Gigantic ship SS Normandie afloat nearing harbor in New York City. Largest craft at the time arrives in New York, crossing from France to New York in record time of 4 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes. Normandie with Statue of Liberty in foreground. Other ship and boats at harbor area. Tall buildings of the Manhattan skyline and skyscrapers in the foreground.
After Social security act is signed by both houses of Congress in Washington DC. Senator Robert Wagner of New York leads a victorious fight for the enactment of social insurance. Senator Wagner stands in front of the U.S. Capitol and announces to the camera that the Social Security Act has been signed by congress and will soon be signed into law by the President.
Brothers Fred Key and Al Key (The Flying Keys) fly their aircraft named Ole Miss over Meridian, Mississippi, shattering the old endurance record of 23 days and drawing attention to the announced closure of Meridian Municipal Airport. They fly the aircraft for 653 consecutive hours. Scenes of mid-air maintenance being performed by Fred Key who is out on a custom catwalk beside the engine. Scene of a supply plane delivering supplies to the Ole Miss via a rope. The pilots meet their friends and family. One of them kisses his wife and speaks to his child.
Pontoon equipped aircraft lands on water in Seattle, Washington. View of Captain Albert W. Stevens and Captain Orvil A. Anderson smiling for the camera, soon after they completed their record breaking stratosphere balloon ascent in the gondola of the Explorer II ,rising to 72,395 feet.
Newspapers role off a printing press, with headline announcing the assassination of Huey Long. U.S. Senator from Louisiana. Scene of Senator Long standing with his wife, Rose (McConnell) Long. He is wearing a light summer suit and she is wearing a wide brimmed hat.
German soldiers march in Berlin, Germany. Soldiers hold banners and flags with Nazi symbol on it. Thousands of German soldiers stand in an open ground. Huge crowd gathered to see the parade. Soldiers give a Hitler salute as they march ahead.
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