Hunting birds in United States. Wild geese and ducks in flight while they migrate. Huntsmen shoot down the birds at Tule Lake. Men hold shot down birds.
United States ship Langley underway as a U.S. Douglas DT seaplane piloted by Lieutenant Commander V.C. Griffin is catapulted from the deck and flies away.
United States ship Langley underway as men on the deck signal flags. Men milling about and talking on the flight deck. A man talks to a pilot on the deck. Naval officers on the deck as they look seawards. Men along the edge of the aircraft carrier as a Vought VE-7SF aircraft comes in for landing. The aircraft floats with tail hook visible and then when the hook catches, the Aircraft noses over into the deck. Sailors run to assist the pilot and aircraft. Another Vought VE-7SF comes in for a landing. It appears successful, but at last moment, it too noses over, and then settles back in normal position. A third VE-7SF comes in for landing and spins sideways as the hook catches. Sailors run to assist the pilot.
Ship arrives into Los Angeles harbor. Albert Einstein waves out of window. Einstein disembarks from ship followed by other passengers. Einstein greeted by crowd. Einstein and his wife get into car. Car pulls away.
The flags of United States and United Kingdom fly from a launch. The British Battleship Cruiser ship, Renown, carrying Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, on his second Empire Cruise, is anchored nearby. The Prince of Wales, in military uniform, arrives by launch. He is accompanied by officials. As he steps from the dock, he is saluted by an American soldier. Accompanying him are British military and naval officers and U.S.civilian officials (in top hats). Lord Louis Mountbatten is a member of the Prince's party. Officials in the group include Air Commodore L.E.O. Charlton, the British Air Attache in the United States and Robert Wood Bliss, Chief of Western European Affairs in the U.S. State Department. Both were dispatched by the British and American governments, respectively, from Washington, DC. The Prince is greeted enthusiastically by a welcoming crowd. The Prince of Wales acknowledges the crowd. He enters an open car and is joined by U.S. State Department representative, Robert Wood Bliss.
United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre attempts landing in nose high altitude. Pilot (Lt. Barty R. Brooks) applies full power to go around for another attempt. But the aircraft fails to reestablish normal flight, instead, hovering nose high and under full power (Sabre Dance) and finally strikes right wing on ground and crashes in fireball.
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