Mexican Indians use reed and palm to make objects of everyday use in Mexico. Natural colored hand fans made of palm leaves. Colored hand fans. People sit under shed with Palm leaf goods. Men pack leaf baskets in a cloth. Woman stands besides them. Baskets displayed under shed and old man sits.
Mexican Indians use reed and palm to make objects of everyday use in Mexico. A woman makes practical use of palm leaf basket and put goods in it and carries over her head. A girl comes out of a basket. A board reads 'Eso es Todo' (That's all) between two dolls made of leaves.
Workers in Mexico City parade before General Manuel Camacho on May Day. General Manuel Camacho stands on a balcony with other officers. Half of the workers parading are in military dress. They carry banners. Women march in military dress. Buildings in the background.
Views of the Submarine tender USS Antaeus (AS-21) of Atlantic convoy, at anchor in Iceland, during World War 2, with about nine submarines tied up alongside. Scene shifts to a convoy underway in the Atlantic ocean. Various kinds of transport ships seen from time to time in the convoy. The U.S. New Mexico class battleship, USS Idaho (BB-42) passes to starboard of the camera ship. Scout planes are visible on her aft section. Scene shifts to camera ship, looking aft. A gun; a lifeboat on a davit; and a Curtiss SOC-1 scout-observation airplane are visible. A sailor watches as the USS Idaho passes to starboard. More transport ships are seen, low in the water. Camera pans aft, again, showing more of the camera ship, including covered guns in barbettes; two SOC-1 scout planes; the American flag; and behind that an anti-aircraft height finder. Scene shifts forward where officers are seen on upper deck with a gun barrel above their heads.Sailors on main deck prepare to deploy a float to recover a scout plane. Sailor stands on platform using semaphore flags to transmit a message. Barrel of a large gun in the foreground.View aft of a U.S. New Orleans class cruiser underway. Feet and legs of the semaphore signalman as he stands above the platform, on rungs of the circular railing at the signal station.
Film opens showing the unsual sight of two United Airlines commercial DC-3 aircraft flying in formation as they approach Charleston Naval Base, South Carolina. View inside one of the airplanes shows high-ranking naval officers in mufti (civilian clothes) from various South American countries seated inside. Flags of their respective nations are displayed above their seats. Seen are flags of Venezuela; Chile; Mexico; Cuba; and others. Closeup of the the representative of Venezuela as he is joined by another officer and they converse. Closeup of others conversing. View out a passenger compartment window in the aircraft, showing the second DC-3 flying nearby. Scene shifts to the cockpit, where the copilot is seen at his position. View from the ground of one DC-3 landing and taxiing in, followed by the second plane. The passengers seen leaving one of the aircraft. They line up on the ramp, and are greeted individually by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William H. Allen, Commander of the Sixth Naval District. A U.S. Navy Captain also greets them and is seen saluting one of them. The entire group poses in front of one of the airplanes. Next, sailors at the Naval Base are seen marching on the parade grounds. Standing to the side, in uniform, are the visiting Naval officers from the Americas. Closeup of them shows Admiral Allen in the front row with an admiral from Brazil to his left.