Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru at a meeting in India. Jawaharlal Nehru arrives and greets the officials present. A book reads 'Third Five year Plan'. He attends meeting with India's planning commission to discuss the Third Five Year plan. Officials seated as they discuss. Jawaharlal Nehru observes a diary.
Scenes from the "The American Queen of Beauty ' pageant in New York City, United States, in October 1934. (The "Miss America" pageant was not held in 1934 due to Great Depression financial troubles that affected the pageant in 1933. This "American Queen of Beauty" pageant was sponsored by Madison Square Garden, and held only this one time, in 1934). Contestants in swim suits move around the judges. The judges consisting of experts are seated on the center of the stage. Helen Mack, who was Miss New York State, is seen being given the title of American Queen of Beauty after she defeated 3,000 girls from 30 states. She holds the silver winner's cup.
German Professor Eugen Sänger conceived of a rocket-propelled airplane in 1934. View of his sketches and notes.View of a workshop, close to his home, where Sänger developed his ideas. It is a nondescript building with wooden exterior and "Deutsche Raketenflug-Werft, Vien1934" (German Rocketflight shipyard, Vienna,1934) scrawled on its door. Professor Sänger and an assistant are seen in doorway of the workshop. Interior views of machinery. Blueprint cross-section of Sängers first Rocket motor (the S.R.1) from 1932. Drawing of test facility arrangement from 1932. Drawing of the S.R.2 rocket motor from 1933, with high pressure liquid oxygen cooling. Drawing of testing apparatus and arrangement from 1933, including Bosch fuel injection pump.
Film 'Wonders of the World' shows Eastern India. Peacock struts on floor inside a building in Eastern India. Covered woman wears foot ornaments making decorated toenail coverings. Aerial view of the Himalayan Mountain range in India and clouds surrounding the mountains. Monk inside a Tibetan Monastery near Darjeeling. Tibetan Monks spin prayer wheels. A group of local men in Darjeeling or Tibet play a card game while seated on the ground. Tibetan natives perform a Devil Dance in traditional costumes. The Tibetan Devil Dancers dance, spinning in a circle.
Shia Muslims in India. A religious ceremony in the form of a mourning procession to mark the anniversary of the death of Ali, Mohammed's son in law. People in the streets during the procession. Animals decorated with finery. Men and boys strike their chests with their fists in flagellation as mourning ritual. In separate sequence, The Taj Mahal (Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282001, India) in Agra, and the Shalimar Gardens (AH1, G. T. Road, Shalamar Town, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan) in Lahore, Punjab, British India, are shown.
The Indian Police Force Lathi charging and attempting to control a huge mob during the post Independence unrest in India. Hindu protesters seen with banners of 'Down with Pakistan Hooliganism'. Police control the rioting crowd. (Events near time of division of India into states of India and Pakistan.)