Consolidated N2Y-1airplane tries to hook-on to USS Akron (ZRS-4) Zeppelin Dirigible, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. USS Akron in flight. Consolidated N2Y-1makes repeated attempts to hook on to USS Akron. A Consolidated N2Y-1 hooks onto the airship and releases. Another succeeds in hooking to and releasing from the Akron.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in New York after his solo nonstop transatlantic flight in May from New York to Paris. An aerial view of ships in New York Harbor. A plane in flight over the sea. A large ferry ship with banner "Bear Mountain" carrying masses of people. Pilot Charles Lindbergh arrives by seaplane. He is picked up by the Mayors committee members in a tender of the Mayor's ship "Macom". An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty decked with streamers down the sides for the celebration. Lindbergh stands on the Mayor's ship Macom. Many ships in the harobr heading as a flotilla for the Battery on Manhattan. Skyscrapers and skyline of New York City Battery area. People greet him. Lindbergh rides in a massive ticker-tape parade down Broadway. He is celebrated at City Hall by Mayor James Walker who presents him a medal of honor, and Lindbergh is joined by his mother. Lindbergh places a wreath at the eternal light shaft commemorating those who died in World War 1. The parade continues to Central Park. Lindbergh is greeted by the Governor of New York Al Smith who makes remarks at the microphone with Lindbergh beside him, and then honors Lindbergh by presenting him the Medal of Valor.
Film opens showing logo of "mosquito boat." A flotilla of the boats is seen tied up at docks. They include PT boats (patrol torpedo boats) numbers PT 10, 11, 12, and 13. View from Florida shore as some ot these PT boats speed through the water. Aerial view of several of them racing over the surface of the water, leaving huge wakes behind them.Closeups of some approaching the aerial camera. View from another PT boat, of PT-17 riding close behind in the camera boat's wake. Extreme closeup of PT 17 bow. Other views of the PT boats generating large wakes as they pass the camera. Another aerial view of the boats running in parallel formation.
A new (unknown brand) 1941 car is displayed driving toward the camera in a park-like setting. It has a sloping hood and two large sized kidney shaped grills. it displays a Michigan manufacturer license plate number M 10 26. Extreme front closeup of the car's hood. Later, the car drives with its right side to the camera. It Appears to have a one-piece windshield and solid steel wheels. The rear of the vehicle is rounded. It also passes with its left side toward the camera. The car parked on a lawn, its white overall color silhouetted against the dark foliage background.
Various activities of tourists during winter vacations in Key West, Florida. Board hanged reads 'Sloppy Joe's'. Tourists walk on Green Street outside Sloppy Joe's Bar. People move inside the bar and drink
The Fifteen Millionth Ford Model T motor car in Highland Park, Michigan. Fifteen Millionth Ford on final assembly line. Men work on the car. Motors on conveyor.
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