A rodeo show in Ellensburg, Washington. Huge crowd gathered to watch the Thirteenth Annual Rodeo show. Rider and the bull perform stunts in the arena. Rider gets wounded and is carried by a group of men in stretcher.
Approximately 20 contestants, dressed in white, are seen at horseshoe pitching lanes in a fenced enclosure. Spectators are seated in bleachers nearby. A stray dog wanders in the foreground. View of the spectators (mostly men). View of a shoe landing as a ringer. View from the pins as a contestant throws five shoes at four pins. One shoe appears to have landed closed against the first pin. The remaining four are all ringers. In a complete change of scene, Ted Allen, wearing a sweater emblazoned with his name and title: "World's Champion," gives a demonstration. He throws four ringers at one pin, while an intrepid assistant leans over, with his hand atop the pin, confident that he won't be hit by one of the horseshoes. Final view is a closeup of Ted Allen posing with his face framed by a horseshoe. (Note: Ted Allen was born in Kansas. His family moved to Colorado in 1922; to Oregon in 1932; to California in 1933; and finally back to Colorado, in 1936.)
Jobless, destitute miners in Uniontown Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Miners and their families make their homes in idle, empty coal (coke) ovens. Children sit outside dwelling caves. Men eat food inside a coke oven cave. In second sequence: Men and women prepare new series of 'Baby Bonds' for lower wage earners rolling off Government presses. President Franklin D Roosevelt buys the first Baby Bond from postmaster-General Farley. From a February 11, 1960 Newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
King Baudouin of Belgium visits a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan. Number of cars arrives in front of the Chrysler building (likely the Mack Avenue Engine Complex). Sign reads “Hot Test”. Engines moving in assembly line. The King inspects modern automated assembly lines. King Baudouin inspects Chrysler cars. One of the convertibles' models presented to the King by a woman. Woman shake hands with King Baudouin.
Adlai Stevenson campaigns for Presidential nomination in Chicago. He formally announces his campaign for Democratic Presidential nomination in 1956. Stevenson seated at his desk with the American flag next to him. A man listens to radio wearing headphones.
A middle aged lady, dressed in black, wearing a black hat with large black feather. She makes a statement for interviewer (unseen).
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