German aviator Wolfgang Von Gronau lands on Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois after his second transatlantic flight. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. Dornier Do J Wal flying boat aircraft approaches for landing. People gathered to welcome Wolfgang Von Gronau. The aircraft lands and taxis on Lake Michigan. People greet Wolfgang Von Gronau.
Byron Connett makes a trial voyage in a tiny underwater craft at Michigan city, Indiana. Byron Connett gets inside the small submarine craft that accomodates one person. "Powered by Kathanode" seen written near the entry hatch (Kathanode brand battery). The underwater craft powered with an electric motor travels below the surface at 9MPH. Periscope seen sticking out above the sub as it moves.
The 1939 National Cherry festival in Traverse City, Michigan. Trees of cherries covered with cherry flowers and fruit. Girls stand on ladder and pluck cherries. Cherries being put into boxes. Parade goes down a road. Women seated on a float at the parade. A model of a cherry made up of flowers placed on a float. A girl seated on a floral float holding harness. A young child seated on a toy car placed atop a float in the National Cherry Festival parade.
The United States Army Quartermaster Corps in the United States during World War II. A diagrammatic comparison of army manpower of 8,000,000 in December 1943 as against 1,750,000 in December 1941. A diagrammatic representation of huge increase in volume of obligated procurement in 1942 as against 1941. Men wheeling carts of supplies at a store. Men carrying supplies coming down a gangway from a ship onto a dock. Soldiers with guns standing on the dock. Soldiers moving through a wooded area. Men carrying the procured materials for storing. Officers watching the men. Two soldiers wearing their uniforms. People and vehicles moving on a city street. A signboard on a building reads 'Office of the Quartermaster General War Department'. The headquarters building in view. A map of the U.S. showing locations of different procuring offices across the nation. Men and women working in an office at the headquarters. Petroleum, Subsistence and Textile sections at the headquarters. Officers working in the headquarters. Men getting into a truck. Enlisted men being trained in various quartermaster operations at a training center.
A boat underway in Hudson River, United States. Smoke rises up from the smokestack of the boat. View of buildings and skyscrapers in the Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. Smoke rises up in the background. Ferry boat enters the slip between two piers on New York Bay. The ferry boat moves into the slip. People go ashore.
Miniature town of the Detroit City, Michigan. Mayor of the town looks at the model as he is leaves and take the model with him. Cars on the streets of model town
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