U.S. Naval Petroleum Reserve Number 1 on Elk Hills in California.. Mr. R.C. Patterson, Supervisor Oil and Gas Operations, Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, with his assistant Mr. J. D. Gerkel comes out of Naval Field Office. Both of them with charts in hand walk alongside field office. Oil wells shut down to conserve the Naval oil reserve. Patterson and assistant converse, derricks in the background. Chart shows Naval Petroleum Reserve Number No. 1. Naval undeveloped lands. Patterson and assistant talk to each other. Patterson and assistant drive up to the shut-down wells for inspection. Sign reads 'US Navy - Well No. 8'. Patterson and his assistant enter and come out of building.
Office of Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Interior in Taft, California. Interiors of office show an officer and other worker at desk. Officer examines U.S. Naval Reserve charts and take down notes. Engineer attached to Naval Reserve Survey going up steps with tripod.
Office of Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Interior in Taft, California. Sign reads 'US Department of Interior - Geological Survey - Oil and Gas Operations'. Engineer at chart. Engineer looks at U.S. Naval Reserve chart and takes down notes. Draftsman at board work on Survey chart.
The Soviet Union displays her might and skill in the air. A formation of Soviet airplanes drop parachutists. The parachutes descending. Soviet parachutists gather on and jump off the wings of a Tupolev ANT-6 bomber, while the aircraft is in flight.
American aviator Howard Hughes takes off for Paris, France from Floyd Bennett Field in New York, United States. Howard Hughes surrounded by a crowd in front of a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra (NX18973) passenger aircraft. Hughes being interviewed by press. Crew with Hughes includes navigator Tom Thurlow, navigator and copilot Harry Connor, radio technician Richard Stoddart, and flight engineer Ed Lund. This is the start of a world circumnavigation flight that ultimately covered some 14,672 miles. The Lockheed L-14 Super Electra aircraft taxis and takes off from Floyd Bennett Field.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates a monument in Marietta, Ohio to pioneers who established Northwestern United States 150 years ago. A crowd cheers and a band plays. President Roosevelt speaks from a podium. Memorial statues are unveiled.
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