An air-sea search for aviator Amelia Earhart Putnam, navigator Fred Noonan and their flying laboratory in the South Pacific. The crew is lost in a round-the-world flight attempt. Amelia Earhart Putnam and Fred Noonan in front of their aircraft. They board the Electra aircraft and check instruments. The aircraft taxis and takes off from a runway. A United States aircraft carrier underway at sea and a fleet of aircraft in flight searching for the missing crew.
Allied troops aboard USS Talamanca (AF-15) underway in the South Pacific during World War II. Waves hit against the side of a ship at sea. American and New Zealand soldiers on deck of Talmanca, play cards, read books and magazines, sleep, relax, walk and stand at rail. Soldiers crushes a cigarette butt. Soldiers in quarters below deck play portable phonograph, sleep, relax, rest and talk. Two Marines sit on their heels, polish equipment.
Building of a washing machine in the South Pacific during World War II. A jeep motor and a gasoline drum being used for the washing machine. Men standing nearby. Men working on the machine. A portable hand pump turns and transfers water in gasoline drums. A man is bathing. A tent in the background.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, of New York City, breaking and destroying a slot machine with a large sledgehammer. Anti-gambling Officials seen aboard the tugboat "Manhattan" in New York Harbor, as it pushes a barge loaded with slot machines destined for dumping in the Atlantic Ocean. Lettering on the barge reads: "The City Of New York Department of Docks." View of damaged slot machine showing internal wheels. A man's hand seen trying to manipulate the broken machine.
Progress of U.S. military aviation in the United States. Two ground crewmen walks toward an aircraft U.S. O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy, parked in front of a hangar. A civilian installs an aerometrogram (an instrument used to record pressure, humidity, and temperature) on the wing of an aircraft O-39 minus wheel spats and canopy. Pilot of the aircraft wearing foul weather face gear. The aircraft radio operator contacts the control tower. He tells them they are going to take off. Aircraft O-39, parked in front of the hangar as engine starts. The O-39 in flight over a weather tower. It flies in a fog bank and disappears. The radio operator contacts the control tower. Ground radio operator verify the contact. Ground radio operator receives a call from the aircraft radio operator. Aircraft radio operator makes contact with the airfield. Fog-shrouded New York Harbor. Statue of Liberty dimly visible. Ocean liners and tugs underway in the fog-shrouded New York Harbor.
A Martin T3M-2 floatplane catapulted from deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3). The sailors aboard watch the plane taking off. Takeoff of a Vought UO-1 two-seat observation biplane from the deck of the USS Saratoga. Then landing of a UO-1 on the USS Saratoga. Crewman waves flags at edge of deck.
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