U.S. President Herbert Hoover at the White House in Washington DC. A large crowd of men women and children gathers on the White House lawn. Girls perform a Maypole dance, weaving different colored ribbons into an elaborate covering on the pole. President comes out on the balcony of the White House and waves at the crowd.
Soldiers Garden Party held for disabled veterans of World War I. One thousand attended. U.S. President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady Louise Henry Hoover enter the South lawn of the White House, where they walk amongst and meet disabled war veterans assembled there. Later the President and First Lady stand and greet disabled veterans who are brought past them in wheel chairs pushed by nurses. They greet a war veteran lying on a stretcher. A veteran on crutches meets the President and the First Lady. Many of the disabled veterans suffered loss of limbs, including one who lost all except his right arm.
Ford Plant workers work on the final assembly line at the Ford Motor Plant in Detroit, Michigan. Workers assemble Ford automobiles. Many assembly line scenes, including engines being positioned in car chassis; car body being placed on chassis, and assembly of wheels. Some Ford work men are seen moving back and forth quickly on dollies or scooters with wheels, to allow them to move quickly from car to car as they continue moving on the assembly line, while the workers remain at a lower working height.
Members of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit sites to resolve the common problems in Washington DC. Delegates attend the conference at the White House. 30th U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge addresses the conference. Band of musicians, flags of different countries. Delegates plant a tree.
Delegates of Pan American Congress of Journalists travel and learn about the United States. A map depicting the route of the group from Washindton DC to New York, then to Detroit and again come back to New York. They observe gradual development in the automobile and road system. Cabs and caravan of buses pass under a bridge. Views of herd of gazing animals,people on horsebacks, a man ploughing the field with his horse,men using tools and men making wooden barrels.
The Pan American Congress of Journalists visit Kodak in Rochester, New York to see cotton used in the production of nitrocellulose camera film. Views of women picking cotton. Cotton is baled and the bales are sent on conveyor to railroad yard. Bales are loaded onto a Southern railroad box car. Steam locomotive pulls train out of terminal yard. Map shows flow of cotton from the South to New York. At Eastman Kodak, view of cotton being processed into nitrocellulose film, also known as nitrate film for use in motion picture film cameras. View of perforation machine cutting perfs into motion picture film. Film is wound into rolls. Woman worker wraps each film roll in black paper for shipment. Pan American Congress members board a Mack 'Shock Insulated' bus for further travel.