An altitude record by John A. Macready and Roy S. Langham in the United States. Le Pere Lusac biplane at a distance. The plane takes off, is in flight and lands. Cockpit of the biplane. A pilot and a copilot get out of the plane. They are wearing leather flying suits and have parachutes strapped on. John A. Macready shake hands with Roy S. Langham. Langham is wearing goggles and a leather mask. He removes his goggles and mask.
Boeing-Steerman PT-13, Kaydet airplanes in a row at training station.Flight instructors accompanying student pilots to the aircraft. Pt-13s start up, taxi, and one is seen taking off. Pilot trainees are shown a radial engine, by an officer.A student inserts a cylinder into engine block. Pilots from North and South American countries line up in front of At-6 (Texan) training aircraft. they run to their respective aircraft and start them up. Fuselage of one airplane shows crossed flags of United States and Chile. Formation of AT-6s in flight. A map shows airways in America. Another shows them in Central and South America. A map of the world shows the military Air Transport Commands routes.
Scenes of a farmland in the United states. A flock of sheep on a road passing through woods. Sheep are herded through a gate. Buildings in the background.
Edsel Ford in the United States. He drives a Model-A Roadster. Interiors of an automobile plant. Edsel and others on a tour of the plant. Edsel poses in a Model A Sports Coupe. Circa 1928-1929.
Men on surfboards in the United States. Young men paddle surfboards out on a beach. Men stand on the surfboards. They go back into the sea. Water spills as the men paddle the surfboards.
'The Epic American Trans Atlantic Flight' depicts crashes involving various pilots in the United States during early aviation history. Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. On September 21, 1926, Rena Fonck stands in front of his Sikorsky airplane, ready to try a solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. He takes off and crashes in flames. Navy Commander Richard E. Byrd poses. On April 16, 1927, his Fokker C-2 trimotor airplane ("America"), piloted by Anthony Fokker, with Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and George O. Norville on board, flips over on takeoff at Hasborough, New Jersey. In September, 1927, Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca aircraft taxis and takes off. The tail and right main wheel dig into the soft field on landing and the airplane is severely damaged. The wreck of the "American Legion" Keystone Pathfinder airplane that carried Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster to their deaths, in a crash landing, in the Back river, near Langley Field, Virginia, In Paris, on April 26, 1927, French pilot, Captain Charles Nungesser, and Francois Coli pose before taking off on their ill fated flight in a Levasseur PL8 aircraft named " White Bird." Charles Lindbergh standing next to his mother, Evangeline Land Lindbergh. The "Spirit of St. Louis" is towed out and refueled at Mineola, New York. Charles Lindbergh climbs into the plane and makes a bumpy takeoff. Bystanders watch. People gather to greet him upon arrival in Paris. Lindbergh poses with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh honored by the French President Gaston Doumergue.
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