Scenes from 1920s American movie about World War 1. De Havilland DH-4 attacks and destroys balloon, which goes down in flames. American M1917 tanks (representing French Renault FTs) break through barbed wire as several De Havilland DH-4 biplanes fly low overhead. Infantry advancing behind the tanks. German troops firing machine gun. Plane overhead drops bombs. Explosions raise smoke. (Note: these scenes are probably outtakes from the movie "Wings" shot at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas between 1926 and 1927.)
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge at a ceremony in the United States. In 1926- an aircraft taxis at Bolling Field. Ground crew directs the aircraft. Other aircraft parked on the field. President Coolidge presents the Distinguished Flying Crosses to Pan American fliers Robinson, McDaniel, Whitehead, Dargue, Eaker, Fairchild, Thompson and Weddington. A U.S. flag is used as the backdrop. Dignitaries and military officials beside the President. The recipients pose with the President.
Making of magazine in modern printing press. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with his introduction. Dramatization shows a man in Franklin costume, others in 18th century work costumes in print shop. Workers operate manual printing press. Franklin examines a copy. View of Butler Gazette and County Journal of August 10, 1772. A modern printing plant shows machinery and workers in printing plant. View of 'The Dearborn Independent' for July 31, 1926. Editors work in an office. President Calvin Coolidge delivers an address at battery of microphones. Crowd listens to the President. Deck view on sailing vessel 'Irene and May'. Wild geese in a field and in flight. Four women swimmers posed on side of a boat. They dive into water. Detroit Tigers baseball game in progress. Tennis game in progress. Spectators applaud. Football game in progress.
American men walk on busy market street. Trams or Trolleys or Streetcars pass by in market street. Cars and trucks on busy market street. Tall Tower in background. Likely at Ford Factory. Approximately 1926.
The first Polar expedition, led by United States Navy Lieutenant Commander, Richard Evelyn Byrd (an attempt to fly an airplane over the North Pole). The first image seen is a Still photograph of U.S. Navy commodore Robert E. Peary, credited with reaching the North Pole, in 1909. He is seen in fur arctic gear. Next, Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, USN, is seen standing beside his expedition's Fokker F-VII Tri-motor monoplane, the "Josephine Ford." Byrd is dressed in a fur arctic parka similar to the one Peary was wearing. Next, the expedition's Pilot, Floyd Bennett, also poses beside the airplane, wearing his parka. They are preparing to attempt a flight over the North Pole, in 1926.
United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd's 1926 arctic expedition. Cameraman sets up motion picture camera on tripod atop a floating ice floe. Expedition workers float the Fokker trimotor aircraft, named, "Josephine Ford," ashore. Only its nose engine and wing are installed. Later, after being fully assembled, the engines are started. Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd, conversing, over the roar of the engines. Team members having a meal near the airplane.