U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. at work in the United States. The President seated at a desk in his executive office. Coolidge works. An official arrives and gives him a document. He signs the document.
President and Mrs.Calvin Coolidge standing at their box in Griffith Stadium to watch a baseball game between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, on April 12, 1927. The President takes off his overcoat and sits, after which everyone also sits down. The President stands to greet Senators manager, Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris, who shakes hands with the President and with the First Lady as she extends her hand. Harris gives a baseball to the President who pepares to throw the ceremonial "first pitch." Bucky Harris points to where the President should throw. Someone else steps forward and tells the President to throw in a different direction. He looks puzzled. Bucky Harris again reafirms the correct direction. Change of scene: President and Mrs. Coolidge standing with everyone else for the playing of the National Anthem.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to the United States after a flight to Paris, France. USS Memphis underway at sea with smoke above it. Colonel Lindbergh addresses a crowd. An old type biplane aircraft in flight overhead and a ship underway at sea. USS Memphis on the Potomac River. Aerial view of Washington DC. A U.S. flag flutters on a flag pole. Dignitaries wave from a dock. Lindbergh's mother goes up a gangway to meet him. Lindbergh is accompanied by naval officers. His mother comes down the gangway in the background. Lindbergh rides an old Pierce Arrow open touring car during a parade. People wave in the foreground. Buildings along street sides. People gather in a large number near the Washington Monument. U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. awards Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Production of the DH-4 aircraft with the Liberty L-12 engine for the American air services in the United States during World War I. Interior of a factory. Several workers working in the factory. Wings for aircraft are being fabricated. Liberty motors installed on fuselage of aircraft in a factory. Animation over a map of the U.S. shows a cartoon of Uncle Sam talking over a telephone. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Development of air power. A seaplane launched from a submarine underway at sea in the United States. Sailors on the deck of a submarine roll out the fuselage of a United States Navy Cox-Klemin XS-1 seaplane. They attach the wings, floats and rudders to the craft. A U.S. flag flutters aboard the submarine. The XS-1 aircraft on the deck with engines running. The submarine submerges in water. The seaplane floats on the water.
Development of air power. USS Langley underway at sea in the United States. Takeoff of a Mark SC-2 aircraft from the aircraft carrier. Landing of the aircraft on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
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