Buffalo Youth in big turn out at Junior Air Meet in New York. Young children on the streets. They hold posters. Trucks loaded with children who aspire to become airplane pilots. U.S. Lieutenant James Doolittle with other officials on a stage. A poster reads ' The Buffalo Times'. Doolittle review parade of the aspiring aviator boys. A poster reads 'Sky Rover Wing'.
United States Coast Guard Lieutenant C. B. Olsen is awarded with the Flying Cross Medal in Washington DC. A close up of Lt. C. B. Olsen . U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Mogenthau pins up the medal on the uniform of the Lt. and shakes hand with him.
On July 4th Cubans celebrate the American Independence Day in Havana, Cuba as a sign of U.S. friendship. People in colorful dresses during a parade. A crowd on the streets to watch the parade. A Battleship Maine Monument. People gather near the monument and hold posters. They hold the flag of Cuba and march.
Youth Congress in Washington DC soon after Russian invasion of Finland. Young people march in street, carrying large American flag held horizontally. Men hold a banner which reads 'Civil Liberties'. A woman on horseback holds a poster which reads 'No Arms'. U.S. President Roosevelt addresses the Youth Congress at the White House. He condemns the Soviet Union as a dictatorship and decries its invasion Finland, as an assault on a very small neighboring country that only wishes to live in peace as a democracy. Roosevelt extols the political nature of Finland.
Parachute jumpers jump from a U.S. Navy K-class blimp in Lakehurst, New Jersey. A parachutist in front of a navy blimp. Personnel stand near a ladder. The blimp in flight. Navy Parachutists inside the blimp. View of pilot and looking through blimp windshield with pilot at the controls. Paratroops jump one after another. View from jump hatch as each man jumps and their parachute opens in flight. Two navy blimp airships in flight. A parachutist looks out from the window of the blimp. An aerial of a delayed parachute opening and buildings. Safe landing by the parachutist. A tower in the background.
A skier breaks records during a Ski Jumping meet in Salisbury Mills, New York. The participants ski in the meet. People stand on either side as the participants compete. Cars parked in the background. Nineteen year old Jay Rand, of Lake Placid, amazes a big crowd as he soars 185 feet to break the ten year course record. A close up of Jay Rand. (Note: When the U.S. entered World War 2 , Jay Rand enlisted as a paratrooper, with the 82nd Airborne Division. He received a Bronze Star for actions in Normandy, and the Purple Heart for wounds received during the Battle of the Bulge.)
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