Views of various boats and ship at New York harbor in Upper New York Bay. Good views of New York skyline and skyscraper buildings near the harbor, as seen from a New York City Police boat. Police officers on the police boat. The boat docks and name on back of boat reads, "Police New York City Lieutenant Ronaghan". A small row boat is then put into the water from the larger police boat, and two men board the small boat and row it towards shore. A gathering of onlookers at the docks as the rowboat comes in. Police officers hoist what appears to be a covered stretcher in the air (possible victim?) and load it into a waiting police van or paddy wagon on the dock.
Views of night time and day time parade of vehicles and bands of the American Legion down a crowd-lined street. State delegations of Legionaries marching in the Los Angeles coliseum including the Iowa delegation and the New York delegation with former Air Service Captain Fiorello La Guardia leading the New York delegation. Ground and aerial views of large formations of B-17 and B-18 aircrafts in flight.
President Franklin D Roosevelt and Chief of the Army Air Corps Major General H. H. Arnold seated in a car. Car stops in front of XB-15 bomber, then car pulls away. Views of U.S. Navy Consolidated PB2Y Coronado Flying Boat (XPB-2Y1) taxis and takes off from water.
Army officials demonstrate barrage balloons at a field near Akron in Wingfoot lake, Ohio. Air balloons of various shapes can be seen.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon visit a shipyard in England. The King and Queen of the United Kingdom are cheerfully greeted by workers. King George VI watches a worker welding. The royal couple congratulate Ms. Jacqueline Cochran, thanking the American female pilot for her service to the British Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) as a flight captain and a recruiter of qualified woman pilots delivering American built planes to Britain for the "Wings for Britain" effort in World War II. King Peter II of Yugoslavia, young monarch in exile and Godson of the King and Queen of England, arriving safely in London after a dramatic escape from Yugoslavia.
Miss Jacqueline Cochran on the stage with Charles Edward Yeager (Chuck Yeager), memorabilia of her career in a display case in the background. Air Chief Marshall C. Roy Slemon addressing. Miss Cochran and others being photographed by the journalists and photographers.
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