Biplane takes off from airfield in Los Angeles. A biplane with tilt wings parked at an airfield. Inventor Professor A A Merrill stands near the biplane. The biplane taxis and takes off from the airfield. The biplane in flight over the city. The biplane lands.
Landing of autogyro at the Heston Aerodrome, England. An autogyro taxis and lands at Heston Aerodrome. Captain Arthur Rawson stands by the autogyro. Captain Rawson demonstrates the advantages of the autogyro from the pilot's viewpoint.
Closeup of Amelia Earhart Putnam. She and crew land at Burry Port, Wales, after a 21 hour journey from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland, in the Fokker F. VII b-3 trimotor seaplane, "Friendship." Crowd welcomes them at the waterfront. Crew members descend from the seaplane. Amelia Earhart poses with pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic Louis Gordon. They are ferried, with several others, in a small boat, to Southhampton, England.
Amelia Earhart seen in leather flight coat, dons leather helmet and goggles for a photograph. She poses with Pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic, Louis Gordon. At daybreak the adventurers row towards Fokker F. VII b-3 tri-motored seaplane, and board for their first leg of transatlantic flight (to Trespassey, New Foundland). Their seaplane, named "Friendship," takes off and buzzes the port as they depart from Boston, Massachusetts. (Note: the Fokker seaplane was initially built for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.)
Pan American Conference in Havana, Cuba. Conference in session with Cordell Hull signing the treaty. United States Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Mrs Hull arrive in Havana by ship. Cuban President Doctor Federico Laredo Bru greets the dignitaries.
Activities at the Highland Park Ford Plant in Highland Park, Michigan. American workers work inside the factory. Automobile motor blocks and engine parts on assembly line belt.