U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. with his family aboard yacht Mayflower in Washington DC, United States. Officials embark on the yacht with the President. President Coolidge with Captain Andrews and Governor Percival Wood Clement of Vermont. They talk and pose. John Coolidge, the son of the President, talks to other officials.
U.S. battleships underway in the Pacific Ocean. The battleships underway in a column. Smoke rises from firing from the ships. Heavy columns of smoke rise.
A film on the development of air power of the United States. A still photograph of Orville Wright flying the first aircraft on 17 December 1903 at Kill Devil Hills in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Two men turn propellers and start the engines of Wright "A" aircraft in France. Catapult launching tower behind the aircraft. Spectators in stands during the first public demonstration of Wright Brothers airplane, at Le Mans, France. The takeoff and the flight of Wright Brothers "A" aircraft. Orville Wright and U.S. Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm seated in Wright "A" aircraft at Fort Myer in Virginia. Orville Wright and Lt. Lahm in Wright "A" aircraft in flight over Fort Myer.
An air service field near Belrain, Meuse in France on 19th October, 1918 during World War I. U.S. Army Major General Mason Mathews Patrick decorates First Lieutenant E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Cross (4th Oak Leave cluster). Air Corps officers on the parade field. Captain James Armand Meissner and Lt. E. V. Rickenbacker with the Distinguished Service Crosses. Seven bi-wing airplanes flying overhead. An observation balloon in distant foreground. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Production of the DH-4 aircraft with the Liberty L-12 engine for the American air services in the United States during World War I. Interior of a factory. Several workers working in the factory. Wings for aircraft are being fabricated. Liberty motors installed on fuselage of aircraft in a factory. Animation over a map of the U.S. shows a cartoon of Uncle Sam talking over a telephone. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Development of air power. A seaplane launched from a submarine underway at sea in the United States. Sailors on the deck of a submarine roll out the fuselage of a United States Navy Cox-Klemin XS-1 seaplane. They attach the wings, floats and rudders to the craft. A U.S. flag flutters aboard the submarine. The XS-1 aircraft on the deck with engines running. The submarine submerges in water. The seaplane floats on the water.
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