A novel method to pay fines in food to aid the needy inaugurated by the Mayor of Marion, Indiana, Jack Edwards. A policeman of Marion, stops a motor vehicle law breaker and inquires. The policemen check the documents. A court building. The interiors of the building shows the Court in session. A lawyer questions the motor vehicle law breaker. The man is told to pay a fine in quantities of staple groceries, vegetables and meat, equivalent to dollars.
Men fight with hot sprays as steam well erupts in Larderello, Italy. Scalding vapor columns rising as steam well erupts. Men battle with hot sprays in the foreground. Hot sprays seen. Mountains in the background. Men pull rope under 320degree heat and try to control hot sprays. Scalding vapors come out from pipe.
Thalia and Lt. Thomas Massie return to San Francisco, California. Thalia and Lt. Thomas Massie, defense counsel and their supporters pose. Thalia Massie smiles. Lt. Thomas speaking and smiling. Lt. Thomas and Thalia Massie standing together. People disembark from ship. Lt. Thomas and Thalia Massie disembark as they return after 'The Massie Trials'.
Celebrating of tulip time in Holland, Michigan. Large crowd gathers for celebrating tulip time. Local beaus scrub streets. Girls in white costumes. Boys march. Girls push baby trolley on streets.
Annual straw race in Chicago, Illinois. Straw race starts. Frosh (First year college students) and older students run with straw sacks. Freshmen and upper classmen fight with each other for straw sacks. They tear their shirts off while grabbing for straw. Young men pour straw out of sacks and throw sacks over a fence. Captains of the opposing teams shake hands at the end of the match.
Motor boat racing in Albany, New York. Motor boat race starts. Motor boats underway at the Hudson River for race. Bridge in the background. Officer watches through binoculars. The boats underway on 133 mile course for race. Other boats in the river. Kenneth Mackenzie, the winner, breaks speed mark and comes out from the boat. He is greeted by a woman.