In the 1930s in Newark, NJ, Connecticut Gov. John Trumbull takes off in glider plane but it crashes; he appears to be okay

Title card: "Flying Governor in Glider Crash - Newark, N. J.- Chief Executive Trumbull, of Connecticut, praises sail plane sport before ill-fated flight" / Governor John Trumbull sits on small glider plane on ground with dusting of snow and talks to press / intertitle: "John Coolidge's father-in-law goes up in the air" / long shot plane takes off, rises about 50 feet and crashes, people run to the plane