Film starts showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a polling place during the 1938 U.S. National Elections. Next, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the President's wife is also seen there with him. Glimpse of an unidentified politician. Another unidentified politician shaking hands with people in a crowd. New York Democratic Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, stands with his wife and family on the occasion of his re-election. Brief closeup of Governor Lehman himself. Scene shifts to the Republican candidate for New York Governor, New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), Thomas E. Dewey, who is being interviewed. (He lost the election to Governor Lehman, but only by 1.4%.) Closeup of Thomas Dewey, smiling. Two unidentified men are seen sitting by a radio. One is recording election results on a tally sheet.
American aviator Howard Hughes sets a record by completing a flight around the world in just 91 hours. He is interviewed in New York after setting the record. His aircraft in flight over the city.
A transcontinental flight of Douglas Corrigan from New York to Ireland. A close up of American aviator Douglas Corrigan nicknamed "Wrong Way". The engine of an aircraft starts. People stand around the aircraft. Douglas gets in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight from New York to Ireland. Civilians crowd on a street. Douglas in a car. He gets off from the car. People cheer.
United States anti-aircraft guns used in Maryland during World War I. The guns are manned by 61st C.A.C. (Coastal Artillery Corps). An anti-aircraft gun which was used in the defense of Paris in 1918. Various views of the gun. A 105mm anti-aircraft gun with muzzle velocity 3000ft. and vertical range of 7 miles. The gun crew fires the gun.
A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun T1 fired in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The 3-inch mobile anti-aircraft gun T1 with a muzzle velocity of 2600 feet per second in a traveling position. The gun is emplaced by the members of the crew. A river can be seen in the background. The gun is fired at a towered target by the gun crew. The target is brought down from a height of 9000 feet. Members of the crew pose.
U.S. height finders used in World War I. The Barr and Stroud anti-aircraft height finder used in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Members of the crew use the height finders. The crew uses the Bausch and Lomb 8-foot height finder.
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