King Saud of Saudi Arabia on SS Constitution in New York Harbor. It is night and the ship displays many lights. King Saud Ibn Abd al-Aziz and his party, transfer to a Coast Guard boat that conveys them to the waiting U.S. Destroyer, Willis A. Lee (DD-929). The ship fires a salute to King Saud. Puffs of smoke emerge from the saluting battery. King Saud and the U.S. Coast Guard Captain salute. View from Coast Guard boat as it approaches the Destroyer. Gangway set in place. King Saud goes up gangway to the Destroyer and is saluted. King Saud and his Royal Party standing with a U.S. Navy Admiral. King Saud and his staff converse among themselfes. The Destroyer, USS Joseph P. Kennedy, JR. (DD-850) passes in review, to which the King and Royal Party respond with Hand salutes. The Destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-821) passes in review, with all hands on deck. The Destroyer, USS Fiske (DD-842) passes in review. The King and Royal Party salute as they observe from the port side of the USS Willis A. Lee.
King Saud of Saudi Arabia on Destroyer USS Willis A. Lee (DD-929) in New York Harbor. King Saud talks to an unidentified civilian. A member of the Royal Party holds his son, Prince Mansur, in his arms. King Saud and the Royal Party stand at the railing of the destroyer, as it docks at its berth in New York. They disembark and are greeted by diplomat Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull talks about Pan American Conference. Secretary Hull during a press conference aboard USS Santa Clara. He talks about the Pan American Conference in Peru. An American delegate addresses the conference. Cordell Hull poses on the ship.
People ride vehicles in Palisades Park, New Jersey. A sign reads 'Big World Sensation'. People stand around a steel cage. Two men seated on a bike and a woman stands with her bicycle. They ride their motorcycle and bicycle inside a steel cage.
The Pulitzer Trophy Race at Mitchel Field in New York. A Curtiss R3C-1 in flight over Mitchel Field. The R3C-1 taxiing after landing. The number 43 painted on its fuselage. U.S. Army Lieutenant Cyrus Bettis in the cockpit of the R3C-1 after it stops. He climbs up and stands in the cockpit. Army airmen stand around him. Lieutenant Bettis sets a new record of 249 miles per hour.
The longest over water flight to date, accomplished by the U.S. Army Air Service in 1927. Chief of Army Air Service, Major General Patrick, standing between Pilot, Lt. Lester J. Maitland, and Navigator, Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger in front of their Fokker C-2-3 trimotor airplane, named the Bird of Paradise. General Patrick is wishing them farewell as they are about to depart on their transoceanic flight from Oakland California to Honolulu, Hawaii. Animation of aircraft leaving Oakland Airport. Fokker C-2-3 in flight. Animation of the longest over water flight ever attempted, 2400 miles, Oakland to Honolulu.
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