Charles A. Lindbergh posing in front of his airplane, "The Spirit of St. Louis." The Spirit of St. Louis landing at an airfield in the United States. People gathered around the Spirit of St. Louis, with its engine running.Lindbergh climbing aboard his airplane at Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927, and taking off on his historic solo transatlantic flight to Paris. View of Lindbergh climbing steeply in the Spirit of St. Louis during his flight from Paris to Brussels, in 1927, Nightime scenes of crowds running to see Lindbergh upon his arrival at Le Bourget airfield in Paris on May 21, 1927. French President Gaston Doumergue stands with Lindbergh on a balcony, where they wave the French tricolor. They converse, framed by American flags (one of which, almost falls from the balcony). Lindbergh holds and waves both the American flag and the French tricolor. The French President presents the Honor Legion Medal to Charles Lindbergh. Tug boats and fire boats fill New York Harbor to welcome Charles A. Lindbergh upon his arrival in that city. New York fetes Lindbergh with tickertape parade.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in the United States during the Great Depression. Fire control measures taken by CCC shows CCC workers using shovels to dig and build road. Construction equipment in operation. A dump truck loaded with concrete moves along road. Workers construct a bridge. Shows an old house replaced by a new one, as workers work to build a new house. Telephone lines are put up. Men construct a lookout post.
Armorer's workshop in the United States during World War II. Man displays 16th century gauntlet body armor, and 15th century helmets. Various old style and present day helmets. Helmet with steel ear-flaps designed for pilots. A man puts on an armored suit. 16th Century Elizabethan 'Jack' or armored jackets with new type of armor for aviators. Man hammers a helmet. Headless mannequin dressed up with armored suit. Demonstration of how quickly aviator's armor can be released in case of bailouts over water. View of lock on new type of armor.
A film surveys federal provisions for the education of the Native American Indians in the United States. A new gymnasium and a new hospital at Pipestone Government School, a boarding school in Minnesota. Boys use lawn mowers in the campus of a school. Athletes lined up. Boys playing football and baseball. Girls playing "kitten ball" which looks like baseball. A boy runs and leaps over another who is stationary for the other boy's vault.
Victory over Japan day (VJ day) celebration in Seattle, Washington during World War II. People gather in a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Latest war news of Japanese surrender being flashed on a news board. Celebrations in the night. Cars moving past in the street.
American journalist Quentin James Reynolds talks about the Army News Service in the United States. Officers and dignitaries gather in a hall. Quentin James Reynolds addresses them. He praises the army news service. Journalist Norman Cousins presents an award to Yank Magazine staff.
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