United States Ex Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith in Miami, Florida. He gets onto a boat to begin his South tour. He shakes hands with an official. Two men wrestle on a greased pole. One of them falls into the water below. Alfred Emanuel Smith and other officials watch the show.
Early model aircraft in Europe. Four French Breguet 14 reconnaissance photo airplanes parked on an airfield. One of the aircraft starts motor and taxis. Tempelhofer Airdrome in Berlin, Germany. Aircraft parked on a ramp at the airdrome. Buildings in the background. A row of Dornier Komet III monoplanes parked at an air base. Workmen push a German Udet Kondor transport aircraft which is a high winged four engine pusher transport aircraft. A small single engine high winged one passenger light aircraft takes off. Animated map of the world shows lines of projected air routes from Europe to Australia, South America and Africa. The projected air routes are from France to Algiers, from England to India and Australia, from Spain to Argentina and from Holland to Java
United States Lockheed U-2 aircraft Number 66715, from the 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, flying out of Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, in operation Crowflight, during the U.S. Air Force Project HASP (High Altitude Sampling Project). The U-2 is seen in flight over water and clouds. Ramey Air Force Base's huge 11,701 foot runway is visible on the last few frames right before the U-2 changes heading from west to south.
U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower visits United States 35th Infantry Division troops in England during World War 2. General Eisenhower arrives at Exeter St Davids rail road station in the city of Exeter, Devon county, South West England. He gets into a car with a sign above that reads ' Great Western Railway ' General Eisenhower on a podium as he salutes to 320th Regiment troops of United States 35th Infantry. Troops lined up as General Eisenhower, along with General George S. Patton and Major General Paul W. Badde, review the soldiers. Soldiers in formation as General Eisenhower reviews them. (The 320th Regiment were based at Topsham Barracks in Exeter.)
The joint city state federal private project on rehabilitation at Manhattan, New York. Demolition crews at work during the rehabilitation program at a cluster of adjacent old-law tenements on East 5th Street (nos. 633–637) just south of Tompkins Square. They take out floors, walls, and windows of a run down building in the lower east side. The prefabricated ("prefab") kitchens and baths are lowered through the roof. Sign describes the project as "Instant Rehab. A demonstration of rapid rehabilitation." Former residents of the building are seen in front of the apartment building. Narrator says 11 families had lived in the tenement, and 15 apartments now are ready for their return. Group of officials including New York Mayor John Lindsay stand near the project. Keys of the new apartment building units are seen hung on a board. A woman enters one of the new apartments and opens a cabinet in the new kitchen.
Activities of the people in a rural mining area in the United States during the depression. View of a railroad yard filled with coal cars. Men unloading trucks with sacks. People on the porch outside a house, in what appears to be a coal mining town. A child stands on the stairs. African American children on the roof of a house. Location is likely Appalachian or southern United States.
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