded shoreline areas in Hood Canal. Men and women aboard the ferry ship. Homes, dock areas are seen. Wooded shoreline in the background. Snow covered mountains of the Olympic Peninsula in the background, including Mount Olympus. A row boat approaches the ship. Views from ship as it heads northward through the Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands. Close views of the San Juan Islands shorelines seen from the moving S.S. Potlatch.
From " A Short Survey of The Film in America." On screen English text describing advances in film making in the early years of the motion picture. Description of the years 1908-1918 as pivotal years for American film makers DW Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, and Mack Sennett. On screen text describing DW Griffith's work, "The New York Hat." The actual film follows : Small town gossips scandalously link together the names of a minister and a girl when they discover that he has given her an expensive hat from New York. The turmoil abates when the minister produces the will of the girl's mother, in which he has been asked to buy the daughter "bits of finery."
Sketch of 1909 aircraft that Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel. Progressive views of airplanes from earliest to formations of B-52 bombers in flight. Picture of Air Force Five Star General Henry (Hap) Arnold. Views of Wright Flyer being pulled into a field and readied and launched with Orville Wright at the controls. Two DeHavilland DH4 airplanes in formation as wing walker climbs from wing of one to wing of the other. (Wing walker wears emblem of black cat and number 13, on his shirt.) Drawing of Wright flyer airplane with various parts labeled by Lieutenant Arnold. Letter, dated 13, May, 1911, from 2nd Lieutenant Henry Arnold, of the 24th Infantry, to Chief Signal Officer of the U.S. Army, reporting on his progress at the Wright flying school in Dayton, Ohio. First pilot's badge (wings) earned by Lieutenant Arnold. President Wilson at inauguration of airmail service, from Washington, DC.
Men and women walking on a busy street in fashions of the early 1900's. Women in America demand suffrage on the basis of equal rights as men. Women demonstrate and march on the streets carrying banners, demanding suffrage for American women.
The film titled 'Helen's Marriage' depicts instances in Helen's marriage in New York, United States. An actor portraying a character Tom carries a ladder while walking through the garden of Helen's house. He places the ladder to reach a balcony and gives an indication to Helen. Helen's father and mother hear the indication. Helen climbs down the ladder. Her father runs behind Tom with a gun. Tom talks with his club friends about this incident. Helen's father scolds her. Shooting of a wedding scene. Tom gets an idea. He convinces his friends and a chaplain to help him. A maid hands Tom's letter to Helen. Tom and his friends prepare for the wedding scene shooting. They get in a car and arrive at Helen's house. A manager convinces Helen's father to allow them to shoot. He agrees. The bride falls down during the shoot. The manager asks Helen to take the bride's place. She requests her father. The chaplain ministers the proceeding and Helen gets married to Tom.