Workers at Chevrolet plant resort to strike in 1937 as they demand the expansion of Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1937 an "air flivver" airplane from inventor Hayden Campbell, costing $1500, ready for take off as pilot sits in the cockpit in United States. Plane takes off.
Pilot Amelia Earhart and Co-pilot Paul Mantz enter the cockpit of a Lockheed airplane in front of a Western Air Express hanger. They take off in the Lockheed to search for a plane that went missing near Salt Lake City, Utah.
Around 1937 a combination bus and rail car with two types of wheels. Two types of wheels enables it to move on roads and on rails as well. Driver moving on street and then lowers rail wheels and drives the bus onto rail tracks. Views from the vehicle traveling on rails. Train and bus combination says "Arlington and Fairfax" on the side, and appears to be traveling on Glebe Road in Arlington Virginia.
Ford Motor Company workers assemble various parts of Ford Tri Motor airplane in United States. They attach wheels and wings. Workers at the assembly line of the plant. Elevated, moving point of view shot of assembly line operations. Workers from trimming department fasten seats to the floor. Interior views of the nearly completed aircraft. Worker in the cockpit conducts a final inspection. He inspects the sticks,levers, and instruments.
Workers conduct flight test inspection before the first flight of Ford Tri Motor in United States. They inspect the engine and the tail section. Plane taxis along the runway and takes off. Few men get into the plane and it takes off.
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