American sports persons show daring skills in the United States. A ski jumper loses control in mid air and crashes to the ground during competition. Another ski jumping man successfully lands a ski jump. An man athlete poses for camera slope side. People during small boat motor boat racing including a young woman riding on top of the boat bow and a boater going over a jump during a race around a curve. A man and a woman are shown water skiing and each one crashes as they negotiate a jump ramp. Men racing sail boats on ice. One of the ice sailing boats almost flips over on a sharp turn. Cowboys ride bucking horses and broncos during a rodeo, and fall from their rides. Car stunts being exhibited: Car on a football field drives up a ramp on the left side only and flips over. A Ford Model A Tudor car circa early 1930s is jumped over other parked cars, hits the last parked car in the line, and flips over dramatically. A car is driven through a wall of fire.
1940 Gridiron Football 'Orange bowl' match in the United States. Floats and colorful dance exhibits in the stadium. A match between Missouri and Georgia Tech takes place. Audience cheer for their respective teams.
Armed U.S. Army Air Corps airmen march in formation. Dignitaries including retired General John J. Pershing review a demonstration of Army aircraft. Formation of BT-9 training aircraft. An officer briefs pilots in a briefing room. The officer points out locations on a map. Pilots inspect an aircraft machine gun and receive instruction. View of of 37mm ammunition for the Bell Aircraft P-39 T9 cannon. Crew loads the ammunition into a P-39 aircraft. View of P-39 nose as cannon is fired. Three P-39s fire at ground targets. A Curtis P-40 in flight. (World War II period).
A United States Army Air Corps Martin B-26 Marauder Bomber takes off from an airfield. Views of the B-26 taking off and in flight, banking right over the airfield. Seven alternating light and dark horizontal stripes painted on tail.
A United States Army Air Corps Douglas XB-19 bomber, originally designated the XBLR-2. Side view from end of right wing of the experimental B-19 bomber aircraft parked on the runway with propellers spinning. XB-19 takes off and flies up over the airfield. Views of the XB-19 in flight, from the ground.
Aerial views of a United States Navy PBY2 Coronado in flight at a high altitude. A Consolidated PBY Catalina in flight off the left side behind the Coronado.