United States Navy battle ship underway. Aircraft zooms low alongside battleship. Planes fly over the battleship fleet. Sailors aboard a battleship. Smoke screen laid by the aircraft. Ground crew at the flight deck of the ship. United States Aircraft catapulted from the battleship.
Wright Brothers plane "Kitty Hawk" is catapulted by old fashioned catapult. Men gathered near it. Two men hold model of flying boat NC-4. They test the effect of wind on the model in a wind tunnel. U.S. Navy men parade. Huge crowd gathered to watch the parade. Stern of the U.S. Navy Transport ship USS George Washington. Men on stern wave. Fleet underway. Civilians with old aircrafts in view. Old British sea plane goes overboard. NC-4 and its crew members in it. Admiral stands nearby.
Flying boat NC-4 pushed down the wooden seaplane ramp into the water. NC-4 in flight. NC-4 in tow by navy motor launch. Navy officers and Priest. NC-4 covers a large area. A news headline reads about the British welcome the NC-4 receives in Plymouth. A car with flowers piled on it comes down the road. People walk alongside. A bi-plane is launched from deck of ship. Float plane on catapult. An amphibian plane goes in water. Amphibian plane in flight. The plane lands on grassy field. Ambulance plane. Men lie on stretcher in fuselage of plane. A bi-plane takes off.
Twin float torpedo planes. Torpedo placed in one of the planes by the crew. The plane drops torpedo in water. Three pontoon planes make torpedo run from a battleship. Smoke rises from the smokestacks.
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) going through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal with many aircraft parked on her deck. In different sequence, aircraft are seen taking off and landing on the deck of the Langley. Complete change of scene shows launching of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. The USS Saratoga is christened with a bottle of champagne and slides down the ways into the river. Views from the deck of the Saratoga as she proceeds down the ways.
U.S. Navy destroyer ship USS Billingsley (DD-293) tows twin float bi-plane. Several men stand in a group. An Italian plane floats in water. The Italian pilot named Locatelli is rescued by cruiser Richmond at night in Arctic Sea. He shakes hands with the crew of Richmond.