A large number of automobiles parked in a field, crowd looking up at the sky during an airshow. Douglas Corrigan (famous for his wrong way flight from New York to Dublin, Ireland), standing with several girls in bath suits. A Piper J-3 Cub fitted with pontoons lands on a grassy field. Seversky EP-1 (civilian version of the military P-35 aircraft), with Jacqueline Cochran at the controls, taxis after winning the Bendix Trophy Race in 1938. Mr. Vincent Bendix congratulates Miss Cochran after winning the race. Several P-35s in different flight formations. Paratroopers jump from a ford tri-motor aircraft, views of paratroopers descending. Views of four aircrafts with smoke trailing, taking off and doing acrobatic stunts including inside and outside loops. Jacqueline Cochran at the controls of a Seversky EP-1 landing at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, completing a Trans-continental flight, after winning the Bendix Trophy race.
Large formations of several B-17 and B-18 aircraft in flight in California. Various single-engine fighter aircraft in flight over the clouds.
Views of night time and day time parade of vehicles and bands of the American Legion down a crowd-lined street. State delegations of Legionaries marching in the Los Angeles coliseum including the Iowa delegation and the New York delegation with former Air Service Captain Fiorello La Guardia leading the New York delegation. Ground and aerial views of large formations of B-17 and B-18 aircrafts in flight.
Six B-17 aircraft parked in a row in grassy field at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. A B-17 aircraft taxis and takes off. Five B-17s in flight over land and water. Airplanes in different flight formations.
Police paddy wagon pulls up to a building and policemen unload donated toys. View inside a workshop where police volunteers repair and repaint toys to make them ready as gifts for poor children at Christmas during the Great Depression. Several boys and girls watch the men at work and view tables piled high with toys. Scene changes to streets of New York City filled with pedestrians, shoppers, and automobile traffic during busy holiday shopping season. View inside a large multi-level department store filled with crowds of busy shoppers looking at items in display cases, walking through, and riding escalators to other levels.
Demonstration of more than 7,000 troops on horse backs and Army trucks at Fort Riley, Kansas. A parade of mounted troops and mechanized units before high army officers.
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