A Curtiss Tractor biplane on field at Hammondsport New York. Pilot John Cooper and another man seated at controls.
Huge crowd in New Orleans celebrate in the Mardi Gras Fete. The crowd marches and celebrates in Royal Street in the French Quarter during the Carnival. The floats in the parade are carried by mules. A man dressed like a king ride one of the grand floats. The floats are elaborately decorated. A couple with missing teeth laughing.
An angry property owner locks his automobile to a tree in an effort to halt a pipeline ditch in New York City. The ditch is being dug through his plot. The workmen burrow around his automobile. The owner is forced to abandon his blockade.
Window washers hang in the air by thread-like belts hundreds of feet above ground. They clean the panes of the huge Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001). Breeze whips the men as they cling to narrow perches. Men on the streets raise their heads to look at the window washers above.
A model car that drives itself is demonstrated at a research center at Princeton in New Jersey. Technicians raise the hood of the model automobile to show circuitry inside that guides the cars movement. A Charlie McCarthy doll with a cigarette in its mouth is in the drivers seat. The automobile automatically stops or passes other cars to avoid collisions by means of a wire guide installed below it. Another toy car is seen on the test track to demonstrate collision avoidance.
American golfer Ben Hogan gets a huge Broadway reception in New York City. Huge crowd welcomes him as he comes back home after winning the British Open held in Scotland. He is greeted by confetti as he passes the crowd on the streets in an open car. Cameramen take his photographs.
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