A patent pending model exhibit in Washington DC. Views of the U.S. Capitol. People walk at a footpath along shops. Patent pending models of invention are displayed. These objects include carding machines, a sewing machine, an improved adding machine, an improved windmill and a sail boat. Men and woman speak during the exhibition.
The making of film 'The Money Pit' in the United States. A camera man speaks action and actors of the film give shot. The director, Richard Benjamin, speaks about the film. The actors being filmed in various shots. Camera operators record the scenes of the movie. Actress Shelley Long speaks about the film. Various scenes of movie and a set which is used in the movie. Various comedy scenes of the movie with Hanks, Long, and Alexander Godunov. Actor Tom Hanks speaks about film. Scenes of actors of the film.
The Washington Channel, in Washington,DC, as viewed from the Hains Point park. Boats and local sightseeing cruise ships are seen. Buildings on Maine Avenue visible in distance. (Fleeting glimpse of statue of Guardian of Law, by sculptor James Earle Fraser, in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, DC)
Various signs for regulating traffic in Washington, DC, the United States. Signs read: 'Pedestrians Prohibited', 'Pedestrians Use East Crosswalk', 'No Right Turn', 'Keep To Left', 'No Left Turn' and 'No Standing At Any Time.' They are all posted by the Police Department.
U.S. Navy airship, USS Akron (ZRS-4) over Camp Kearny, San Diego, California, attempting to dock for refueling. A hundred sailors hold on to spider lines from rings on cables lowered by the USS Akron. After one ring breaks, all sailors let go except three who are pulled aloft as the airship lurches up from an updraft. One, Robert H. Edsall, falls to his death, followed by Nigel M. Henton, who also suffers the same fate. The third, Charles Cowart, manages to tie himself to the cable and is eventually pulled into the airship, safely.
Bombing demonstration by U.S. Army Air Service DH4 aircraft under command of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell. The target is Battleship USS Alabama, in September, 1921 in the Chesapeake Bay, United States. Army flier is seen checking security of a bomb under wing of aircraft. USS Alabama underway in the Chesapeake Bay. Aerial views from United States Army Air Service planes in flight over the battleship. USS Alabama is hit by a bomb. Later it is hit by a phosphorus poison gas bomb. Finally it is hit by 2000 pound bombs. The USS Alabama rolls over halfway, in shallow waters.
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