A man in a house busy making a parasol. Behind him suspends a banner in Japanese language. A ceremonial parade in the roads of a Japanese town. Floats at the parade, marching groups of people and a series of carts drawn by men in the parade. Crowd of civilians gathers to witness the parade. Japanese houses and buildings near the road of parade.
Man works at a stall of noodles on a street, in Japan. He smokes a wooden pipe and smiles. Three other men wearing flat Japanese hats eat noodles from bowl using chopsticks, near the stall.
Men travel a rapid stream in rowboats in Japan. Men prepare row boats on rocky banks of the stream. Men row wooden sailboats in rapid waters of stream. Another man sails a rowboat made of bamboo sticks in the rapid stream.
An ox drives a waterwheel to raise water from a well for irrigation, in Egypt. Ox drives a pulley system of waterwheel on a well. Containers carry water from inside the well and pour on a canal towards an agricultural field.
Sequences from a melodramatic presentation. A girl sits near her mother and weeps. A Native American Indian man arrives and takes the mother into a forest. In the forest a group of men walk with arrested husband of the woman. The Indian man and woman try to convince them that the husband is not a murderer.
Small children at a school in Japan. Small girls walk in line and make a circle. Display of calisthenics by school children wearing traditional Japanese dresses. Teachers of the school behind the children. Other children watch the performance from the school building.