American heavyweight boxers Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis prepare for a boxing match in Orangeburg, New York. The Boxing champions warm up before the match. Jack Sharkey and Joe Louis in the ring. Spectators watch a thrilling match.
United States Department of Justice Agents undergo gun drill in Quantico, Virginia. The agents participate in their yearly shooting contest. They show their accuracy with tracer bullets. The agents fire from a moving car. Department of Justice agents shoot at floating parachute targets at night.
American Musical Comedy Star Harry Richman and aviation pioneer Henry Tyndall Dick Merrill (Chief Pilot of Eastern Airlines) on a projected two day round trip fight to London from Floyd Bennett Field in New York. The pair prepare for a flight to dine in London and return to New York for Breakfast. Their Vultee V1-A aircraft [NC16099] being parked outside hangar at Floyd Bennett Field. People gather around the aircraft. Eastern Airlines President, Captain Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker (U.S.World War One, Ace of Aces) shakes hands and gives best wishes to Richman and Merrill for the flight. The two men get into the monoplane named 'Lady Peace.' The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
American President Franklin D Roosevelt at the unveiling ceremony on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. President Roosevelt arrives in his car as crowd cheers. He waves his hat and takes a look at the monument. Gigantic head of Thomas Jefferson carved on the side of a mountain. A large American flag alongside. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
French Marshal Philipppe Petain in France. French airmen lined up at an airfield. A Farman F.220 bomber takes off and flies past the military assembly. Marshal Petain reviews the troops. French Farman F.220 bomber aircraft parked in the background. An officer being decorated at a ceremony. The troops march past the reviewing party.
Landing of an aerobile autogyro in Washington DC. Pilot Jim Ray collapses the rotor blades on autogyro aerobile. The autogyro aerobile drives down a street. Parade moves down the street behind the aerobile. The aerobile autogyro takes off from the National Mall in front of the Capitol Building.
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