Magician Dr. Harlan Tarbell is blindfolded by a stage crew member in the Metropolitan Motion Picture Studio. Other crew members hold up objects for Tarbell to identify. Blindfolded magician reads a newspaper. He identifies numerous objects including a photograph, visiting card and a camera tripod. Magician calls this trick 'eyeless Vision' as he takes off the blindfolds.
Fencing Club practicing on lawn at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. Foils and sabers clash in demonstration. Match between two girls. Others watch the match. Close view of two girls.
Streamlined train from Burlington called the Zephyr seen at railroad station in Detroit Michigan. People detrain. Men examining the exit doors and wheels of the gasoline powered train. Men sitting in club car at rear of the train. Michigan Central railroad executives pose with and congratulate Burlington company executives.
Hollywood actress Gloria Swanson is greeted by a group of admirers at the Detroit railroad train station (Michigan Central Station or also Michigan Central Depot or MCS). She is interviewed by a woman reporter. Then she poses for the camera and gets into the car. Car is driven away.
Buildings blaze at Chicago's Union Stockyard, in Chicago Illinois. Firemen at work. Raging flames consume buildings. Large crowd gather to put off fire. Smoke pours out of buildings. Buildings ruined and people walking about in aftermath of devastating fire.
President Roosevelt cancels all aerial mail contracts. The Government orders the Army to take over the job. U.S. Army Planes standing at the Army flying fields. Activities at the Army flying fields. Men handling mail packets. U.S. Army Planes take off. Planes in flight.
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