Fritz Von Opel flies his Opel-Sander RAK 1 rocket propelled air plane. Fritz Von Opel sits in the cockpit of the Opel RAK 1 plane. Repeated trials fail to lift the plane. Finally the plane rises in air. Smoke trailing the Opel RAK 1 plane as it flies. Given the date, this might be a RAK 3, even though the RAK 1 designation is seen on the plane.
A huge Soviet Russian aircraft in flight above Valley Stream in New York. It is a unarmed Tupolev TB-1 (ANT-4) bomber, with lettering on side: "URSS-300", and was known as "Land of the Soviets" or "Soviet Country". The plane lands at Curtiss Field (also called Roosevelt Field that year) after completing a 13,000 mile journey from Moscow. A huge crowd tries to break the security lines to meet the airmen. Several cars parked on the airfield. Police try to control the crowds. The crowd rushes towards the plane. A police man riding a motorcycle. near the crowd, with the airplane parked behind.
Girls display latest styles of wooden dresses at Hoquiam in Washington. The wooden dresses are designed according to forest fashion. The girls walk down the road. Houses in the background.
A trained chimpanzee 'Freckles' locked up pending ownership decision. Sheriff Garner hauls it off to the jail. Another officer accompanies Sheriff Garner. The chimpanzee taken on a motorcycle to the jail. The chimpanzee locked up.
Guggenheim Aircraft Competition at Mitchel Field in New York. American planes and planes from other countries participate in the competition for $150,000 prize money. A pilot enters the cockpit of a plane and takes off. A British plane 'Handley-Page' shows it's 'safety' slotted wings. The British plane in flight. The rules require quick take off and short stops of the planes.
Firemen fight pier blaze for nine hours and save the steamers at Alameda in California. Smoke rises up from the flames. Vessels in the water. The firemen turn the water from the hoses on the flames.