Flight of autogyro from Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. The autogyro appears to be a hybrid blend of an airplane and an early helicopter. Autogyro inventor Juan de la Cierva demonstrates a new model at Bryn Athyn. The autogyro taxis and takes off from the airfield. 'GAAKY' written on the side of autogyro. The autogyro in flight over field and lands.
Autogyro lands for the National Air Races in Cleveland. Inventor Juan De La Cierva lands autogyro within the circle aimed at by aircraft for spot landing contest. Cierva autogyro circles down for landing. The autogyro buzzes in across field and above the crowd. The stationary autogyro.
Native American Indians perform a buffalo dance in San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. The roof of a pueblo building. Mountains in the background. Young Indian girls walk through a field. Indian men standing by. A man fills water from a tap. Native American Indian dancers climb down the steps of a building. They are from the Tewa ethnic group of Native Americans. A man plays a drum. The Indian dancers in regalia perform the buffalo dance. A group of Indian men play drums in a circle while the dancers perform. Civilians gathered to watch their performance. Huts in the background. Close-up views of the drum circle show that the drummers are also singing.
Tewa Native American Indian dancers of San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, perform a Cloud Dance . Local native American Indian dancers perform the cloud dance in th pueblo village plaza. A local leader inspects the lined up dancers. Adobe homes in the background. A Native American Indian man plays a drum. The artists climb up the steps of a pueblo building.
A film depicts scenes of the rise of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) in Germany from 1921 to 1933. Early parades of Nazi Party and crowd in Germany. Adolf Hitler arrives at Nazi Party meetings. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels speaks. Party members gives a salute. Demonstration and riot in Munich in Marienplatz area, between Communist KPD members and NSDAP browshirts, and police, known as the Beer Hall Putsch or Munich Putsch in November 1923. Newspaper headlines of Erich Ludendorff and Adolf Hitler jailed. A man writes on a Nazi Party card. Joseph Goebbels at his office. Baldur von Schirach exits a building. Italian members of the Fascist Party arrive by car on visit in Germany.
Several Mississippi river steamers are seen. The U.S. Greenbrier, a stern paddlewheeler river steamer in the Lighthouse Service is seen. (It was later transferred to the Coast Guard, in 1939, and designated a Coast Guard Cutter -- SAGL-214). President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, are seen on deck, with members of their party. Spectators line the upper bank of the wharf. Many hold umbrellas due to rain. An American flag flies over the wharf. The Greenbrier backs away from the wharf in clouds of smoke and steam. The Grand Avenue suspension bridge can be seen in background. The President and Mrs. Hoover smile from the deck.