The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Group of men gathered at a stream bed digging and panning for gold. Dramatization of a sailing ship leaving dock as gathered crowd of men, women, and children wave goodbye from dock during mid 1800's Gold Rush. Merchant Marine sailing ships underway at sea. Men working on a clipper ship. Views of tall sailing clipper ships at full sail and in storms with dramatization of crews battling to stay afloat during storm. Clipper ships round Cape Horn during the California Gold Rush of 1849 (dramatized). Fulton's steamship, the North River Steamboat, or Clermont, sails up the Hudson River. Smoke from the stacks of the steam ship. View of a steamship overtaking a sailing vessel at sea, as narrator describes the demise of the tall sailing ships after the arrival of the steamship. (World War II period).
Russian revolutionary leader Lenin with his pet cat in his hands. 1922.
Sequence showing a 1922 Ford Model T automobile being driven successfully in difficult terrain. The car approaches and crosses a slightly elevated railroad crossing at high speed. It is then seen negotiating various barriers and impediments, including driving down steep sandy embankments over a severely rutted dirt road. At the end of the arduous course, the car's license plate is seen bent and tilted, but no damage is evident to the car itself.
Map showing Mediterranean area in which U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish waters operated in 1922. Sailors from the Detachment find time for rest and relaxation in Egypt. Several of the sailors ride camels, setting off to visit the Pyramids (Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt) and the Great Sphinx of Giza (Al Giza Desert, Giza Governorate, Egypt), where they sightsee from camelback. Then the group rides very rapidly, some on camels and others on horses and donkeys. Sailors step from railroad car, at Luxor, after traveling 400 miles from Cairo. Sailors riding donkeys across the desert at a local village. The sailors ride through the Valley of Kings and the Avenue of the Sphinxes (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt), between Karnak and Luxor. Several sailors and their guides climb on some of the sphinxes. Statue of Ramesses the Great in the Temple of Luxor (Luxor City, Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt). Sailors with guides walk avenue between towering remains of Luxor.
Slate reads: "How the Wrights learned to fly -- the motorless, man-carrying glider."A primary glider is seen, circa 1922. A group of people, at the top of a high hill, overlooking a valley, watch as the glider with skeleton frame,single high wing, and wheels, launches from the hilltop. It is operated by a single pilot who maneuvers it on a long flight toward the valley below.
United States ship Langley underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Vought VE-7 aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Commander V.C. Griffin comes in for landing aboard the Langley on January 29th, 1922. Aircraft lands and taxis along the flight deck.
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