A film of the Army-Navy Screen Magazine about the requests of U.S. Army soldiers fighting in World War II answered by the host of a television program in New York. The host reads the letter of a person. Famous American comedian and singer Jimmy Durante (the schnozzola) sings with a band. Musicians play in the background. The host ends the program.
An East-West basketball match in New York. Players of the Boston Celtics and St. Louis Hawks lined up before the match. The match in progress and the players playing. Scorers William Walton Sharman and Robert Joseph Cousy with the other team members lead the Boston Celtics to victory by a score of 100-91.
The first fully automatic ejector seat is tested in New Jersey. Two men work on the automatic ejector seat. People stand and watch. Jets in flight. The seat and test dummy are ejected out of the aircraft. The seat separates from the dummy. The parachute opens and descends in air. A man collects the parachute.
Preparations before the first transatlantic flight from New York, United States.. A United States Navy flying boat Curtiss NC stationed. Aircraft in front of a hangar. Three aircraft on ramp being prepared for flight. A sailor hands supplies to a man in the cockpit. Men climb down from an aircraft. Naval officer walks in front of men of the Aero Oceanic Cruise standing in attention and shakes hands with them. A group of military men salute. Commander of the USS Langley (CV-1) John Henry Towers. Curtiss NC-3 taxis on water. Curtiss NC-4 with engines warming up as the aircraft taxis on water. Curtiss NC-1 taxis on water. Curtiss NC-1 in flight.
Replica of coaches and carriages made by workers in New York City. Workers make replica of coaches and carriages in a workshop. Models of carriages used at the times of George Washington and Napoleon displayed. A woman looks at the models. A horse drawn carriage model displayed in a fireplace mantel in a house.
Jim Travers on a tour to New York, United States. Jim Travers stands with a woman. Jim Travers stands and smiles. Women surround him. Jim picks up a woman.
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