'The Epic American Trans Atlantic Flight' depicts crashes involving various pilots in the United States during early aviation history. Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. On September 21, 1926, Rena Fonck stands in front of his Sikorsky airplane, ready to try a solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. He takes off and crashes in flames. Navy Commander Richard E. Byrd poses. On April 16, 1927, his Fokker C-2 trimotor airplane ("America"), piloted by Anthony Fokker, with Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and George O. Norville on board, flips over on takeoff at Hasborough, New Jersey. In September, 1927, Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca aircraft taxis and takes off. The tail and right main wheel dig into the soft field on landing and the airplane is severely damaged. The wreck of the "American Legion" Keystone Pathfinder airplane that carried Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster to their deaths, in a crash landing, in the Back river, near Langley Field, Virginia, In Paris, on April 26, 1927, French pilot, Captain Charles Nungesser, and Francois Coli pose before taking off on their ill fated flight in a Levasseur PL8 aircraft named " White Bird." Charles Lindbergh standing next to his mother, Evangeline Land Lindbergh. The "Spirit of St. Louis" is towed out and refueled at Mineola, New York. Charles Lindbergh climbs into the plane and makes a bumpy takeoff. Bystanders watch. People gather to greet him upon arrival in Paris. Lindbergh poses with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh honored by the French President Gaston Doumergue.
Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service at various places in United States. Several hot air balloons inflated at ground at a school in Port Omaha, Nebraska. Eight balloons launched in air, one of them rises high. Students at the Ross Field, Arcadia, California. A big observation balloon moved out of the interior storage by the students. They attach a basket to the inflated balloon. Gasoline driven winch releases wire and balloon rises high in air. The Airship ship School. Langley Field, Hampton Virginia. A dirigible ZDUS.-1at the school. Students haul the dirigible out of its hanger.
Students of Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service, training on balloons and dirigibles at various places in United States. Dirigibles ZDUS-1 and C-2 flying over countryside, farmlands and over a river. Student operators in the control room of ZDUS-1 communicate with members at various stations. Uniforms and equipment of the operators. A person in flying uniform cooks eggs and potatoes on a stove at the rear of airship. Crew members eat food inside cabin compartment.
Triplex glass plates are placed in plaster of paris in a factory in United States. Processes of production and conveyor belt system for the production steps are shown. Shows plates polished with sand, rouge and other materials, and cleaned with acid. They are cut to size.
Newsreel titled 'Snow king pays visit to national capital' shows thick snow over trees and roads around United States Capitol in Washington D.C due to blizzard. Snow covered parks in New York as a horse driven sledge passes by the road. A snow covered mosque in Constantinople.
Newsreel titled 'Steel plants join in the biggest merger' shows steel manufacturing at Inland steel plant in United States,one of the firms involved in the merger.