Aerial view of San Juan, Puerto Rico, showing the El Morro. and major parts of the city, including the Capitol Building.
A transport plane lands at the Caribbean airport. A man gives signal. General Eleanor Roosevelt visit America for the first time. Eleanor Roosevelt with General William Shedd. American flag waves in air. She inspects garrisons in Puerto Rico. Mrs MacArthur christens the Australian destroyer Bataan at the Australian shipyard. She wishes the Australian workers.
Secretary of War John W Weeks and other Congressmen during a Congressional tour of inspection at a port in Puerto Rico. The Secretary shakes hands with the Naval officers and boards a train followed by other congressmen. Palm trees and a jungle.
Secretary of War John W Weeks and other officers move towards the cars. Officers look at a big artillery gun. Weeks and other Congressmen including Major W. M. Wainwright, Senators Jones, McKinley, Ladd, Robinson, Howell, Warren and Representatives French, Anthony, Wood, Cramton, Lee, Madden, Quin, Hull, Morin, Strong, Wurzbach, Rankin, Curry, Underhill, Crisp, Winslow, Yound, Sproul, Timberlake, Zihlman, Miller, Michener, Abernathy, Barbour, Burtness, Cole, Dowell, Lee, MacLafferty, Taylor and their wives visit a garden as they move past a row of palm trees in Puerto Rico.
Children outside their houses and men idle at street corner in Puerto Rico. Beggars on the street as men stand in long queues. Malnourished children at a hospital.
Men sit and drink at a night club in Puerto Rico. Children in the streets and on a beach, a young boy runs after a horse. Men sit idle at a street corner, play a card game and smoke cigarette. Close-up view of mans face as he smokes a cigarette.