Pilots assembled in room, plan route for round the globe flight in United States. Officers and pilots in a room hold a model of a plane and discuss about it. They mark places on the globe. President Calvin Coolidge wishes aviators a safe journey. In Santa Monica, California, crews prepare for the departure on the first leg of their journey to Sacramento. Mrs Martin, wife of Commander Christens near the airplane. Other pilots stand nearby her. Major Martin places his luggage aboard. Farewell lunch to the pilots. Pilots service the planes. Map shows the places in which the pilots will fly. Planes fly to Sacramento. Mayor Elkins of Sacramento welcomes the aviators and crew. He wishes them good luck on the remainder of their journey.
Pilots prepare for the second lap of globe flight in United States. The airplanes leaves Mather field for Seattle. People gather to bid them good bye. A large crowd gathers at the field. Airplanes fly in the sky. High altitude view of the field. The plane crosses Columbia River. It crosses Mount Shasta. It flies over Sand Point, Seattle. The plane lands in water at the Canadian Territory. People gather to greet the pilots. They receive British colors and memorial souvenir of Prince Rupert.
U.S. Army plane arrives at Alaska. Sea plane lands in water. Snow covered mountains in the area. Plane takes off over the mountains encircling Chignik Bay. Commander Martin and mechanic Harvey, crashed into a mountain in a fog. A map shows the course of Major Martin's journey. Flight Commander Martin and mechanic Harvey pose after rescue at Port Moller, Alaska
People leaving for the Hawaiian Islands from San Francisco. Ship USS Great Northern (later AG-9 USS Columbia) departing from harbor in San Francisco, bound for Hawaii. Passengers and crew on the decks wave. Waves break on a moonlit beach. View of Pier 7 building at docks in Honolulu harbor, the capital of Oahu island. A crowd on the pier. Women at the dock side holding leis to greet guests.
Views of the city of Honolulu, Hawaii. A large home fronted by royal palms. Pedestrian traffic on King St. in the business district, including Japanese and Chinese in native costumes. Open front of a Japanese tea store. Women and children outside the store. A peddler carries vegetable produce in baskets hung from a pole across his shoulders. Views of the Hawaii Railway, Hamakua Coast, Hawaii island: Interior of a passenger car. Countryside and tunnels viewed from the train. A very high railway bridge with a sugar cane flume below it, across a valley on the Hamakua Coast.
Plantation in Honolulu Hawaii. An oxen pulls a plow with a farmer behind it. Banana plantation in an area. Views of the banana and sugarcane fields. Workers cut and strip the cane using hand tools. They place the canes in a flume. The flume crosses a valley. Flume at crushing mill by water.