Nine huge airplanes of the 11th Bomb Squadron under command of Lieutenant Charles H Howard take off from March Field, fly over Sierras in Death Valley, California.
Opening slate reads: "New Anti-Aircraft Record Achieved by Coast Defense Aces, Ft Monroe, VA." A Curtiss O-1B two place bi-wing airplane is seen in flight. Aerial view of the Fort Monroe, Virginia, waterfront. Gun emplacements are seen. Air- to-air view of the Army airplane in flight over Fort Monroe. But this time, a target can be seen towed behind the aircraft. View of U.S. Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley, looking skyward, in the company of three Army officers, including Major General John W. Gulick, chief of the Coast Artillery and commander of Fort Monroe, who is standing next to the Secretary, to his right. View of gunners in a battery of 6-inch anti-aircraft guns. Batteries firing and puffs of white smoke seen aloft. Tracer bullets seen all around a towed target. Soldiers looking through an artillery range finder. A towed target floating in the air with black clouds from exploding anti-aircraft rounds nearby. Gunners firing at high rates of speed.
The Michigan Wolverines defeats the Northwestern Wildcats at an American football match in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wolverines defeat Wildcats by 15-6 in the first game between the schools in seven years. Large crowd gathers to see the match.
A large crowd gathers to protest against rising prices and inflation in New York City, as prices increased during World War I wartime assistance production for allied nations. People show banners. A large banner reads: "America First. We appeal to you for mercy and justice. Our children are starving. Come down with the prices." A banner reads 'We want bread'. Women stand with children in strollers and baby carriages during the protest. A line of women and children march as families in the protest rally.
Governor Charles Whitman of New York State,poses for the camera on top of a tall building in Albany., New York State. He wears a wool overcoat with velvet collar and a bowler hat of the period. Behind, and above him is seen a large American flag on a flagpole fastened to the building roof. Camera changes angle, showing other buildings below similar in style to the State Capitol building in Albany.
Clip shows a merchant ship at dock in New York. It is idle, awaiting resolution from United States legislators, as the U.S. Senate filibusters President Wilson's call to arm merchant ships (against the U-boat threat from Germany in World War I, before America entered the war).
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