EARLY AVIATION & ZEPPELINS Footage of early aviation includes the first air mail service, the naval NC-4 Curtiss Flying Boat, and zeppelins USS Shenandoah (and crash of the aircraft) and USS Los Angeles.
EARLY AVIATORS & LINDBERGH'S FLIGHT TO PARIS Aviators Acosta, Noville, Byrd and Balchen stand on an airfield. Charles Lindbergh arrives in his monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh arrives in France, completing his historic transatlantic flight. Hordes of fans greet him. A ticker tape parade celebrates Lindbergh.
CALVIN COOLIDGE ATTENDS POW WOW President Calvin Coolidges attends a Pow Wow, where he poses with cowboys and dons a headdress. A mass gathering of American Indians perform traditional dances.
BONUS ARMY REVOLT Thousands of unemployed WWI vets descend on Washington D.C., demanding payment of the Service Certificates. The U.S. Army is called in to control the unruly crowd. The shanties, where the vets camped out, are burned.
EARLY RADIOS A woman demonstrates the crystal radio, one of the first portable radios introduced in the 1920s. A radio is attached to a baby carriage, with a very prominent antenna and loudspeaker.
CHEERING & MARCHING TROOPS AND STRIKES A fleet of warships return home from WWI. War hero Alvin York. Montage parades of marching troops. After the War, civil unrest sets in with striking factory workers.
JAMES M. COX & FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Democratic candidate James M. Cox and his running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaign for president in the 1920 election.
DOUGHBOYS & RED CROSS PARADE Excellent footage of hordes of new recruits boarding ships to join the Allies in the fight against Germany. Overhead view of the Red Cross marching down the street. Buy bonds
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