Scenes of three Navy Grumman wildcat (F4F) airplanes crash landing on the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) during a training cruise off Hawaii, in 1944. One lands long and hot and falls off the end of the flight deck, into the water. Another catches left wing on edge of flight deck. And, still, another noses over and its turning propeller chews up the flight deck. ( A following airplane breaks off its approach at this time.)
A Navy Grumman F4F makes an inadvertent "touch and go" landing, at sea. It lands long, bounces, and successfully takes off again without further incident, on the USS Makassar Strait (CVE-91) during training cruise off Hawaii, in November, 1944. Two other aircraft make hard landings.
Insects infest crops in various parts of United States. Poison mixed with water in spray tanks. Long hoses laid for spraying poison on infested trees. Men spray poison.
Telephone poles and lines scattered across a country side in United States. The New York-Chicago telephone cable is joined at a celebration. Employees work at the long distance headquarters in New York.
Stunt pilot flies his plane close to ground at a show in Bustleton, Pennsylvania. His plane clips the long ribbon held by assistants. The pilot poses for the camera beside his plane after performing the stunt successfully.
Henry Ford and other men in a Ford Model-T automobile drives up to steam engine at a field in Dearborn, Michigan. The steam engine is running and has a long belt connected to it that is running.
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