Passengers board a Ford Trimotor plane in Kingman, Arizona, to continue a trip across the United States. Interior view of Trimotor passenger compartment. Plane flies over Colorado River and aerial view of the river is seen. A map shows route from Kingman to Los Angeles. Plane flies over Mojave desert and death valley, and aerial views of each are shown as seen from the aircraft. View of the Trimotor in the air with Mount Wilson observatory behind. Aerial view of Los Angeles. A man at Los Angeles airport announces the arrival of Ford Trimotor over a megaphone. Plane lands and taxis to the terminal. Passengers deplane from the craft and Jack Maddux and Amelia Earhart greet the passengers. Map of United States, a train, a plane and Charles Lindbergh.
Animated film shows how sound waves are created by the human voice cause movement of air molecules and how this movement is transmitted through the flexible diaphragm of the telephone mouthpiece. The electrons passing through carbon granules in the mouthpiece are transformed into electric current and the magnet and flexible diaphragm in the telephone receiver transforms the current into sound waves. An old man and a kid talking into phone.
A film titled 'The Story of Transportation' dramatizes the primitive and ancient means of transportation in the United States. Dramatization depicts a man as Aladdin with a lamp. He rubs the lamp and Jinny appears. Aladdin seated in a palace. An old man roaming about in a forest. Mules and camels carry load on their backs. A group of primitive men push a sled. Dogs pull sled carts. Schooners and stage coaches are used as means of transport. A sketch of a steam locomotive.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to modern times in the United States. The first railroad train De Witt Clinton at a museum. A steam locomotive emits steam as it pulls a railroad train. Portraits of Benjamin Franklin, Michael Faraday, Nikola Tesla, Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse.
A film about means of transportation ca 1920 in the United States. Promotional scenes about the advantages of Electric Traction. A railroad tunnel. An electric railroad train moves down a track. A Pennsylvania Railroad electric train at a station in Bryn Mawr,Pennsylvania. Passengers get off and on the train.
A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric train moves down a railroad track on the New Haven and Hartford railroad route. An electric freight train moves along a track. An engine backs up on a track. A freight railroad train moves along a track.