Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service at various places in United States. Several hot air balloons inflated at ground at a school in Port Omaha, Nebraska. Eight balloons launched in air, one of them rises high. Students at the Ross Field, Arcadia, California. A big observation balloon moved out of the interior storage by the students. They attach a basket to the inflated balloon. Gasoline driven winch releases wire and balloon rises high in air. The Airship ship School. Langley Field, Hampton Virginia. A dirigible ZDUS.-1at the school. Students haul the dirigible out of its hanger.
Students of Balloon and Airship schools ran by the U.S. Air Service, training on balloons and dirigibles at various places in United States. Dirigibles ZDUS-1 and C-2 flying over countryside, farmlands and over a river. Student operators in the control room of ZDUS-1 communicate with members at various stations. Uniforms and equipment of the operators. A person in flying uniform cooks eggs and potatoes on a stove at the rear of airship. Crew members eat food inside cabin compartment.
Footage from the Prohibition period in the United States. A man holds a beer mug. He smiles and drinks from the mug. Men and women sit together at a speakeasy bar. Liquor bottles and filled glasses on the bar. They drink and smile. They are dressed well, in suits and bowler hats (derby hats). One man is in a tuxedo with tophat. Women in late 1920's fashions.
Triplex glass plates are placed in plaster of paris in a factory in United States. Processes of production and conveyor belt system for the production steps are shown. Shows plates polished with sand, rouge and other materials, and cleaned with acid. They are cut to size.
Newsreel titled 'Steel plants join in the biggest merger' shows steel manufacturing at Inland steel plant in United States,one of the firms involved in the merger.
A film titled 'The Story of Transportation' dramatizes the primitive and ancient means of transportation in the United States. Dramatization depicts a man as Aladdin with a lamp. He rubs the lamp and Jinny appears. Aladdin seated in a palace. An old man roaming about in a forest. Mules and camels carry load on their backs. A group of primitive men push a sled. Dogs pull sled carts. Schooners and stage coaches are used as means of transport. A sketch of a steam locomotive.
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