U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge reviews a parade in Alexandria, Virginia. Infantry units march in the parade. People on the side of the road to watch the parade. A band marches. Cavalry units march. President Coolidge and Virginia Governor Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. review the parade from the window of a building.
Events leading to development of aviation. An aircraft in flight over the Arctic region. Commander R. Bryd and Floyd Bennett after their successful flight to the north pole. American aviator Charles Lindbergh poses against an aircraft.
Newly wed American song writer, Irving Berlin, and his wife (former Ellin Mackay) pose for photographer indoors during their honeymoon in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Camera flashes. Berlin and wife pose on porch.
The famous British dramatist and satirist, George Bernard Shaw, strolls into a garden on shore of Lake Maggiore, in Italy, where his friend, Prince Paulo Troubetzkoy, and wife, Elin Sundström Troubetzkoy, are seated. Shaw kisses her hand, shakes hands with the Prince, and introduces a gentleman accompanying him. The four sit and chat, while petting one of the Prince's two white dogs. (The Prince loves animals greatly and is, accordingly, a vegetarian, as is his friend GB Shaw.) Closeups of Shaw conversing with Troubetzkoy. The Prince points out beauty spots of famed Lake Maggiore. Mountains and clouds in background. Shaw poses while sculptur Troubetzkoy works on a bust of him. Mrs. Troubetzkoy approaches and Shaw turns to speak to her, and smiles when the Prince chastises him for breaking his pose. This happens again. The prince and Shaw look at the bust and seem to be satisfied with the likeness.
Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, High Commissioner of the British Mandate for Palestine, and his wife, Annie Constance Goss Plumer, appear on a dais. High Commissioner Plumer inspects troops lined up in a Guard of Honor
Making a modern magazine. Exteriors of Ford River Rouge Plant of Ford Motor Company. Foundry interiors show various machines in operation. Machines emit smoke as a steel part is worked on assembly line. Scene changes to modern Industrial farming. View of farm tractor powered thresher in operation. Close view of book shelf titles and man examining books.