Men handle wood logs at a forest in United States. Men spray poison on the infested trees. Men discuss amongst themselves in office. Information on brown tail and gypsy moths framed on a wall.
Closeup of Amelia Earhart Putnam. She and crew land at Burry Port, Wales, after a 21 hour journey from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland, in the Fokker F. VII b-3 trimotor seaplane, "Friendship." Crowd welcomes them at the waterfront. Crew members descend from the seaplane. Amelia Earhart poses with pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic Louis Gordon. They are ferried, with several others, in a small boat, to Southhampton, England.
Amelia Earhart seen in leather flight coat, dons leather helmet and goggles for a photograph. She poses with Pilot Wilmer Stultz and flight mechanic, Louis Gordon. At daybreak the adventurers row towards Fokker F. VII b-3 tri-motored seaplane, and board for their first leg of transatlantic flight (to Trespassey, New Foundland). Their seaplane, named "Friendship," takes off and buzzes the port as they depart from Boston, Massachusetts. (Note: the Fokker seaplane was initially built for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition.)
Documentary titled 'A Prophecy Fulfilled', on the construction of telephone lines and growth of the telephone system. Views of serveral very early telephone models and telephone switchboard systems. Men talk on a primitive telephone system in United States. Scene of a chaotic telephone switchboard operator room staffed by teenage boys or young men. Pictorial view of telephone poles and lines. Picture of Alexander Graham Bell and his prophecy. Telephone poles and lines scattered across a country side.
Pictures show laying of underground telephone cables using a railroad car. Hand shows primitive telephone cables. A modern '1212 Pairs 2424 Wires' type of telephone cable. Man work on underground telephone cables. Men near a manhole lay underground telephone cable. A network of underground telephone lines. Man in switchboard office connects various telephone lines.
Horse carriages move down a road at countryside in United States. Telephone cables are transported in a circular box on a tracked vehicle. Man on a telephone pole works on telephone lines. Man splices the telephones cables and joins them. He applies hot lead at the wire-joints. Man tests for air holes in the cables to prevent moisture to enter.