An elaborate pageant honors Joan of Arc on the anniversary of her victory at the battle of Orleans in 1492, Paris, France. The Statue of Joan of Arc, priests and dignitaries near it. Wreath placed at her memorial. A procession marches on the street with armed infantry troops, band of musicians and troops of cavaliers. Two boys and other spectators watch the procession.
Flood in St. Francis River inundates 150 square miles area affecting thousands of civilians homeless and causing destruction of property in Monette, Arkansas. Flood water on the road. People wait for rescue boats on the roof of houses. A house destroyed by the flood and poultry bird on its roof seeks protection from water. A car submerged in water. People in a house near by seek aid from the rescuers. Volunteers in a rescue boat rescues people standing on the roof of a submerged house.
Eighteen infant lions, tigers, black panthers and coyotes arrive at the zoo within ten days in San Francisco, California. The young animals in their chambers. Attendant arrives and picks two lion cubs. A doctor medically examines an infant tiger. Doctor assisted by a nurse takes tiger's foot prints and examines it
Pilots General Francesco de Pinedo and James Mattern make last minute tests on their planes, at the Floyd Bennett Field, in New York, before their non stop flight attempt across the Atlantic, the Italian with Persia. Pilots sit in cockpit of their planes and take off for test flights before setting off for new 'round the world record' of 6200 miles. Insignia of an eagle on the nose and fuselage of a plane.
Japanese diplomat Viscount Ishii Kikujirō and other delegates received by United States President Franklin D Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in Washington DC. Military officials salute the dignitaries. Envoy Ishii shakes hands with President Roosevelt and poses for a photograph. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt and the guests pose for a group photo prior to an important conference regarding Japanese military policy in Manchuria.
Police try to control the communists demonstrating in New York, against the arrival of Hans Weidemann, Nazi envoy to Chicago World's Fair. Police officers on horseback beat protestors and try to dispel the demonstrating communists at the North German Lloyd line offices. Police on horses arrest the wild demonstrators during the riot. Police forcibly beating back rioting demonstrators. They hold and walk with a woman arrested for causing disturbances.
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