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.
Film leads with slate reading: "How the Wrights learned to fly--the motorless, man-carrying glider." A group of people stand on a hilltop, watching as two men launch a primary glider with a downhill running start. The glider consists of tubular frame tapering to nearly a point at the empennage. It is equipped with wheels, and the pilot sits upright with legs extended straight ahead.. The glider has a single high wing. It rises quickly and flies above ground for a good distance, appearing to approach the ground as it moves downhill.