Aviator Charles Lindbergh to visit Mexico as a goodwill ambassador. Lindbergh with other officers and men. The men hold a map. Lindbergh points to places on the map. He looks at the route he will be taking on his trip to various cities and countries.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to leave for Mexico as a goodwill ambassador. Men push his plane out onto the field. People look at his plane the 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Lindbergh directs the men. He talks to an officer watches the men work on his plane. Lindbergh inspects the cockpit. Two officers stand nearby.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to fly to Mexico as a goodwill ambassador. A gale blowing. An officer with Lindbergh near his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. They shake hands and Lindbergh climb into the cockpit. Two officers near the plane. Me push the plane onto the runway. People watch as the plane taxis and takes off.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh honored in Washington DC. President Calvin Coolidge presents the Hubbard Gold Medal, the highest award of the National Geographic Society, to Lindberg. Officials seated during the ceremony. The Hubbard Medal. Lindbergh gives a speech.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh prepares to leave for Mexico. Lindbergh with Speaker Nicholas Longworth and other dignitaries after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor. Lindbergh shakes hands with Longworth. He talks to Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation F Trubee Davison seated in the rear cockpit at Bolling Field. Lindbergh and an officer study the route to Mexico City.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt warns of an increasing danger of armed conflict (increasing danger of war leading up to World War 2). Roosevelt's motorcade on the streets of Chicago. A large crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the President. Confetti rained on the motorcade. Soldiers salute as the motorcade passes by. Policemen on motorbikes lead the motorcade. People gathered at the venue to hear the President's speech. A board advertises candy bars 'Baby Ruth, Butterfinger" in the background. President Roosevelt with officials on stage. He addresses the crowd. Excerpts from his speech are interspersed with scenes of war and conflict elsewhere in the world during the late 1930's. Roosevelt speaks of recent events of "international lawlessness" including in the last few years "unjustified interference in the internal affairs of other nations." Scenes that follow include aerial bombings, naval attacks, and war: Scenes of war carnage during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936: Ethiopian soldiers on horseback cross a bridge, Italian forces fire artillery from a hill, aerial view as aircraft drop bombs. Italian soldiers pass a burning, smoldering building and overtake an Ethiopian position, with many Ethiopian soldiers lying dead. Ethiopian citizens in area of a war torn village. Bomb damage and war casualties on the street. Italian soldiers collect dead bodies and load them onto a truck. A ship quickly sinking after attack by a submarine. Scenes from battle during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 or 1937. Spanish nationalist and rebel soldiers engage in a battle in a village. Spanish prisoners are marched. Nationalist soldier fires machine gun from a balcony emplacement. Dead body on a road. Soldiers behind a barricade fire at opposition and carry wounded on stretchers. President Roosevelt concludes his speech with, "America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace." People applaud.
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