Scenes from the AAA Dirt Track Championships at the Michigan State Fairgrounds. Automobiles racing on dirt track in Detroit Michigan. Crowd stands. Aircraft flies low over racing cars moving on track. Spectators, mostly men wearing hats, seen seated. Cliff Woodbury wins the race (George Souders took second place, Wilbur Shaw took third, and Dutch Baumann was in fourth place). Woodbury seen in his car talking to reporters and exiting his car after completing race. Crowd in the background.
Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh is welcomed with parade at end of three month tour in his airplane 'Spirit of Saint Louis', in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Men wave flags. Large crowd. Charles Lindbergh arrives at speaker's stand. His last tour stop is Mitchel Field, New York (he embarked on that flight leg on October 23, 1927).
Interiors of Red Cross Disaster Relief Shelter shows workers helping flood victims get homes, jobs, food and clothing. A woman worker at desk writes. Various victims at desks converse with workers. Overhead sign reads 'Seventh-Day Adventists Emergency Services'. Volunteers sort donated clothing and issue them to victims.
Interiors of Red Cross Disaster Relief Shelter. Flood victims eat food at tables. Volunteer workers work with Salvation Army. A worker takes meals on trolley. Hot meals distributed by worker at counter. Flood victims queued up. Child eats food. Sign on notice board reads 'Disaster Assistance Center'. Workers assist victims at desks. Overhead sign reads 'Housing and Urban Development'. Various other signs.
Sign reads 'Welcome to Ellsworth AFB South Dakota. Formation of clouds. A B-47 aircraft parked along taxiway. A transport jet plane, with 4 tail-mounted engines, taxis in after landing, and comes to stop. Mrs Richard M Nixon disembarks from jet. Mrs Nixon talks with waiting officials and gets into sedan. Convoy of cars leaves airbase.
Landmarks in Philadelphia. Passenger train arrives at Broad Street Station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exteriors of the station shows pedestrians and automobiles on road. Traffic moves on road. Bellevue Stratford Hotel and the Pennsylvania Column. The Column shows Equestrian Statue, Revolutionary War hero. Philadelphia fire shows explosion throwing billows of smoke.
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