31st anniversary celebration of a Wright aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Several men push an early Wright aircraft. Mr. Orville Wright stands and smiles. Several men pull a rope which lifts a weight in a tower in order to launch the Wright aircraft. The aircraft is in the background. Several men push the Wright aircraft and turn it around near a launch track. Two men turn the propellers on an early Wright Pusher. The launch of the Wright aircraft. The aircraft in flight low over the ground. A tug tows a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat on a road. Water on either side of the road. Hangars and buildings in the background. The S-42 takes off from water surface. The copilot of the camera aircraft. Seven P3Y Catalina in a step-down formation. A Boeing 247 in flight. 306 and 600 lb bombs drop from United States Army Air Corps B-3As and explode on the ground. Bomb-pitted earth. A civilian inspects a bomb crater.
A Trans Atlantic seaplane in test flight for ocean hops at Port Washington, New York. The Yankee clipper takes off in preparation for ocean service. Crew members board the aircraft. The pilot operates controls seated in the cockpit. The seaplane takes off from the water surface. The aircraft flies over the New York city with The Imperial State building in the background.
The Old Star Casino on fire in New York. Fire fighters try to extinguish the fire. One of the fire fighters gets onto a ladder. Smoke and debris all around.
The United States Board of Tea Examiners taste different varieties of tea in New York. A group of tea examiners seated around a round table taste different teas. They decide on the quality of shipment from abroad.
Harold B Funston performs stunts in New York. He eats razor blades, puts fire in his mouth. He lies on a bed of spikes and another man sits on top of him to put pressure. Harold smokes a cigarette and extinguishes it on his tongue.
Area cleared for Grande Coulee dam in Washington. 2,400 workers clear entire towns, farms and forests to make way for the rising water behind the dam. A group of men work in the field. A house is burned down. The owners hug and cry looking at their burning house.
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