Manufacturing of gas tanks for automobiles in the United States. Interior of a factory. Workmen operate a machinery. They place sheets of metal in a press. The sheets are bent into elliptical shapes, tanks without ends. A worker installs inlets. The worker welds inlets to the tanks. He installs ends. Another worker hammers down flanges to hold the ends of the tanks. He machine rolls the flanges on the tank ends. The seams on the tanks are welded. A tank tube is placed in a vice, internal partitions are placed and welded into position. The tanks are tested in vats of water for leaks. The fittings for attaching cars are attached to the tanks.
Two officials in President Wilson's Administration, seated at a table, conversing. Joshua W. Alexander, Secretary of Commerce holds a lighted cigar. The other answers a telephone call.
The Captain of a British passenger liner and another officer stand on the deck of their ship and converse. Passengers are seen walking about on the deck, in the background. The ship is in a harbor, with land visible in the background.
A parade led by a band during the 'Elks Convention' in Los Angeles, United States. Automobiles decorated with flags and umbrellas lined up on an athletic field. Men march. Spectators watch the event. Men in uniforms on horses. Trees and a building in the background. Smoke rises.
Crippled children moving back and forth across hospital room being assisted by nurse. Child's face covered with bandages. Children with severe curved spine of scoliosis, possibly from polio. Child moving around hospital room on his own. Child shows crippled spine on camera.
Scenes from the League of Nations 1st Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates from around the world arrive at the Galle de la Reformation. Arrival of several delegates including Minister of Education, H.A.L Fisher; President of the Assembly and 1st Belgian Delegate, Paul Hymans ; Chinese Minister, Wellington Koo; Lord Robert Cecil of South Africa; 1st French delegate, Leon Bourgeois; Siamese delegates and the Polish delegate Paderewski.