A factory site in United States. A crane lifts material and drops it in a railroad car. Pennsylvania Railroad car. A specialized vehicle moves up a slope. Workers load heavy motors on to a truck using a chain block and tackle device. Factory yard. automobiles parked. A worker moves a hand cart. A truck follows. Workers load paper packages on a cart and one moves the loaded cart away. Cylinders of pressurized gas stand by the loading dock. Smoke arises from stacks and vent pipes of various factories.
In a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of State, George Marshall, refers to repeated vetoes by a permanent member of the Security Council. He discusses the post-war state of the world and the many matters yet to be resolved, including the independence of Austria, the Palestine issue, the matter of Korea, still divided along the 38th parallel, and status of nations in Eastern Europe, etc.
American Hollywood actress Mae West arrives in South Hampton, England. Mae West decked in white fur coat while standing on deck of a ship. Press photographers taking photographs of the actress. Mae West is in England for a stage show. Mae West posing for photographers. Mae West smiling. Narrator says Mae's hobby is "men" and she hopes that every man in Britain will "come up and see her sometime."
Visitors walking about the grounds of the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34.. A dirigible flies in sky in background. View of a garden and buildings far off. Trees at the side of the path. 'PARIS' written on a building of the exhibit of France, with smoke stacks imitative of the funnels on a ship of the French Line.. People enter the building.
Scenes in the "Italian Village" exhibit of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34.. Carnival barkers holding canes,stand on boxes next to women and harangue the crowds to visit their respective sideshows for 25 cents. Aerial views of the fairgrounds, showing two man- made lagoons along with, bridges, and buildings at the fair on the shore of Lake Michigan.
"Midget Village" scenes at the "Century of Progress" Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934. Buildings in the "Midget Village" which was modeled as a miniature reproduction of the ancient German Bavarian walled city of Dinkelsbühl, and staffed by three groups of midget professional performing artists: the Ritter Troupe, Rose Troupe, and the Singer Troupe. Bavarian-type building with sign reading: "The Black Forest." Visitors strolling through the area. A Hawaiian show performed on stage by midgets, who play guitars while a little person performs a Hula dance. Midgets play a "craps" dice game on the street, with wagers of silver coins tossed on the ground. Fair visitors gather around the group and watch the game, before it is broken up by a group of midgets dressed as police officers.
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