Actors portray 19th century folks riding bicycles, on an outing in the country. Woman on bicycle, country road, with men as well. As the road narrows, one of the cyclists falls. The party decide to turn back to the better road again. Scene shifts to Detroit, Michigan, where actor portrays Henry Ford working on his Quadricycle. He is depicted working on it at night in his home workshop. One night he pushes it out for a trial run, and drives it successfully on the neighborhood streets. A couple in an early American automobile being pulled along a dirt road by a horse. Two men driving an early car that stops unexpectedly. They open the hood to look for the problem.
A documentary by Ford Motor Company depicts military aviator Eddie Rickenbacker returning to New York. Eddie is greeted by an officer and a small boy. A close up of Rickenbacker. Officers stand in the background. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Crash of Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey. Zeppelin (Hindenburg) in flames. Wreckage of Zeppelin. Nose of the burned airship. Hindenberg circles airfield to make landing. Airship bursts into flames and crashes. Sign:'Hindenburg' on airship. Airship catches fire. Smoke rising from fire. Firefighters fighting the blazing airship. Various scenes of the burning airship.
Crash of Hindenburg Zeppelin (airship) at Naval Air Engineering Station, Lakehurst in New Jersey. Hindenburg in flight above the city. The Hindenburg comes in for landing. Ground crew makes preparation for landing. Airship bursts into flames and crashes. Smoke rises due to fire. Firefighters fighting the blazing airship. Various scenes of the burning airship. Captain Haynes inspects the demolished airship.
Film opens showing a picturesque stone church in Arizona. Camera pans up the church, to cross on the top. Man holds slate reading, “New Mexico, May 30th.” Then Pueblo buildings are shown (possibly in Pueblo of Isleta). Next, two women are seen walking away from the Palace of the Governors, in Albuquerque.
Aerial views of formation of B-6A bombers from Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York, as they fly over the towns, roads, and farms of Long Island. Crew members are seen in their open air positions in the aircraft. Large numbers of airborne O-1D observation aircraft in grouped formations and in-trail.
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