American aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to Washington DC, United States after a successful trans Atlantic flight. U.S. sailors march down Pennsylvania Avenue with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Sailors carrying U.S. flags march. Charles Lindbergh in a car as it moves past a large crowd. People gathered around the Washington Monument. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge speaks from a podium as he welcomes Lindbergh after his first successful trans Atlantic flight. The President presents the Distinguished Flying Cross to Lindbergh. Lindbergh speaks into a microphone.
British soldiers moving horses and supplies through thick mud during the First World War. A soldier with his face covered with mud. A shell bursts showering British soldiers with shrapnel, as they hunker down in the mud at night. In daytime scene British infantry advances across no man's land as the unit piper plays bagpipes and marches along crest of hill in World War 1. (Slate states Piper Richardson was killed later that day and was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.) Scenes are from a British film released post-war.
Ford company aircraft in the United States. Interiors of an aircraft factory. Men at work. Men lift a wing from a sealing area.
Production of Waco CG-4A gliders at a Ford plant in Michigan, United States during World War 2. C-47 aircraft towing gliders. view of a glider from open door of a C-47. A CG-4A glider landing on a grass field and sliding to a halt just in front of the camera. A pilot seated in the front with a glass panel across the top half of the cabin. Soldiers march to load up in CG-4A gliders. A glider comes in for a landing in sand on a beachhead, followed by another. Exteriors of Ford glider plant near Iron Mountain, Michigan. Workers cover a part of a fuselage and set up wings. They attach wings to the glider.
Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour, in United States. An airfield with people moving about, during the Ford Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour. The Henry Ford Museum in the background. An aircraft on the airfield. Several people lined on the side of the airfield. Three biplanes in flight. Two men with cowboy hats posing.
Ford Thrift Gardens at Inkster in Michigan,United States. People working in the Ford Thrift Gardens. Houses beside the garden. An African American man and woman working in the vegetable garden. Views of the garden. Men at work in the garden. A man working in the garden. A paved way in between the plants. Two men at work on the garden on the other side of the way. The garden spread over a large area. A basket full of vegetables and a small bag full of fruits. A woman picks up the vegetables from the basket.
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