Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan during World War II. A C-45 military transport aircraft lands at the new Ford Bomber Plant. The visitors get off the plane. They are greeted by the Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and others. W. Averell Harriman converses with Henry Ford. Nelson, Harriman and Oliver Lyttelten pose. Photographers take pictures and cameramen record the event. A stationary U.S. bomber B-24 Liberator with engines running. Civilian guard patrolling in the foreground. Hangar and civilian cars in the background. The visitors and hosts near the first bomber built by the Ford Bomber Plant. Henry Ford has trouble being heard because of the aircraft engine noise. The B-24 engines are shut down. Aviator Charles Lindbergh, in civilian clothes, with two U.S. military officers. Henry Ford and others get into a car.
Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan. The visitors get out of a car at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal. They are greeted by a manager. Interior of the plant. The party inspects the plant. Tanks on the assembly line. A tank is lifted. The group comes out of the plant. Tanks on proving grounds. The visitors stand by and watch. Back of a man's shirt reads 'Tank Arsenal Inspection Road Test'. Tanks being put through challenging tests in mud and obstacles on proving grounds. (World War II period)
Aviator Charles Linbergh returns to the U.S. after his trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh aboard the Cruiser, USS Memphis, as it makes its way over the Potomac to Washington DC. As it passes Mount Vernon, the USS Memphis fires a gun salute. Aerial view of the ship at the Washington Navy Yard. Military officers and government officials wave to welcome Lindbergh. Sailors with the U.S. flag. Naval officers including Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd escort his mother Evangeline Lindbergh aboard the ship.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to the U.S. after his trans-Atlantic flight. Rear Admiral Richard Byrd escorts Lindbergh off the USS Memphis in Washington DC. A large crowd greets Lindbergh. Byrd, Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindbergh and President of the Board of Commissioners Proctor L Dougherty get into a car and leave. The car driven through the city.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh honored in Washington DC. View from above of parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Lindbergh's honor. The Avenue leading to the U.S. Capitol. A horse cavalry follows Lindbergh's car. Riding with him are Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, President of the Board of Commissioners Proctor L Dougherty and his Lindberg's mother ,Evangeline Lindbergh. Soldiers march during the parade. Crowds on either side of the street.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns after his nonstop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris that completed on May 21, 1927. A fleet of ships and boats escort Lindbergh up the Hudson to the New York Harbor. Among the informal fleet is a tug boat named the "Federal No. 2", which displays a maritime flag on its bow, containing 48 stars and no stripes. A crowd gathered at the harbor to watch the festivities and honor Lindbergh. Tug boats line the harbor. Lindbergh watches a marine parade in his honor. New York Mayor James J. Walker beside Lindbergh.
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