U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. at work in the United States. The President seated at a desk in his executive office. Coolidge works. An official arrives and gives him a document. He signs the document.
President and Mrs.Calvin Coolidge standing at their box in Griffith Stadium to watch a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, on April 12, 1927. The President takes off his overcoat and sits, after which everyone also sits down. The President stands to greet Senators manager, Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris, who shakes hands with the President and with the First Lady as she extends her hand. Harris gives a baseball to the President who pepares to throw the ceremonial "first pitch." Bucky Harris points to where the President should throw. Someone else steps forward and tells the President to throw in a different direction. He looks puzzled. Bucky Harris again reafirms the correct direction. Change of scene: President and Mrs. Coolidge standing with everyone else for the playing of the National Anthem.
A film titled 'Sky Fleets of the Navy' on maneuvers of U.S. ships. A U.S. fleet underway at sea in the United States. The bow of a battleship cuts the water. Battle ships steaming in a battle formation. USS Lexington underway in the background. A line of cruisers and battleships in formation underway at sea. USS Utah, radio control ship for target practice during bombing by U.S. Navy aircraft carrier squadron. Officers talk. They salute each other. One of the officer talks to a bugler who blows a bugle. Men of USS Utah leave the ship so that it may be used as a bombing target. The ship under radio control. An officer on the control ship uses equipment and instruments to operate the ship by radio control.
A film on maneuvers of U.S. sky scouts in the United States. US Navy airship USS Macon in flight. A U.S. Navy O3U Corsair aircraft on catapult in the foreground. The control car of USS Macon shows admirals during fleet maneuvers.
A film on maneuvers of the U.S. Navy in the United States. USS Lexington (CV-2) aircraft carrier underway at sea. Several aircraft parked on the flight deck of the ship. A clock shows 8 o'clock. Pilots of the Lexington air group man the aircraft. The aircraft take off and in flight overhead. Airplanes being catapulted from battleships and cruisers. A formation of seaplanes in flight overhead. Airplanes take off to assist in maneuvers of a U.S. fleet. A formation of airplanes in flight over Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. A torpedo installed on an airplane. The airplane takes off. A formation of three torpedo airplanes in flight. Torpedo squadron drops the torpedoes during the fleet maneuvers. Gun crew of 6" guns of a battleship man the guns and fire them. A line of battleships steaming in formation and firing turrets. A torpedo airplane with a torpedo in flight. A dive bomber during dives on USS Utah (BB-31). USS Lexington steaming at sea preparing for the landing of an airplane. Undercarriage of the airplane approaches the aircraft carrier for landing. Airplanes land aboard the carrier. A large formation of airplanes in flight. Aerial view of a U.S. Navy dirigible airship in flight.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to the United States after a flight to Paris, France. USS Memphis underway at sea with smoke above it. Colonel Lindbergh addresses a crowd. An old type biplane aircraft in flight overhead and a ship underway at sea. USS Memphis on the Potomac River. Aerial view of Washington DC. A U.S. flag flutters on a flag pole. Dignitaries wave from a dock. Lindbergh's mother goes up a gangway to meet him. Lindbergh is accompanied by naval officers. His mother comes down the gangway in the background. Lindbergh rides an old Pierce Arrow open touring car during a parade. People wave in the foreground. Buildings along street sides. People gather in a large number near the Washington Monument. U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. awards Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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