Activities at Second Aviation Instruction Center in France during World War I. A twin engine biplane. Four vertical tail fins with four wheels as main landing gear plus skid bars beneath the biplane. The aircraft taxis. A group of U.S. officers stands around a portable communication center and shows radio equipment and operation. A radio setup in an open filed. U.S. soldiers stretch out signal panels on the open ground. A burning object spirals down from the sky. Another burning object descends. Three soldiers run out and grab a small object just before it hits the ground. A man in the foreground fires signal pistol into the air showering the area in which the men are standing with sparks from the signal pistol.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. invites New York Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr. (Al Smith) at his house in Paul Smiths, New York. The Governor exits his car at the house of the U.S. President. A lake in the background. Officials get off the car. He is greeted by the officials. Civilians stand in the foreground and watch the Governor. The Governor shakes hand with the officials. The President, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Governor Smith and his wife stand together with officials.
U.S. First Lady Grace Coolidge inspects a camp of marines at White Pine Camp in Paul Smiths, New York. U.S. Marine officers escort the First Lady. The marines stand in front of their tents. She talks to a marine. Two marines stand in their tent. Grace Coolidge inspects the tents of the marines.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. at Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The President and the First Lady walk down a gangplank to board a launch. Other passengers in the background. The President and First Lady Grace Coolidge aboard the launch underway in Boston Harbor. The U.S. flag on the bow of the launch. Brief view from shore of a group of civilians looking out toward the USS Mayflower PY-1 presidential yacht (the destination for the Coolidge launch). Next scene shows a car in front of a house. A man walks out of the building and sits in a car.
The cabin cruiser, "Big Wheel," seen returning to U.S. Naval Station Key West, with President Harry S. Truman, on board. Closeup of President Truman standing, along with others, on the boat, docked at a pier. The U.S. flag flying above it. Truman steps from the boat and smiles and laughs with others. View of two fish just caught on the trip. The President walks past the fish, followed by a large group of news reporters. A ship and petroleum storage tanks are seen at the Naval Station.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman on USS Williamsburg in Bermuda during his holidays. Truman wearing a cap stands on the bridge of USS Williamsburg. A view of Bermuda landscape. The President and the commanding officer of the ship on the navigation bridge. A naval air station in Bermuda. Men man a rail on a rescue tug. Bermuda in the background. A motor launch with canopies on it. A small boat underway. A floating dry dock in the background. Three U.S. Navy Martin PBM Mariner aircraft in flight.
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