American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes lands in Paris, France. Hughes’ Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra (named ‘New York World’s Fair 1939’) in flight. Aircraft at Le Bourget airfield in Paris, France. People gather in large numbers to give a warm reception to pilot Howard Hughes during his around the world flight. United States Ambassador to France William Christian Bullitt Jr. attends the welcome party. Flags of the United States and France on flagpoles. Hughes speaks to the reporters during his refueling stop. Hughes boards the plane and takes off.
Howard Hughes during his around the world flight. Lockheed Super Electra in flight. Aircraft lands at Minneapolis, Minnesota for refueling. Hughes gets off the plane and talk to men. The name of the plane, 'New York World's Fair 1939' is seen on the fuselage. Men refuel the plane and it takes off.
Ice hockey game in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Blackhawks and New York Americans battle it out in an ice hockey game. Blackhawks win by 6-1.
Internees at a concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. A Jewish internee, George Henning from Berlin states how he was taken to a concentration camp near Berlin and later shifted to Buchenwald. He greets his mother in New York and other dear ones living in Bolivia. Other internees in the background.
Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign in Atlanta, Georgia. In the opening scene, New York Governor Roosevelt begins addressing a huge gathering of some 7000 people in the old Atlanta Armory auditorium, on the evening of October 24, 1932. The stage is filled with flowers donated by Atlanta florists, for the occasion, including a tall arch of flowers surrounding the speaker rostrum. Roosevelt begins his comments expressing appreciation for the warm welcome given by people of Georgia. The scene then changes, completely, and He, along with his family, are seen relaxing in his winter home in Warm Springs, Georgia. He sits with a Bun Wright's Fiddle Band and listens as they play country music on guitar, banjo, and fiddle musical instruments. The musicians play "Soldier's Joy" at Roosevelt's request.
Armistice ends hostilities of World War I. German troops surrender and large groups of Germans marching. American flag hoisted to symbolize Allied victory. American troops leave the war zone. People all over the world celebrate the end of war. People gather in New York to celebrate the end of World War I, smiling and waving happily.
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