First Lady of the United States, Mrs. Patricia Nixon receives thanksgiving turkeys from National Turkey Federation in the White House, Washington DC. Officials present Mrs Nixon with turkeys. White House officials view the turkeys and pet a live turkey. Packaged turkeys on a table with inscription on packaging, "Happy Holidays Mr. President." Mrs Nixon views the turkeys and talks to the officials.
Foods being prepared in the kitchens of the Hotel Statler in Detroit Michigan. Vegetables cooked in large steamer. Woman places a tray of vegetables in the steamer. Man selects and cleans fish and lobsters. Soup boils in big copper pots. Butcher cuts turkey.
Men lined on a bench turkey plucking competition at Ottman and Company building in New York. Plucked turkeys piled in front of them. The winner plucking 30 turkeys in 50 minutes is presented a turkey. The turkey flaps in his hands. A slow motion segment shows a man in the competition yawning while pulling off turkey feathers.
Slate refers to Russian troops turning Turkish Flank. Russian troops assembled and relaxing outdoors on snow-covered terrain, during World War 1. Next, they are seen marching in loose column of fours, behind officers on horseback, along a muddy road between snow-covered fields. They proceed up a long hill. Turkish prisoners of war walk past the camera, and move along a snow-covered path, under Russian guard. Russian troops load bundles into a wooden sledge. A column of Russian supply wagons (and a sledge) being pulled by oxen.
Man behind a rafter of turkeys in Sudbury, Massachusetts. A turkey with its wattle neck and fan shaped tails. View of roasted turkey. Chef slices the cooked turkey, and he along with two guests eats a slice of the roasted turkey.
Views of a poultry farm of domestic turkeys in Westley California. A man feeding the turkeys. The flock of turkeys jumps over a culvert filled with water. An old man sharpens and axe against a grinding wheel and tests its edge with his finger. This flock of turkeys will be killed for Thanksgiving in Westley, California.