Four flags of different countries masted on a single pole are hoisted. Golfer plays a tee shot in a golfing tournament in USA. Spectators watch him play.1920.
An advertisement for The Dearborn International also Known as The ford International Weekly in Michigan. Newspaper contains editorials of Mr. Henry Ford over burning issues from the world of business,labor and day to day common but vital problems. A year subscription of the newspaper costs only US$ 1.50. 1920.
Shows several aviation "firsts" accomplished by U.S. Army Air Service aviators in the period from 1918 through 1924. A close formation of biplanes in flight. President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson chat with Major Fleet, Officer in charge, on the occasion of the first air mail flight, inaugurated on May 15,1918 between Washington DC and New York.The mail is loaded into the Curtis JN-4 aircraft. Pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight. Air Service. Mention of aviators helping spot forest fires. Smoke rising from forest fires and mountain ranges. In 1920, U.S. Army Captain St. Clair Streett is seen with some of his Squadron who flew four De Havilland DH-4 aircraft 9,000 miles, from New York City to Nome, Alaska. Two of the men play with pet dogs. Their itinerary is painted on the side of one of the aircraft, along with the names of pilot and mechanic (C.E. Crumline and J.E. Long). In 1923 the first non stop coast-to-coast flight was made in the Fokker T-2 aircraft. . A sign on the aircraft reads 'Army Air Service non stop coast to coast'.First Lieutenants Oakley O.Kelly and John A. Macready board the aircraft, at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, New York, on May 2, 1923. Their Fokker T-2 in flight. Their arrival at Rockwell Field, on Coronado Island (San Diego) California. In 1924, Lt. Russell Maughan is seen boarding his P-1 Hawk airplane at Mitchel Field, on Long Island, New York, and taking off , bound for Crissy Field at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. His goal is the first dawn-to-dusk, coast-to-coast flight. Views of his P-1 Hawk airplane flying over Manhattan, New York City.
Documentary about use of trees titled 'Cut and Dried'. Company. Horse drawn sled loaded with logs. A cook calling the men at work for a meal by sounding a big horn. Loggers working in the forest, cutting trees, loading and transporting them. Women and children standing outside the shacks. Men removing ice from cabin side. Two men cutting tree with a saw. Tree falling down. 1920.
Film titled 'Cherry Blossom Time' by Ford Company. Parade in the street. Spectators gathered along sides. Participants in traditional Japanese costumes carrying banners. People carrying large sedan chair. Dancers and dragon on the street. April 1920. This clip is from Ueda city, Nagano prefecture, as "Ueda city Games" is what's written on the banner.
Documentary titled ' In higher spheres'. Panoramic view of a mountain lake with mountains in the background. Campers at a camp site by the lake. People hiking up snowcapped mountains and hikers throwing snowballs. Trekkers climbing glacier on rock ridge. 1920.