Sailors play baseball in United States. A batter holds a bat with a catcher in the background. He hits the ball pitched at him with the bat.
Deep sea divers go underwater in United States. Men aboard a ship. Pressure gauges. A deep sea diver in his diving gear goes over side of a boat. The diver underwater as he measures the side of a ship. He dives to the bottom among rocks and moss. Bow of the ship on side with diving boat along side. Another diver goes over side of the boat. The diver goes under water and lands at the bottom of the ocean. He uses a hammer on the side of a sunken ship. He falls and gets up.
Deep sea divers in United States. Waves break on the beach. A man sets a helmet onto a diver in his diving gear.
Brief view of Mussolini in Italy wearing a top hat. Clip proceeds on theme of lifestyle of people in United States in the 1920s, also referred to as the "Roaring 20s". Pedestrians and various people on busy streets of New York City as cars and truck move past them. A woman gets her make up done in a makeup studio. A woman in flapper fashions smokes a cigarette. View of a line of women's legs all wearing silk stockings and shorter skirts than in prior times. Women in swimming suits at a beauty pageant. Federal agents smash liquor bottles and break up wooden barrels draining liquor to enforce prohibition. Gangsters killed in an encounter in the street. Gangsters, possibly mafia, being arrested and led away by police at gun point. Men and women perform Charleston dance. A bartender is seen mixing a drink. Men and women enjoy ballroom dancing at a night club. Closeup of a street sign for Wall Street. Brief view of crowds outside New York Stock Exchange building around time of stock market crash of 1929.
'City Harvest': activities of victory gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. Men and women in farms work on farms or victory gardens a they produce fruits and vegetables during World War II to meet the demands of the Allied forces. Men with their children as they work in their victory gardens. A woman works at an office, a meat packing company, a paper boy, rail road switchman all grow vegetables to meet the increasing demand. People contribute to the war efforts in their own way. A woman works on a tank, men pack meals, woman distribute supply orders, men operate transports. Men work at a steel plant. Victory farmers gather farm produce. Boys carry the produce in crates. Men and women display their produce at victory garden festival.
The activities of victory gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. Rail road train and the largest inland port of Chicago. A ship at the harbor. Steel plants and skyscrapers in Chicago. People look at the vegetables produced by gardeners at the victory garden festival. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace awards the best gardeners at a ceremony. Men and women perform Mexican dance.
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