S.S.Queen Mary sets a new mark across Atlantic. British liner, S.S.Queen Mary moves across the Atlantic. S.S.Queen Mary ship reaches New York in a record time of four days, eight hours and thirty seven minutes, from Cherbourg water break, to the Ambrose Lightship. Biplane aircraft fly over the Queen Mary ocean liner as she nears the coast. The Statue of Liberty is also seen in harbor of New York City.
U.S. troops return home in troop transports after World War II. The troop transports escorted by destroyers and navy blimps steam into New York Harbor past the Statue of Liberty. View of New York skyline and coastline. Ships spray water. The troops aboard the ships. U.S. flag flying on ships docking into New York Harbor. Returning servicemen are greeted by their families.
The RMS Lusitania in New York harbor during World War I. Smoke rises from the ship. A New York ferry boat moves in the foreground as the Lusitania steams in New York harbor.
Princess Beatrix visits New York. Princess Beatrix of Netherlands travels to New York by sea. Dignitaries greet and receive the Princess at a harbor. The Princess visits New York to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Henry Hudson's Exploration. Civilians greet the Princess during a ticker tape parade. The Princess enters the City Hall.
27th Annual Golden Gloves Inter-City Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York. Spectators watch the boxing championship. Orville Pitts of Chicago fights with his opponent from New York. Harry Smith of New York wins the featherweight championship.
Film opens showing people assembled at a celebratory dinner, honoring French aviators, Captain Dieudonne Costes and Lieutenant Maurice Bellonte, who on September 1, 1930, flew their Breguet XIX aircraft,"Le Point d'Interrogation" (The Question Mark) non-stop from Paris to New York, and thence to Dallas Texas,landing at Love Field, Dallas, on September 4th,where they were greeted by 30,000 aviation enthusiasts. They are being honored by William Edward (Colonel) Easterwood, Jr., a Texas philanthropist and aviation enthusiast who had offered a $25,000 prize for the first one-stop flight from Paris to New York to Dallas,Texas. Colonel Easterwood delivers congratulatory remarks, and presents his check for the prize to the fliers. Closeup of the Easterwood check. Broadcast microphones are placed close to Colonel Easterwood and the fliers. Next, the fliers stand near the end of the event. Scene shifts completely to Costes and Bellonte with their aircraft, "The Question Mark, aboard a steamship, ready to sail back to France. Closup of the aircraft with large question mark painted on its side along with names of cities world-wide to which it had flown. Among these are: Hanoi; Calcutta; Karachi; Alepo; Athens; Rome; Paris; and New York. (Note: There is a display at the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas Love Field, that includes the actual prize check as well as a panoramic picture of the "Question Mark" landing in Dallas, along with a plaque commemorating the event.)
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