Early history and developments in the field of aviation in the United States. Past events show glider of Orville and Wilbur Wright flying aloft down a hillside in the early 1900s. Mountains in the background. Next scene, some years later, shows a formation of Curtiss JN-4 biplane aircraft.
An early model passenger airplane in the United States. Passengers climb aboard a large, early model passenger airplane. The passenger airplane takes off. Cameramen in the foreground.
Developments in the field of aviation in the United States. An early model airplane in flight. Trees in the background. American aviator Lincoln Beachey performs his first stunt flying. Lincoln Beachey stands. A stunt man stands on the wing of a Curtis JN-4 "Jenny" biplane in flight.
The Wright Brothers in the United States. Orville Wright poses. Wilbur Wright points out directions to two civilians.
A film titled 'The Message' on technological advancements in the United States. An Indian runs through woods. Different forms of signaling are used for short distance communication. Native American Indian sends smoke signals. Three sailors send signals with semaphore flags from the top of a building. Mail delivery system. Mailmen in horse-drawn sleighs. Actor portraying Benjamin Franklin looks out of a window at lightning. He discovered electricity. He stands in an open field with a kite and a key. Other great inventors utilize electricity to develop telegraph, telephone, wireless and the like. A ticker tape, a telephone switchboard and a radio in operation.
A film on technological advancements in the United States. Use of belts to convey messages from an operating table to a central point. Women operate a multiplex system. They put a messages on a belt. Telegrams are routed by use of pigeon holes. The telegrams are dropped down a chute and are pigeon holed by a woman. Time is stamped on all the telegrams with an electric clock. A woman stamps the telegrams. Women put the routed telegrams in a carrier. The transmission of a message.