U.S. Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg leaves for France from the United States to sign a peace treaty. Frank Billings Kellogg with officials on a ship deck. He sits and talks with the officials
Opening slate reads: "First Utility of airplanes was in National Defense." A huge formation of large military bi-planes is seen in formation. The Next slate reads: "In the Navy." Curtiss 28 TS-1 airplanes lined up for takeoff on the deck of the U.S Navy's first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). The first in line takes off. The others wait their turns, with engines running. View from aircraft above, of the Langley cruising with aircraft parked on her deck. Slate refers to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Closeup of Charles Lindbergh wearing a flying suit with helmet and goggles. Slate refers to Commercial flying advances. View of passengers boarding a British Inperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy airplane.
An American actor Fred Stone and his daughter Dorothy Stone in the United States. They both walk up to a Ford Model A coupe. Fred opens a door of the car. Dorothy Stone gets in the car. Fred Stone kisses his daughter. They both grin. Dorothy seated inside the car speaks to her father. Fred daughter seated inside the car smiles.
A Mexican actress Dolores del Rio drives in a Ford car in the United States. Miss Del Rio leaves her house. The chauffeur opens a door of a Ford car. She is greeted by a chauffeur. She enters the car. A close up of Dolores with a dog. Rio gets out of the car fiddles with a radiator cap. Miss Del Rio enters the house.
An American actress Dorothy Elizabeth Gish in a Ford car in the United States. Gish stands besides a car. People in the background. She crosses a road and gets into the Ford car. Cars parked on the road in the background.
Locations of oil refineries and pipelines in the United States. White circles on an animated map of the United States indicate oil refining centers. The white circles are highlighted. Animated map locates oil refineries in the United States. Main trunk pipelines are highlighted in the animated map.