A huge crane unloads lake freighter at the dock and the River Rouge Ford plant visible in background. Close ups of the crane unloading ore from freighter. A man in the crane cage operating the crane while crane scoop scoops the ore out. Two huge cranes unloading the freighter.
At a Ford Motor Company bloom bill in the River Rouge Plant, huge tongs lift and carry hot ingot. Ingot dropped in roller gets processed and being molded in long roll. Rolls slide over conveyor and moved towards other metal working machines.
View of a huge metal working machines crafting metal parts at the Ford River Rogue plant. Various machines are shown working in concert to fashion metal parts. Workers preparing gasoline tanks, rolling to edges of the tanks in a machine to seal the edge seams.
Transatlantic flight attempt by Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A Yancey in Bellanca monoplane named "the Green Flash. They take off from Teterboro, New Jersey and are seen landing on the beach at Old Orchard, Maine. They refuel and board for their transoceanic leg to Rome. But on takeoff role along the beach, they hit a puddle of seawater that causes them to crash. Views of the damaged airplane.
Transatlantic flight by Yancey and Williams from Maine to Rome. Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A. Yancey start their flight from Old Orchard, Maine in Bellanca monoplane named "Pathfinder."They get into the aircraft and take a wreath to drop in the Atlantic in memory of lost aviators. Pathfinder monoplane in flight headed for Rome, Italy.
Last leg of transatlantic flight by Roger Q Williams and Captain Lewis A Yancey arriving land in Rome after brief stop in Spain, on their flight from Old Orchard, Maine. They are seen by their Bellanca monoplane named "Pathfinder." Another scene shows Benito Mussolini, dressed in white suit and hat, standing with other officials, awaiting arrival of the aviators. (After 2 hours he must leave and doesn't get to greet them personally.) Night scene of the aviators with Italian crowd of admirers. A large bonfire is lit nearby. Photographers in the crowd.