Amelia Earhart's plane lands on an airfield in Oakland,California. She emerges out of the cockpit and welcomed by press, media and public. Earhart gives an interview to the journalists and explains about her flight from Honolulu to the mainland. It took her 18 hours to span a 2400-mile course over the Pacific.
A Taylor Cub airplane sits on a platform fastened to the top of an automobile. The car drives along a taxiway and as it gains speed, the airplane suddenly takes off steeply from the platform.
Two men load cargo into cabin of an aircraft (autogyro) that appears to obtain lift from two coaxial counter-rotating large wings atop the craft. The "wings," or rotors, are very wide, and contain moveable flight surfaces (ailerons). forward thrust is provided by an unenclosed radial engine driving a large propeller. The aircraft is also equipped with empennage. It is parked in a fenced area. A considerable amount of cargo sits on the ground, ready to be loaded. Scene shifts to possibly unrelated image of an unkempt man wearing a headset.
U.S. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) during the Great Depression in the United States. A man blows a reveille. CCC recruits fall in for reveille. They get ready. Workers clean up their beds in dormitory. Breakfast is prepared in kitchen. Men have breakfast.
Occupations of United States CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) workers in the Great Depression. CCC workers march into the woods carrying pick-axes. They clear trees and construct a road. Scenes of the workers clearing brush, breaking up rocks, dumping wheel-barrows, chopping trees. Also views of steam shovels and tractors of varying sizes moving earth.
Occupations of United States CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) workers in the Great Depression. CCC worker climbs a ladder leaning against tree. Workers works with an instrument on field. Workers construct bridge and culvert.