Glenwood Canyon, Colorado. Winding mountain road and highway at Glenwood. Car crosses Eagle River Bridge. Trees besides road. Snow covered mountains besides road. Trees on mountains. Buildings under construction. Road construction site, machines, sand and material.
United States Army Air Service personnel demonstrate parachute jumps at Mitchel Field in New York. A sergeant on a plane with a parachute on his back. The sergeant jumps from the aircraft. He opens the parachute and lands without mishap. A view of the sergeant dropping from the aircraft. The second jump from the aircraft. A delay in opening of the parachute. The sergeant lands safely.
Miss California beauty contest in Venice, California. The contestants of the beauty contest dressed in colorful bathing suits. They walk on the ramp. People watch them. The judges seated in chairs as they judge. People watching the contest and they cheer. The winner of the Miss California title Clair James holds a trophy and smiles.
Monkeys launched in helium balloons during stunt at Venice Beach, California. Four helium balloons at Venice Beach, preparing to take off. Santa Monica pier visible in background. A clothed monkey getting into a balloon basket. Two monkeys beside a balloon on which the U.S. flag is displayed. Two monkeys beside another balloon on which the British flag is displayed. French flag also seen. Two balloons take off with monkeys inside. Another balloon takes off and a monkey climbs on the trailing anchor rope in midair into the basket of the balloon. The helium balloons with monkeys in flight over Venice Beach, California.
National Guard soldiers, called up for the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, are seen at camp in Fort Bliss. They attend to ordinary tasks, such as hanging clothes to dry on their tent ropes. A group are gathered together for mail call and receive letters and packages from home. Next, many are seen seated on the ground, writing letters, themselves. Troops gather around an outdoor mess stove where food is being prepared. Next they are seen carrying their personal mess gear as they walk past tents. They then line up for food in a chow line at an outdoor kitchen. Troops seated on the ground, eating a meal from their personal mess kits. Some of the soldiers gather where they are filmed playing with two puppies and a small goat. Much of the remaining footage shows soldiers engaged in all manner of competitive physical games such as horse and rider, and various team races. The final shots show Brigadier General John J. Pershing posing with members of his staff, and closeups of him seated in a chair and then standing outside his rustic quarters.
U.S. aviators of the 1st Aero Squadron pose in front of a Curtiss JN-3 airplane their base in Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916. The rest of their aircraft are lined up, parked, side by side. Scene shifts abruptly to views of camp below, from an airplane flying above it. Pilot is seen in open cockpit.
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