United States President Herbert Hoover visits Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. People gather to meet him at the harbor. Mountains in background. U.S. President Hoover sits in a car. The car passes through a large crowd. President Hoover waves to the crowd. President Hoover watches the dance performances and drills of school children.
USS Arizona (BB-39) underway. Smoke rising up from the smokestack. U.S. Navy blimp 'On the fly' in flight overhead. Sailors aboard the ship. Packet U.S. mail lowered on the ship. United States President Hoover aboard the ship. Men standing near him. President Hoover receives his mail.
Aviators Clarence Chamberlain and Bert Acosta fly plane along Roosevelt Field, New York. They set new flight record for flying for the longest duration. Huge crowd gathers to watch them. Plane in flight. A flare signal informs them when the previous record was broken. The wives of the aviators watch them. View of land below. A clock shows the time when the record is broken.
Pilot Reg Robbins and mechanic James Kelly start 172 hour flight in Fort Worth, Texas. They set a new endurance flight record. Monoplane 'Fort Worth' takes off. Ryan Brougham monoplane named 'Fort Worth' in flight. Fort Worth monoplane refueled by another aircraft during flight. The plane lands and taxis. Crowd runs out to aircraft. Pilot Robbins and James Kelly with their wives at the Fort Worth air port. The crowd greets them. Pilot Robbins and James Kelly wear garlands.
Pilot Reg Robbins and James Kelly set a new endurance flight record in Fort Worth, Texas. Reg Robbins and James Kelly at Fort Worth air port. Ryan Brougham monoplane christened 'Fort Worth'. Reg Robbins bids goodbye to his wife and son. Fort Worth monoplane in flight. Fort Worth monoplane refueled by another aircraft during flight.
Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart 'Tough Hombres' set a new flight endurance record. Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart before their flight in Culver City, California. Ground check for the Wright powered Buhl monoplane before the flight. Refueling gear and living quarters of the plane 'Angeleno' in view. Monoplane takes off. The monoplane refueled by another aircraft in flight.
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