View of a Roman Catholic Cathedral and a procession therefrom along a street lined with spectators in Germany, during the Weimar Republic era. Leading the procession are Roman Catholic clergy and Altar boys. They are followed by Nuns, and groups of women carrying religious books. Uniformed city policemen accompany the procession and a contingent of them marches in the procession. Statesmen participate in the procession along with senior uniformed military officers. Scene shifts to a city square where people are assembled. Here and there, individuals render Nazi salutes. In an open square, several Military leaders of World War 1, meet and greet one another. Among those seen are Field Marshal August von Mackensen in full formal regalia (back to the camera) greeting another officer. Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, in mufti, is seen greeting another officer. The old World War 1 military leaders exchange salutes and greetings. A formation of uniformed soldiers stands in the background. Camera follows one German officer as the festivities end and he walks, alone, across the vast cobblestone square. Several automobiles transit the square. A fountain is seen in the far background.
Factories of Ford motor company in the United States. Panoramic view of long corrugated steel building. Smoke comes out from the building. View of factory and a locomotive. Workers climb snow covered steps. Sign on building reads 'Ford motor co. camp 2'. Snow covered factory area. Boats and piles of lumber. Panorama of a plant. Locomotive carries flatcars loaded with logs.
Lumbering being carried at Ford motor company camp in the United States. Piles of lumber. Snow on lumber piles. Logs on flat car. A locomotive pulls flat cars loaded with logs. Road grader clears a snow covered road. Ford motor company camp. Piles of logs in the foreground. Locomotive stationed. Workers load flatcar with logs using cable powered by tractor winch.
Ford Model TT Express Truck in front of a business establishment. A man unloads something and delivers it. The truck drives away along a country road. The truck stops in front of another business establishment and the driver delivers something. A gasoline pump stands at side of road. Scene changes to Detroit, Michigan, where passengers, in a Ford Model T Touring car, stop at an intersection. Road sign identifies Seven Mile Road and points to Grand River Avenue. After some discussion, the driver turns left and continues on his way.
The life of Americans in the 1920s. Women dance the Charleston. A man dances the Charleston with a woman. Musicians play in the background. Patrons of Steeplechase Park, in Coney Island, on a spinning wheel. Clown steer a woman to where her dress gets blown up from a hidden air jet. Women on the boardwalk in batihing suits and being arrested by police. A man lifts up a woman during the dance performance. A sketch shows women applying make up. Several scenes showing the gap between the people who could accept the modern ideas and those who couldn't. Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Views of Steelmaking at steel factory plants. A scene with the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK. People protesting the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, accused anarchists. Various banners during the protests.
Court trials in the United States after World War I. Sketches: The Scopes trial. A science teacher John Thomas Scope. Picture of the evolution of man. Defense attorney, Clarence Seward Darrow supports the theory of evolution. Prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan bases his position on the Bible. A person with a poster. People gathered outside the court room for the trial. Sketches: the court room session. People protesting. In separate matter. Accused anarchists, Ferdinando Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian Americans, on trial in Massachusetts for the 1920 armed robbery and murder of two pay-clerks. People protest against the trial. Policemen bring in the accused, to be tried. A huge crowd gathered to protest against the trial.
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