Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. A government expert addresses the people at the Deer Park. He says that the poisoning should be done when the poison will spread easily on the plants and not when there is heavy wind to blow away the poison. The applications of poison should be repeated every four days. Man poisons the field. Trees in the background. Hand points calendar. Weevil on cotton square. Men sit on a field and closely observe the weevils.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. A government expert addresses the people at the Deer Park. He says that a portion of the field should always be left untreated. Men work in the field. A one mule cart on the field. A house. The yield from the poisoned and the untreated part compared. Men, women and a child pick the cotton bolls. Men weigh the cotton to compare the difference. The government expert says that the plant should be poisoned correctly. Trees in the background. The meeting ends. People get up from their seats.
The life of people during 1920s in the United States. Sketch of Warren Gamaliel Harding taking oath of office of the President of U.S. Sketches of the U.S. President Warren G. Harding. People in the factories. Sketches of the people in the various towns of America. The President addresses the people. Horse drawn wagons on the streets. Modern cars on the street. Women in houses as they perform various activities. Sketches depict the revolution brought about due to the invention of cars. People enjoy at various occasions in a car. Cars on streets. People listen to radio. Sketches depicts the motion pictures of the times. A family posing for a picture, each with one leg kicked out. Sketches of American writers like Fitzgerald and Hemingway who chose to live abroad. Footage of Moulin Rouge night club in Paris France and neon lights of other Paris night clubs seen at night. Women dance on a Paris night club stage. Sketches of famous writers and their view of modern America. Brief scene of people at Coney Island Amusement Park in New York sliding down a slide and riding on the "Human Pool Table" ride.
Workers mix ingredients into a large vat in a chocolate factory. Vat churns the ingredients. Machine coats candy with chocolate. Workers break apart pieces. Pieces are conveyed on a belt. Worker's hand applies chocolate where it has not taken.
Hand dipped in chocolate cream. A woman empties a box. Workers mix candy. Nuts dipped in bon bon cream.
Man cuts nougats into proper size, coats almonds and mixes color with hard candy.