United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt sails on Astor's Yacht, Nourmahal for 10 days vacation at sea in Jacksonville, Florida. President Roosevelt with his son and other officials aboard the yacht. He waves his hat to the crowd. Ascot Yacht sails away from the harbor for a trip to the Bahamas.
Film begins showing a hen with four kittens in a wooden box. A young girl reaches into the box and removes one of the kittens, placing it into an everready battery cardboard box. She removes a second kitten. She reaches in again and the hen, who is sitting on an egg (unseen) reaches out to peck her. But the girl persists and pulls another kitten from behind the hen. The girl removes the last kitten from the box, as the hen stands up revealing the egg she is sitting on. She moves about in the barnyard. Meanwhile the mother cat gathers up her kittens in the barnyard
A circular-wing airplane, also called the Saucer Plane, or the Umbrella Plane. The aircraft, invented by Steven P. Nemeth, of Chicago, is demonstrated in flight. Views from an accompanying airplane, as it maneuvers.
Coverage of U.S. military aviation progress shows flying through the fog in the United States. Fog-shrouded business buildings. An aircraft, resembles a U.S. Boeing 247, crashed on the side of a snow-covered hill. Several civilians standing around the wreckage. A partially destroyed house and remains of the aircraft which crashed into it. A Curtiss Condor (C-30) passenger plane showing where it crash-landed in the woods. A U.S. OA-4A in flight. Interior of OA-4A cabin with radio operator seated at controls. Pilot's hands on controls of an OA-4A. Pilot seated in cockpit of an OA-4A talks into microphone. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving instruments. An OA-4A in flight. Radio operator in an OA-4A. An OA-4A in flight, enters a fog bank. Pilot seated in cockpit of aircraft talking into microphone, while aircraft is in fog bank. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving equipment and turning on marker beacon. An OA-4A in flight in a fog bank. The aircraft lands, taxis, and parked.
Army aces bomb land warship during bombing practice in the United States. U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss Falcon A-3's in formation flight over clouds. Wing of a B-3A in the foreground. Pilot and copilot of a U.S. Army Air Corps B-3A bombers. A B-3A bombardier releases a bomb. Bombs being released. Three bombs drop from a U.S. Army Air Corps B-3A, and pass out lower frame. Bombs dropping and exploding in a large circle on the ground. A-3s in flight and clouds in the background. A B-3A bombardier release bombs. Bomb drops from a B-3A, and descends out lower frame. Bombs descend and explode on the ground beside the marked outline of a battleship. Two B-3A's in flight. Bombs falling from a B-3A and a second B-3A in the background. Bombs drop and explode in the outline of a battleship marked on the ground.
Progress of U.S. military aviation in the United States. Two ground crewmen walks toward an aircraft U.S. O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy, parked in front of a hangar. A civilian installs an aerometrogram (an instrument used to record pressure, humidity, and temperature) on the wing of an aircraft O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy. Pilot of the aircraft wearing foul weather face gear. The aircraft radio operator contacts the control tower. He tells them they are going to take off. Aircraft O-39, parked in front of the hangar as engine starts. The O-39 in flight over a weather tower. It flies in a fog bank and disappears. The radio operator contacts the control tower. Ground radio operator verify the contact. Ground radio operator receives a call from the aircraft radio operator. Aircraft radio operator makes contact with the airfield. Fog-shrouded New York Harbor. Statue of Liberty dimly visible. Ocean liners and tugs underway in the fog-shrouded New York Harbor.
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