A depiction of episodes in the life of Calvin Coolidge, the thirtieth President of the United States. Calvin Coolidge, Chief of the Cabinet with the Cabinet members outside a building. U.S. Army troops march after Coolidge's election as the President. The U.S. flags displayed at various places on a street. U.S. Navy ships underway. President Coolidge, the Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Armed Forces. The U.S. flag flutters. The White House.
Practice maneuvers of United States Army Air Service 1st Provisional Air Brigade commanded by Brigadier General James Fechet in the United States. The brigade from Langley Field, flying over Alexandria, prepares a mock attack targeted at the United States capital city of Washington DC. U.S. Army Air Service Airco DH4 aircraft in flight. The mock attackers reach the Lincoln Memorial in spite of the heavy rain. Rows of Navy buildings near the memorial. The DH4 aircraft above the area. The attack group in formations over Washington DC. Views of the Potomac River Bridges including the Aqueduct Bridge near newly built Key Bridge. The pursuit group attacks the enemy fleet from above and below at the same time.
Brief glimpse of a U.S. Navy staff car parked in front of a Federal Government building entrance, where several naval officers and at least one army officer prepare to board the car. Attending the car are two sailors wearing dark watch caps. Next, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, is seen leaving the building on crutches. His right foot is heavily bandaged. A sign in the window of the building reads: "U.S. Navy Aviation." A cadre of naval officers follows the Admiral to the sidewalk, where he cheerfully engages in conversation with several. To his left is a Captain. The other officers are of lessor rank. They appear to be awaiting a car to pick up the admiral. Following a break, two of the naval officers are seen conversing alone at the building entrance. The admiral has left. Change of scene shows a man in military uniform seated at a desk in what appears to be a law office. He is making notes on a pad. The room is filled with shelves full of books. Abrupt change of time and place shows Vice Admiral William S.Sims, Commander of all U.S. Naval forces in Europe, at a railroad train station in London, England, at the end of World War 1. People around him show him some papers and converse with him. A British Bobbie stands nearby. Sims shakes hands with a British official. School boys in the background watch the goings on with interest.
Three Curtiss N-9 Training Seaplanes, ostensibly piloted by student aviators, take off from waterfront at Pensacola, Florida, carrying a news photographer with them. View from rear cockpit of airplane tail and wake in the water as one of the planes commences takeoff. Brief glimpse of a Vought Corsair I (O2U) seaplane atop the Battleship USS Colorado (BB-45) and after it has been lowered to the water at the battleship's stern. Several Navy biplanes landing on the USS Langley (CV-1) as she is underway. A flight of Loening OL-5 amphibian aircraft, as viewed past the tail of one of them, in flight. Fifteen U.S. Navy biplanes flying in formation. A Consolidated P2Y-1 Ranger seaplane taking off from water past an Omaha-class light cruiser. Illustrated map of Hawaii showing location is relation to surrounding major land masses.
Interior of a Ford Aircraft plant in the United States. A number of unfinished Ford Aircraft in a hangar. Two workers working on fuselages of the aircraft. A number of aircraft in the hangar. Men lowering an airplane part with the help of a crane.
A Ford airplane takes off from a race track in the United States. A small Ford aircraft carried by a group of men and brought onto the race track. The Ford aircraft taxis and takes off from the race track. Spectators watch stunt flying exhibition. A Ford aircraft manufacturing plant.