Dramatized scenes: A hotel maid helps a middle-aged man retire in his bed. The maid leaves the man in his room. An apparition appears as soon as the man falls asleep. The ghost takes the man’s blanket away, waking him. The man grapples with the apparition for his blanket unsuccessfully. The apparition disappears with the blanket. The man looks for the apparition before it reappeared. He struggles with the apparition until he caught it. The man ties the apparition with a sheet and places it in a trunk. The apparition reappears outside the trunk. The apparition annoys the frightened guest in the hotel room.
Men place signal flags on the U.S.S Tennessee in New York. They pull the flags with the help of ropes and tie them on the ship. Signal flags on the ship.
Film begins showing two men alone, walking gingerly on snow covered frozen river. Next, the Upper Steel Arch Bridge is seen (also known as the Honeymoon Bridge) spanning the Niagara River between New York, U.S.A. and Ontario, Canada, at Niagara Falls. Mist rises all along the river and obscures the view at times. Some large industrial buildings, emitting smoke from their stacks, are visible high on a cliff overlooking the river. Film concludes as Camera focuses on Niagara Horseshoe falls with plumes of water and mist rising dramatically.
American Musical Comedy Star Harry Richman and aviation pioneer Henry Tyndall Dick Merrill (Chief Pilot of Eastern Airlines) on a projected two day round trip fight to London from Floyd Bennett Field in New York. The pair prepare for a flight to dine in London and return to New York for Breakfast. Their Vultee V1-A aircraft [NC16099] being parked outside hangar at Floyd Bennett Field. People gather around the aircraft. Eastern Airlines President, Captain Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker (U.S.World War One, Ace of Aces) shakes hands and gives best wishes to Richman and Merrill for the flight. The two men get into the monoplane named 'Lady Peace.' The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
A formation of 18 Curtiss P-40 aircraft, of the U.S.Army Air Corps 8th Pursuit Group, fly low over the shoreline of Long Island, New York, for gunnery practice. The bullets from their gunfire raise jets of water in the air as they strike the vicinity of what appears to be a sailboat target. Glimpse of a flight of three P-40s overhead. View of the floating target. More splashes from P-40 gunfire. A flight of 3 P-40s diving, and others forming up in formation. Remnants of the target in the water (World War II period).
A group of women decorate a snow covered tree in Washington State. Santa Claus appears at a distance, pulling a donkey with antlers attached to its head. Santa Claus gives gifts, including a doll, to the women in front of a snow covered tree.
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