Aviatrix Laura Ingalls in flight gear. Her aircraft, Lockheed Orion 9D Special, NR14222, takes off from Floyd Bennett field in New York. It sets a new nonstop flight record of eighteen hours and twenty minute flight from east coast to west coast in the United States. Ingalls was the first woman pilot to cross the U.S. non-stop from east to west. Next scenes are unrelated to Ingalls' flight: A group of men and women jurors walking on sidewalk in Tacoma Washington, during trial of Margaret Waley, wife of Harmon Waley, for her involvement in the kidnapping of young George Weyerhaeuser (nine year old heir to thriving Weyerhaeuser Company timber business in Washington state). Kaufman Leonard Company furniture delivery truck seen behind the group as they walk. The group of men and women seen entering a building. Next scene shows 9 year old boy George Weyerhaeuser holding closely to a man and avoiding cameras as he is led on the sidewalk, likely before or after giving testimony. Next scene shows 19 year old Margaret Waley, flanked by a man and a woman as she walks on the sidewalk, likely to or from court. Final scene is a group of men and women, possibly including the jurors in the case, posing on the steps of a building in Tacoma, Washington.
Republican national convention of 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. A banner in support of Governor Bricker of Ohio as a Republican Vice Presidential candidate. Pictures of Governor Thomas Dewey for the Presidential nomination. Representative Joseph Martin, Chairman of the Convention. Statesmen eat and discuss around a table before the convention. Wendell Willkie at desk. Cars outside the convention hall as people arrive. Delegates from various states across United States arrive at the convention. Newsmen at typewriters as they send out news about the convention. Cameramen record the proceedings at the convention. National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler opens the convention and invites Governor Earl Warren of California for delivering a keynote. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York at desk as he is elected as the Republican Presidential candidate.
Robert Irwin confesses his crime in Chicago, Illinois. Robert Irwin after he confesses of having murdered a model, her mother and a boarder in New York three months ago. Officials escort him to an aircraft as photographers click pictures. Irwin boards the aircraft to leave for New York.
Nazi German U boats surrender in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States near the end of World War 2. A German U boat U-858 underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, as it prepares to surrender to U.S. forces. A barrage balloon in flight. U.S. Navy escort vessels pull along side the submarine. Aircraft in flight. U.S. officers man the U boat and search for weapons aboard the submarine. German crew of the U boat lined up. Off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire another German U boat being taken over by the American crew. A U.S. sailor aboard a ship signals a blinker light. The U boat crew surrenders and disembarks. The crew being taken as prisoners to be taken to a Prisoner of War camp.
German U-boats surrender to United States Forces in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. Wrecked submarines and ships at a ship yard. Prefabricated submarines at Raymond shipyard in Bremen, Germany. German submarine U-858 underway towards Cape May, New Jersey after its crew surrendered to United States officers in the Atlantic Ocean. Men on the deck of the U boat while underway at sea. Men at a dock. Another U boat U-805 being brought to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after it surrendered to the Americans. Crew of the U boat before being taken to the Portsmouth Naval Prison. The captain of the German U boat.
Exterior of an industrial plant shows a lake. Glimpse of skyscrapers. Women work at typewriters. in an office building. Aerial view of a Northeast University. The Low Library at Columbia University, New York City (designed by McKim,Mead & White). A modern building labeled "Research." Women at work in a publishing house, where machines print and assemble books. Rockefeller Center in New York City. Statue of Prometheus, reclining, is visible in sunken plaza. Camera pans up the RCA Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in background.
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