A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical day during the Great Depression. A sculpture at the United States Supreme Court building. A view of the building and the U.S. flag. Cars parked in front of the building. "Equal Justice Under Law" inscribed over its western facade. A sign reads 'No Parking Chinese Legation'. A sculpture at the entrance of the building. People seated on a bench and buildings in the background. The White House. A man standing in a garden. Closeup of the worn out shoes of a man laying down and resting. Traffic on a street.
A DC-3 lands at Washington-Hoover airport, precursor to Washington National Airport. Lee Mansion and the grounds of Arlington Cemetery are visible in the background. Shadow of blimp airship over landscape of Northern Virginia. Aerial view of the United States Capitol Building, D.C. downtown, Union Station and 14th Street Bridge as seen from a blimp. Point of view shots inside blimp cockpit, looking out and down on Washington DC landmarks. Aerial view from blimp of the Highway Bridge swing-span through-truss bridge, roughly in the 14th Street Bridge area (The "Highway Bridge" no longer exists). Aerial view from blimp of Arlington Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington Cemetery. View inside Arlington Memorial Amphitheater. A guard in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.
A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical depression day. Traffic on a street. The Lincoln Memorial and a statue of Lincoln. A view of the memorial. The dome of the United States Capitol. 1930's era cars and automobiles on the roads of Washington DC, including some closeup views of automobiles. Car exit a building marked as "Capitol Garage." People on the streets. People gathered in front of a theater box office. Man stands by a taxi cab and pays the taxi driver as he is dropped off. A fast food restaurant with sign White Tower Hamburgers at either 631 F Street NW or 1419 I Street NW Washington DC. Night scenes show traffic on the streets and the dome of the United States Capitol with fountains in front of the building.
Launch of a Dornier Do-18 seaplane from the S.S. Schwabenland (Bremen) in Germany. The mother ship underway. A man stands on the wing of a Dornier Do-18 seaplane. Closeup of catapult controls. The seaplane takes off from the Schwabenland. Men on deck look at the aircraft as it takes off.
Inventors in Baltimore show their foot propelled plane to the cameras. One sits in the cockpit while his two companions stand on either side. Close up of rudder in action. The pilot attempts to fly the foot propelled plane, taking off from a long ramp built in front of a farm house. The plane crashes.
Ice jams in areas of Tangier Island and Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay Maryland, leave resident fishing community cut-off from supplies for weeks and starving. A truck drives up in front of a U.S. Army Air Corps Keystone B-6A biplane bomber at a hangar of Langley Field. The U.S. airmen transfer bundles of food supplies from truck to aircraft. The B-6A in flight. Aerial view of ice-jammed area showing houses and barns surrounded by ice jam. The bundles of food being dropped from B-6A onto Tangier Island. The B-6A in flight.