Troops march on Memorial Day in New York City. Confederate and Union veterans of the Civil War are honored in a colorful decorative parade that also includes veterans from the Spanish-American War and World War I troops. Close up views of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Monument at 89th Street and Riverside Drive, decorated in patriotic bunting and flags. Troops in uniform march led by a band. Fiorello La Guardia is seen at the parade. Civilians watch the parade from their houses and from the sides of streets. Close-up views of groups of elderly veterans of the Civil War.
Students undergo parachute jumping training in Prospertown, New Jersey. Amelia Earhart demonstrates a new parachute-jumping technique that teaches students how to step into space. Guy wires guide the parachute gently to the ground without any danger to the Novice.
A lumber plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 'City Lumber Company' written on the plant. Man loads and unloads lumber with the help of small transport vehicles. Workers lift section of lumber factory. Water pipe and plumbing being installed. Worker applies sheathing to lumber. Section being loaded on truck. Truck loaded with lumber comes out of parking area.
A lumber plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Crane conveying lumber onto truck. Display of prefabricated houses. Group of men get inside the house. Personnel look at a map in hand. Man points to the architectural plan of prefabricated houses.
A storm in Seattle, Washington. Submerged houses in flooded waters. Men struggle to clear the wreckage. Damaged ships at a dockyard. 'North Haven Juneau' at a harbor. Debris and wreckage due to the floods. Damaged houses. Uprooted trees and broken vehicles in front of the houses. A pig scavenges from the dump.
The Piccards go on a stratosphere flight in Dearborn, Michigan. Jeannette Piccards joins her husband Jean Piccard in a perilous journey into the stratosphere. Attendants help them aboard. Souvenir hunters strip the gas bag after its landing at Cadiz, Ohio. The Piccards begin their flight with the help of a large balloon. A plane flies in the background. 'Piccards stratosphere flight' written on the balloon.
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