Scenes along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, in Northern Virginia, near Washington,DC. Sign at section of the highway, reads: "South Fort Hunt." Automobile seen driving along the parkway that runs 15 miles from the Arlington Memorial Bridge to Mount Vernon. Views of the Potomac River which the highway parallels. Several cars in a parking area along the parkway, where sightseers enjoy the view. Sign warning drivers to slow as they approach George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. Visitors at the entrance to Mount Vernon. View of Mount Vernon mansion from the lawn on the Potomac River side. Scene shifts to Rock Creek Park in Maryland with views of the Rock Creek. Automobiles driving through the park. Views of Water falls,ducks, and an old mill with waterwheel turning. A car drives across the creek through several inches of water at a ford. An automobile approaching the Connecticut Avenue bridge over the parkway. Views of the Lincoln Memorial at Memorial Bridge.
Men and women playing golf on various Park Department courses in Washington DC area, including one scene of golfers at Hains Point, with a sailboat in the background, underway in the Washington Channel. Local organized teams playing baseball with the White House in the background and spectators watching the game. Local teams playing football in a park. A rack full of fishing rods at the edge of a pond and anglers competing as they try to cast into floating rings on the pond. Several fountains spray water and the Washington Monument can be seen in background. Children playing on swings and slides and families picnicking in a park. The fountain in lower Senate Park, between the Capitol and Union Station. View with Union Station in the background and view with the Capitol in background.
French midget aircraft takes off from Orly Airport in Paris, France. The pilot pushes out French midget aircraft from hangar at Orly Airport. The pilot starts engine on the midget aircraft. The aircraft takes off from the field. Other French aircraft models in the background. The aircraft in flight over grasslands. The aircraft lands. The hangar in the background.
Demonstration of action of propeller blade of P-3 aircraft in the United states. Reversible propeller blades of American Curtiss P-3 Hawk biplane stops during flight. The pilot reverses pitch on propellers with crank tool. The propeller is reversed. A ground crewman stands in front of the aircraft. The crewman props reverse air blast. He holds checked flag which flows. The hangar in the background. The Curtiss P-3 aircraft takes off from the airfield. The P-3 aircraft taxis and lands at an airfield. The pilot reverses pitch in blade and backs up the aircraft. The aircraft taxis in front of the hangar and stops.
Landing of German low wing monoplane at airfield in the United States. Flags of all nations flutter in wind. German low wing monoplane with pusher type engine, twin boom and single rudder in flight. The aircraft taxis and lands. The landing gear doubles up beneath the aircraft.
Flying Wing aircraft takes off from airfield in the United States. Aircraft fuselage with no wing section drives into hangar. Men attach wing section to the aircraft. The aircraft drives out from the hangar. X262Y written on the side of the aircraft wing. The pilot operates the steering wheel and foot control of the Flying Wing aircraft. The aircraft takes off and flies over the city. The aircraft lands.
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