Charles B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker on a Lockheed Vega airplane named "Yankee Doodle"in Los Angeles, California. The plane in flight. It lands in Los Angeles, after traveling non-stop from the Atlantic coast. Side of the plane reads 'Yankee Doodle', single engine monoplane. Collyer and Tucker get out of the cockpit and stand.
Exterior of a building, sign on the building reads 'Thule Air Base, Greenland'. Views of Thule Air Base from South Mountain. Convair B-36D taxiing. Crew near the nose of the plane. Gunners scan skies through traversing sight. Interior of Convair B-36, flight engineer at his station with throttles and engine instruments visible. Interior of the radio operators station in Convair B-36. Radio operator sending a message by modulated carrier wave (morse code).
Views of Arc-de-Triomphe and Champs Elysées in Paris. Exterior of Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Paris, France. General Dwight D.Eisenhower speaks at his desk in SHAPE's (Supreme Headquarters Allied Power in Europe), temporary headquarters. He signs his first order in his new rank as the Commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Forces. Views of construction activity at site, for the permanent buildings of SHAPE headquarters, twenty miles from Paris.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and newly appointed Cabinet aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. U.S. Navy battleships, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in New York Harbor. Officials including U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Admiral Standley, and others can be seen. Biplane airplanes of the United States Navy fleet in a flight formation pass New York City. Troops on Governor's Island offer a salute. Views of skyline of New York City in the background. Views of large warships passing by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Numerous views of skyline of New York City with tall skyscrapers on Manhattan Island, as seen from ships moving in harbor.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, and with with his newly appointed Cabinet and Admiral William Standley aboard the Cruiser USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. Views of U.S. battleships, the carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in sea. Office holders like U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels and others can be seen. Biplane aircraft in a flight formation over the naval fleet as it passes New York City. A gathering of people watches fleet; A U.S. flag can be seen. Views of New York City skyscrapers on Manhattan Island in the mid 1930s.
President Franklin D Roosevelt and Chief of the Army Air Corps Major General H. H. Arnold seated in a car. Car stops in front of XB-15 bomber, then car pulls away. Views of U.S. Navy Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat (XPB-2Y1) taxis and takes off from water.
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