[Aviation activities at Mitchel Field, New York, 1927]

Film footage of aviation activities at Mitchel Field, Garden City, New York, 1927. The footage depicts several well-known aviation events and activities by famous aviators, such as Charles Lindbergh taking off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for his transatlantic flight; the christening of "America," Richard E. Byrd's Fokker C-2; and James Doolittle performing aerobatic maneuvers. More general aviation scenes are also featured, such as flights by the 1st Pursuit Group and the USS Los Angeles airship and a parachute jump by an unidentified individual. Aircraft identified in these scenes are:

The final scene features Charles Lindbergh's motorcade driving by a house, though the vehicles pass too quickly for him to be seen.

The footage is in black-and-white and is silent.

Several title cards appear throughout the footage:
00:00:10 - "Airplanes, Garden City, 1927"
00:00:16 - "A Travelair takes off"
00:00:43 - "Lindbergh fills his tanks"
00:00:55 - "And starts for Paris"
00:01:36 - "The 'America' christening Commander Byrd's plane"
00:02:37 - "Lieut. James Doolittle shows how it is done"
00:03:59 - "The First Pursuit Group visits Garden City"
00:04:37 - "The Los Angeles"
00:05:14 - "Colonel Lindbergh drives by our house - See him if you can - "

Label on container: "Original footage of Billy Mitchell, Lindbergh take-off, Admiral Byrd, Jimmy Doolittle at Mitchell Field."