Operations of the Transcontinental Air Transport (TAT) Company. Aerial view of New York City's Manhattan Island, below. Camera focuses on Pennsylvania Station (Penn Station) seen from above, and then at street level. Travelers purchasing tickets for combined transcontinental rail and air travel at a window in the station. Families seeing travelers off at one of the railroad gates. Temporary sign at gate reads "The Airway Limited, second section." View of passengers on rear car of train as it pulls out. The car displays Pennsylvania Railroad logo sign reading "The Airway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad." Views of Pennsylvania RR passenger train and closeup of locomotive wheels in motion. Animated relief map shows train proceeding from New York, past Columbus, Ohio, to Port Columbus station in Ohio. Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. billroard at the station shows picture of passengers connecting between a train and an airplane. Billboard reads:"Port Columbus, Eastern Transfer Point, Air-rail Service, Coast-to-Coast." Passengers leaving the train and entering the station waiting rooms. Their baggage being weighed (Narrator says 30 pounds is the allowance.) View from terminal roof, of a Ford 5-AT-B, trimotor passenger airplane ready to accept passengers for the next phase of their travel. A logo on fuselage has "TAT" with small ribbon through it reading, "Transcontinetal Air Transport." View of passengers seated inside the aircraft. The plane taxis and takes off from the Port Columbus airport. Ground is snow-covered, but the runway is plowed. Closeup aerial view of the airplane flying over the city of Columbus, Ohio. Distant view of it flying close to the LeVeque Tower skyscraper (a 47-story Art Deco-style building at 50 West Broad Street). Aerial view of the airplane passing the train, continuing westward, from Port Columbus. Views inside passenger cabin of the plane. Animated map show plane heading to Indiannapolis. Officer hands out TAT illustrated map and points out features to passengers.Closeup of map. Aerial view of the airplane on final approach to land at Indiannapolis airport. Clerk at airport typing arrival message on teletype, and company executives reading it at their headquarters. Animated map show plane moving to St.Louis, Missouri. View from air of Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Passengers in cabin. aerial view of the plane on final approach, over snow, to St. Louis. The aircraft taxiing on ramp and parking at terminal building, where passengers enter, under cover of awning-covered walk. Closeup of the aircraft engines. Inserted view of TAT engine overhaul facility, with Charles Lindbergh, the airline's technical adviser, and TAT officials inspecting the operation.
LL D awarded to U.S. General John J. Pershing and General Crowder at the University of Missouri, United States. During 1920 commencement exercises at the University of Missouri, U.S. Army officer General John J. Perishing receives an honorary degree. President Hill of the University of Missouri awards LLD degree to General Pershing and also to U.S. Military officer Enoch Herbert Crowder who had been instrumental in the draft for World War I. General Pershing wears a cap and gown after receiving his degree. A finger points to Pershing's name on diploma.
The famous thoroughbred racehorse Man o' War reaches his 21st birthday in Lexington, Kentucky. Man o' War at a farm with a jockey. He runs in the farm. Man o' War celebrates his birthday with his youngest son. A closeup of the horse. (Note:The groom leading him is Will Harbut who looked after "Big Red" for most of the great stallion's retirement.)
The greatest racing horse Man o' War 'Big Red' celebrates his 29th birthday in Lexington, Kentucky. Man o' War with his owner Samuel D. Riddle at a farm. He celebrates his birthday by romping in his faraway farmland pasture.
A man reins War Admiral, the horse in Lexington, Kentucky. He poses in front of camera. War Admiral eats grass and running on the field. A man goes to catch him.
General George C Marshall receives honor from The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia. Cadets of the Virginia military Institute parade in tribute to school's famous graduate, General George C Marshall. The U.S. flag. General George, Secretary of Defense, receives Distinguished Service Medal, for serving his country for 50 years.
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