Opening slate reads: "New Anti-Aircraft Record Achieved by Coast Defense Aces, Ft Monroe, VA." A Curtiss O-1B two place bi-wing airplane is seen in flight. Aerial view of the Fort Monroe, Virginia, waterfront. Gun emplacements are seen. Air- to-air view of the Army airplane in flight over Fort Monroe. But this time, a target can be seen towed behind the aircraft. View of U.S. Secretary of War, Patrick J. Hurley, looking skyward, in the company of three Army officers, including Major General John W. Gulick, chief of the Coast Artillery and commander of Fort Monroe, who is standing next to the Secretary, to his right. View of gunners in a battery of 6-inch anti-aircraft guns. Batteries firing and puffs of white smoke seen aloft. Tracer bullets seen all around a towed target. Soldiers looking through an artillery range finder. A towed target floating in the air with black clouds from exploding anti-aircraft rounds nearby. Gunners firing at high rates of speed.
Henry Ford and other people camp in Maryland, United States. Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Ford sit on lawn chairs chatting with Men on horses arrive. Elizabeth Park Firestone, wife of Harvey Firestone, Jr., gives her horse "Harbel" some sugar. Edsel Bryant ford president of the ford motor company and wife Eleanor Lowthian Clay sit and talk. Edsel Bryant ford plays with dog "Stone". Dog and cat on ground. President and Mrs. Warren G. Harding, pet the Ford's dog "Stone" and others stand near. Edsel Ford plays with dog while Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr. watch. Ford and Firestone family members gather around a piano.Mr.and Mrs. Edsel Ford chat with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Jr. Harvey Firestone on platform with hand on railing. Horses are brought up and looked over by members of the party.
Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company and others at a camp in Maryland, United States. Idabelle Smith Firestone wife of Harvey Samuel Firestone and Clara Jane Bryant wife of Henry Ford at a camp kitchen. Utensils kept on a table. Tent in the background. Cooks busy preparing the mealand being assisted by the members of the camping party like U.S. president Warren G. Harding,Thomas Alva Edison and others. Henry Ford moves around the camp kitchen. He cuts and toasts bread on his cabinet kitchen car.
Henry Ford founder of Ford Motor company and a group of friends at a camp in Maryland, United States. Some camp crew members sit while others stand behind them and pose. Utensils kept on the table. Camp crew seated on chairs under a tree shed. One of the cooks smokes a pipe. Car parked in the background. U.S. President Warren G. Harding,Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Thomas Alva Edison and Henry Ford ride horses along a path with bushes on either side.
A film on training of U.S. paratroopers. Commander of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment William Miles Miley discussing with an officer at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, United States. Soldiers standing in formation. A building in the background. A car arrives. U.S. Army General George Catlett Marshall and British Army Field Marshal John Dill get off the car. They inspect the troops and equipment. Equipment placed on the ground. Officers discuss. They look at equipment. A parked airplane. Paratroopers standing at attention, equipped with parachutes and other equipment. An officer inspects the equipment of the paratroopers. The paratroopers board the airplane. A man gives a signal to take off. The airplane takes off and is in flight. The paratroopers seated inside the airplane. They stand up after getting orders and get ready for jumping. They jump out of the airplane. The paratroopers descend with the help of parachutes. Officers watching the maneuvers. The paratroopers lined up for an inspection. General Marshall and other officers inspect them. (World War II period).
The Queensboro Bridge, in New York City, United States. Manhattan New York City skyline visible under bridge, including skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, which is also seen through stone arch of the Queensboro Bridge. Skyline of buildings seen from park under the bridge. View of Chrysler Building from street looking up. Northbound traffic on Henry Hudson Parkway. George Washington Bridge in distance. Views of George Washington Bridge. Boat plying Hudson river with ramparts of Fort visible on opposite shore. Boat passing George Washington Bridge. Man stands on palisades by George Washington Bridge, smoking a cigarette. He waves.
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