President Franklin Roosevelt leads rites on Armistice Day in Arlington, Virginia. President Roosevelt and General Pershing place wreath on the tomb of a soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. They salute while band plays. Honor Guard fires gun salutes.
Members of the Beef Trust participate in a free for all wrestling match in Richmond, Virginia. Flying mammoths constitute a serious danger to the crowd. Spectators watch the performance.
Major General Frank Andrews pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on the coat of Colonel Robert Olds. Troops standing in attention position and a building seen in background at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
Six B-17 aircraft parked in a row in grassy field at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. A B-17 aircraft taxis and takes off. Five B-17s in flight over land and water. Airplanes in different flight formations.
U.S. Army Air Corps and Army Ground Forces at Newport News in Virginia. Trucks cross a bridge. U.S. Army Air Corps Northrop A-17A aircraft fly low over water laying smoke screen. Smoke screen formed. Four A-17 aircraft fly over bridge.
Exterior view of Pan American Union Building in Washington DC, with a 1930s Packard four door sedan-limousine parked in front. A man entering the building. Jefferson Caffery, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, seated in an office and reviewing paperwork. Narrator describes the creation of the Good Neighbor Fleet (where Moore-McCormack Lines, also called Mooremack, was contracted to run three ocean liners of the U.S. Maritime Commission between the USA and South America, called the Good Neighbor Fleet.) Close up picture of brochure advertising the new fleet, and picturing the three ships (The California, Virginia and Pennsylvania from the former Panama Pacific Line, with new names Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina.) Next scene shows 3 men meeting (this is possibly Moore-McCormack Lines founder Albert V. Moore, on right, seated at a table and in discussion, possibly with U.S. Maritime officials. Man on left is possibly Emmet McCormack.) Passengers aboard liner SS Brazil as it departs port. Crowd on docks wave at the ship leaving New York harbor. View from on board SS Brazil in New York Harbor as a nearby tug boat sprays water. Skyline and skyscrapers of New York City's Manhattan Island seen in background. Map of South America showing route of a Good Neighbor ship. Good Neighbor Fleet ships at a harbor in South America. U.S. State Department diplomats in South America beside one of the ships as fleet service is inaugurated. Exterior view of Pan American Union building and its sign in Washington DC (later called the building of the Organization of American States). President Ortiz of Argentina, President Alfredo Baldomir of Uruguay, and President Getulio Vargas of Brazil are shown in discussion with various officials.
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