Thomas Edison operates a movie camera, evolved from his kinetoscope invention. He makes a movie image of Henry Ford, seated in a chair in front of the camera.
Close up images of Thomas Alva Edison amidst a crowd. People shake hands with Edison as they enter a building. The event is likely an October 20, 1928 recognition event honoring Edison, during which he received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Calvin Coolidge. Thomas Edison poses in a workshop. He operates a device. Electric light bulb invented by Edison is shown. A timecard of Edisons from September 1912 showing 112 hours worked that week. Edison with his wife, Mina (Miller) Edison. Smoke stacks emit smoke at an industrial plant. Crowd of workers gathered inside the plant listening to a speaker. The American flag flutters atop the plant's building. Night view of city streets at Times Square, New York City. Neon signs and advertisements on buildings and shops, all evidence of applications of Edison's inventions. Signs include advertisement at Mayfair Theatre for "The Spirit of Notre Dame" and "Finest Talking Pictures." Edison amidst crowd at recognition ceremony. Edison's light bulb turns off. Edison with Henry Ford. Thomas Edison greets stream of well-dressed guests entering a building. A large wreath is carried in by some of the guests.
Glimpse of U.S. Army gun crew operating a 3-inch M3 Anti Aircraft gun. Glimpse of 1st Lt Joseph H. Eastman and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker standing beside Rickenbacker's SPAD S.XIII #1 parked in front of a hangar at Foucaucourt Aerodrome, France, 1918. Sequence shifts to 1936, and office of Rickenbacker, now President of Eastern Airlines. A poster on the wall contains memorabilia from the 94th Aero Squadron, with which Rickenbacker flew in World War I. Camera pans over photographes bordering the poster. Next, Rickenbacker is seen conversing with his guest, Cyrus R. Smith, President of American Airlines, as they look at a picture of Rickenbacker and his Spad airplane, signed by numerous pilots who also served with the 94th Aero Squadron. A mounted model of a Douglas DC-3 airplane sits atop a table in the foreground. Rickenbacker and C.R. Smith, both hold onto the DC-3 airplane model as they shake hands. Closeup of the DC-3 model as Rickenbacker rotates it before the camera. (Note: Both Smith and Rickenbacker, presidents of their respective airlines, had mutual admiration for the Douglas DC-3 airliner. In 1934,Smith arranged to purchase 20 new DC-3 airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft Company. American's first DC-3 "Flagship Illinois," had its maiden flight on June 25, 1936. Eastern Airlines took delivery of its first DC-3 in December 1936.)
Man demonstrates how rubber is wasted during rash driving by quick brakes and rapid turns on highway. A Chevrolet Car stops suddenly leaving tire marks. Man showing rubber particles.
Repeated scenes of a car making high speed turns in front of a stadium in Akron Ohio near the Goodrich Rubber Company plant. Text 1940 carved in stone above stadium entrance. Car tires make screeching sound during turns, demonstrating how rubber is wasted during rapid turns. Scenes of same car repeatedly driving from road over curb. Large white lettered sign on ground in background reads 'AKRON'.
At the Goodrich Rubber Company plant in Akron Ohio, workers load large aircraft tires onto a truck that has been backed up to a loading dock. Each tire is nearly as tall as a man and is rolled onto the truck and then hoisted into place by a group of workers.
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