First flight of the dirigible USS Akron from Lakehurst, New Jersey to Washington DC. Airship floats in air, U.S. navy symbol and Akron written on it. The cabin at the bottom of Akron. Buildings and Potomac River shoreline seen from it. Views as it flies over the National Mall, the White House, the Washington National Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Main Navy and Munitions Buildings, and several Potomac River Bridges including the Memorial Bridge. Empty land seen at Gravelly Point where National Airport was later built. Passengers in the dirigible looking out the windows at the sights below. Control room, navigation captain and crew members talk, including good views of the ship's captain, Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, U.S. Navy. A cook checks on roasts cooking in an oven. Airship flies directly over Washington Monument. Views of Union Station from the airship, and then views from directly over the U.S. Capitol. Many views of the airship in flight taken from an adjacent airship or plane. Views of another U.S. city on the east coast, and then views of the airship flying over Manhattan Island. New York City skyscrapers and skyline seen from the airship.
New methods of industrial farming in the United States. An animated map depicts wheat combines operating on the Tulare Lake Farm in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Few skilled men operate farm machinery harvesting wheat. A plow is used on the farm to till the soil to sow seeds. Farmers look at wheat grains. Mechanized harvesting tools are used on the farm for harvesting. An animated map shows Seabrook Farms in the south of New Jersey. Vegetables are harvested and processed on the farm. Seabrook Farm employees move around the quarters on street. The owner of the Seabrook Farm and his two sons in an office. The father (owner of farm) seated at a table and they all look at a map. Women employees work in the office. Workers' living quarters. The workers take coffee in a cafeteria.
Manufacture of M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR) at the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in New Haven Connecticut during World War 1. A worker assembles rifles on a bench. Another worker checks their operation by placing them into a mechanical holder and firing them. View of a black circular target showing grouping of hits during firing. View of the factory floor with movable racks containing rifles. Workers move the racks.
Aerial view of waterfront dock areas at San Francisco Harbor. Longshoremen dock workers in San Francisco demonstrate during a labor dispute and strike for better wages. Police fire tear gas guns at the demonstrators to restore law and order. Farm workers on strike in Bridgeton, New Jersey clash with authorities as they protest and demonstrate for better work conditions. Protestors throwing rocks and men spraying water from hoses. Police grab an African American woman near a farm truck. The police make many arrests to restore law and order.
Lou and Eleanor Hamilton and family comes out of their house in New Jersey, enter their custom mobile home (a converted bus) and start traveling. While Lou drives, Eleanor sits next to him with their dog on her lap. While they travel, we see their son shaving and their daughter making tea and playing cards. The narrator explains that traveling for them is possible only because Lou created a portable dialysis machine for use by Eleanor, who has kidney disease. Various shots of Lou constructing the machine are seen. He uses a drill press to drill metal. We also see a second bus that Lou has created called the 'Kidney Koach' which he has outfitted with various exhibits explaining kidney disease and the mechanics behind kidney dialysis.
U.S Army Air Service bombing exercises using the former USS New Jersey (BB-16) anchored in Diamond Shoals North Carolina. A bomb strikes near the stern of the ship causing her to capsize and sink.
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