During the Great Depression, views of community activities funded by a collective "community chest." Boys in knickers playing basketball, girls in a swimming pool and boy scouts practicing a first aid "chair carry" for an injured scout. Another scout holds a rifle during the exercise. Boy Scouts standing in a line salute and then stand at attention position. Views of a hospital, a patient on a stretcher, doctors around the stretcher. Doctors and nurses operating on a patient in a surgery theater. Women on a sidewalk smile and hand out ribbons and flowers, possibly collecting donations. A well dressed man speaks in an auditorium. Young preschool age children play in a park next to a tricycle and sandbox. A young preschool age girl hugs a boy and three youngsters walk toward an attending nun on the playground. A poster with a boy's face on it reads "Relief and human service through our community chest."
Ford car production in United States. Ford car moves off assembly line. Sign reads "Production Schedule for today 5000, completed 4997". Animated figure adds one. Whistle blows. Men lay down tools. Machines stop. Worker punches time clock. Workers leave plant. Man looks at the production sign. Grill of V8 engine. V8 engine turns into little animated figure of man. Man looks at production figure, blowing horn. Parts gather and assemble themselves into the car. Animated figure changes sign to read '5000 completed'.
Picture of Henry Ford. Men work at desks in Ford factory. Men in laboratory. Spring testing machine. Men hover over planning desk. Workers rivet. Plan for model 40 Tudor Sedan. Views of furnaces of plants, workers. Man before large console of gages. Views of mill and processes of making steel. Large presses in operation, workers. Workers operate large board of gages. Testing goes on. Gears and parts on conveyor. Presses and drills in operation. Worker welds. Engine block on display. Blocks on conveyor. Drilling block.
Various types of vehicles use the road, in United States. A number of parked cars at a public parking lot. Vehicles move on a busy street outside a motel. Motor truck and a trailer moves on a road. Flatbed car carrier truck parked on side of road with several new Ford automobiles on it. Two women leave their house, sit in a car and drive away. Cars, trucks, buses and a horse cart on a road. An early Greyhound Bus bound for Washington approaches on a highway. A late 1920's or early 1930's automobile passes a horse driven cart at high speed.
Number of cars drive on a road to a stadium, United States. Cars arrive at a horse racing track to witness a horse race. Man pays admission charges at entrance at sign that says $1.50 admission for grandstands and paddock. Spectators enjoy horse racing. Large number of cars in parking lot of horse racing track, with farm fields seen just outside the parking lot. Jockeys compete with each other as their horses race toward the finish line, and spectators watch and cheer from the stands.
Common carrier buses and cars drive on a highway. View of a Greyhound Lines passenger bus as it drives on a highway. Girl and boy students board a school bus to reach a rural school. Students and bus driver step in and bus drives away.