German naval training ship Gorch Fock comes into the New York harbor. Three masted German Navy (Deutsche Marine) ship Gorch Fock underway at sea. Cadets lined up on the deck of the Gorch Fock (NATO pennant number A60). The ship comes in at the harbor. Water splashes and the ship in the background.
The airborne "City of Chicago" airplane circling the Sky Harbor Airport, at Northbrook, Illinois, setting a new flight endurance record. A large number of people gathered at the airport looking skywards. Stinson SM-1 aircraft, known as "Big Ben," flown by their brothers Albert and Walter, refuels City of Chicago in mid air. After refueling is complete, the hose is seen to drop free from the "City of Chicago." One of the Hunter brothers on the nose of "City of Chicago" as he inspects an engine. Civilians look at the sky.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge Jr. aboard yacht Mayflower underway in the Virginia Capes. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur along with the President aboard the yacht. A line of old battleships underway. President Coolidge looks through binoculars. The President and the Secretary of Navy review the fleet. An aircraft in flight overhead.
West Point cadet seniors at an air base in New York. They march behind parked U.S. Army Air Corps Consolidated PB-2A planes. A building in the background. One of the cadets leaves the group and starts to climb into a PB-2A. Four PB-2As in flight low over the ground just after take off. Several U.S. Army Air Corps Martin B-10 bombers planes parked in the foreground. B-10s in flight over New York City. An aerial view of the city.
Visitors gather at the Ford Motor Company exhibit in the 1939 New York World's Fair. They gather in front of an exhibit contrasting hand manufacture with modern machines used in production and assembly lines. Visitors entering the Ford theater at the Fair. They watch a live stage production entitled: "A Thousand Times Neigh,"starring the American Ballet Caravan and "Dobbin," the dancing horse. View of the stage show in progress. A woman fashionably dressed crosses the stage and is next seen posing beside a stylish prototype Ford automobile. Views of a Ford motion picture entitled: "Symphony in F," that animates elements of auto production in an entertaining way. Visitors climbing stairs from the Industrial Hall, to the Garden Court. Ford cars are seen driving along overhead roadways. The visitors line up to ride those cars in an exhibit called "The Road of Tomorrow." Several people getting into a car at the exhibit. Cars driving around and through the building. In one scene, the symbols of the Fair, the "Trylon and Perisphere" are seen in the background. View of the Landscape Garden Court, where visitors walk among trees and fountains. "The New World Ensemble," conducted by Ferde Grofe, plays music in a small semi-outdoor enclave.
The New York world's fair of 1939 to 1940. Views in garden court. The New World Ensemble under direction of Ferde Groffe plays in an amphitheater. Amusement section with dancers and ice-skaters. People ski jump and parachute jump. People walk and being pushed in chair cars. The souvenir stand. People eat food. Views of fair at night. Lighting and fireworks at night.
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