People arrive at a trailer camp in Florida, United States. Cars and RV (recreational vehicle) trailers at the camp. Men and women seated and eating food outside a trailer. A trailer towed behind a vehicle. Women enter a vehicle. A young girl waves out from the cab of a vehicle. Cars, including 1957 Chevrolet, move slow along a road in stop and go traffic.
A police officer directing traffic on crowded street in New York City. Pedestrians and shoppers crowd sidewalks at a corner of 5th Avenue. City of Chicago. View of Michigan Avenue, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Busy area with trolley cars, traffic, and pedestrians at West Madison and State streets. Pedestrians crossing Madison Street. A newsstand at the corner. Elevated rail train in the Loop area of Chicago. Foot of a bridge with center lanes and turnaround reserved for trolley cars. At a level below, several World War II era airplanes are on display. Fiery displays created by molten steel being poured in a steel plant. An overhead crane moves a heavy glowing ingot of steel. Steel fabrication operations in a manufacturing plant. Views of various manufacturing operations in the United States. Men and women workers in manufacturing and production assembly lines. These scenes represent potential targets in the event of war, during the cold war.
The history of famous airplanes. A demonstration of the Wright airplane at the National Cash Register Company in 1911. The Wright Brothers' aircraft (Wright Model B, number 27) taxis across a grassy area in front of the company building in Dayton, Ohio. The aircraft takes off. Pilot Rogers at the controls of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight near the NCR building.
The history of famous airplanes. A Bellanca aircraft in Mineola, New York. A small girl christens the aircraft. She breaks a bottle of champagne over the propeller of the aircraft. A crowd in the background. The three crew members of the aircraft - pilot C. D. Chamberlin, navigator L. W. Bertaud and pilot Bert Acosta pose. The aircraft taxis across an airfield. 'Paris' written on a side beneath the front windows. 'Bellance' written on the tail. The aircraft takes off. The aircraft approaches for a force landing after damaging the left landing gear wheel during the take off. The pilot sets the airplane down on the right gear. The airplane slows down, settles back upon the left wheel which collapses. The aircraft wheels around to the left dragging on a wing tip. Spectators run towards the crashed aircraft. The landing gear is repaired.
The history of the famous airplanes. A tractor pulls up a trailer to the front of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, United States. Wings of the Spirit of St. Louis aircraft on the trailer. Army personnel lift the wing section from the trailer and carry it into the building. The fuselage section is moved into the institute. The nose section and the engine of the Spirit of St. Louis. Interior of the institute shows the Spirit of St. Louis being raised off the floor. The aircraft hangs suspended in the institute. Past events show American aviator Colonel Charles Lindbergh standing beside the nose section of the airplane.
Animated map assembles sections of the United States of America reflecting various kinds of inhabitants. A woman of Native American Indian origins weaves a straw hat as a young boy plays nearby. Sign outside a building identifying the "Slovak Political Benefial Assn." Other signs on seen on different buildings include: "Polish Army Veterans Association of America;" "Ukrainian American Youth Association;" and "Germantown Hospital." A brass plate on a building reading: "English-Speaking Union." Asian-American school girls, and a Japanese-American man with a boy. View of a wood carving in ancient African style. A street scene showing many Hispanic Americans, and commercial signs in Spanish. A group of new American citizens at a naturalization ceremony,each receiving a small American flag. Animated map shown again, indicating the geographical distribution of Americans in the U.S. First it shows areas where citizens live near water, either the oceans, Gulf of Mexico, or the Great Lakes. Montage of urban scenes showing some of the cities where most Americans live. The Massachusetts State House in Boston. New York City street scene with the Empire State Building in background. City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Capitol in Washington, DC
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