From " A Short Survey of The Film in America." On screen English text describing advances in film making in the early years of the motion picture. Description of the years 1908-1918 as pivotal years for American film makers DW Griffith, Thomas H. Ince, and Mack Sennett. On screen text describing DW Griffith's work, "The New York Hat." The actual film follows : Small town gossips scandalously link together the names of a minister and a girl when they discover that he has given her an expensive hat from New York. The turmoil abates when the minister produces the will of the girl's mother, in which he has been asked to buy the daughter "bits of finery."
Development of early airplane. The most successful competitor of Wright brothers Henry Farmen and his airplane, in 1908. Men working on it. Farmen fills gas tank of hi s plane while other persons on ground watch. Farmen flying machine takes off in a ground.
View of picture of 1908 McLauglin-Buick and 1915 sedan auto. Map of Europe with German Iron Cross superimposed. Newspapers running off presses. Headline on paper reading, 'Arch Duke Assassinated.' Headline reading, 'Germany Declares War; All Europe is in Arms.' Headline reading, 'Germany Invades France', superimposed over German troops marching in background. Headline, 'French Resist at Marne.' Headline, 'Lusitania Sunk' with picture of the ship. Newspaper presses running. Printer reading paper with headlines 'U.S. Declares War.' Paper reading, 'U.S. At War.' Headline, 'U.S. Troops Land in France.' Billboard sign, 'Beat Back the Hun With Liberty Bonds' superimposed over picture of troops marching in background. Ships under construction. Destroyer underway.
The German racing yacht "Germania" docked in the United States, where it is being refurbished following its purchase by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gordon Woodbury. Views of the masts of the sail boat. Men working on deck. The ship's wheel with "Germania" painted on it. Yacht's linen with original initials of Bohlen and Halbach embroidered thereon. Views of interior, with leather easy chair. Dishes bearing seal of the Krupp-Germania shipyard in Kiel, where the yacht was built in 1908.
A Ford car of World War I era. Pictures of an open touring car of 1908 and a Sedan auto of 1915.
A documentary film 'Your FBI' on the FBI (Federal Bureau Of Investigation). View of the FBI Headquarter Building in Washington DC. Director of the FBI Clarence M. Kelly gives a brief introduction. He talks about the history of the FBI from 1908 till 1960. A picture of the first Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation John Edgar Hoover. The insignia of the FBI with 'Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity' written on it.