A large crowd gathers to protest against rising prices and inflation in New York City, as prices increased during World War I wartime assistance production for allied nations. People show banners. A large banner reads: "America First. We appeal to you for mercy and justice. Our children are starving. Come down with the prices." A banner reads 'We want bread'. Women stand with children in strollers and baby carriages during the protest. A line of women and children march as families in the protest rally.
View of a railroad marshaling yard in the United States, filled with idle box cars. The cars had been idled due to the German U-boat campaigns affecting maritime commerce from the United States to its allies in World War I.
Governor Charles Whitman of New York State,poses for the camera on top of a tall building in Albany., New York State. He wears a wool overcoat with velvet collar and a bowler hat of the period. Behind, and above him is seen a large American flag on a flagpole fastened to the building roof. Camera changes angle, showing other buildings below similar in style to the State Capitol building in Albany.
In New York Harbor, the United States passenger ship SS Manchuria (later the World War 1 troop transport ship USS Manchuria, ID-1633) being loaded with cargo including armament (artillery gun is partially seen). Crew members on the ship loading items from a smaller vessel. Smoke rises from the smokestack of a passenger steam ship as it passes the Statue of Liberty.
Franklin D Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, boards launch, from shore to ship, during heavy snow in the United States. Franklin D Roosevelt is seen onboard the smaller transport boat with the Captain, on deck.
Harry Lauder smokes a pipe in United States. Band plays bagpipers. An insignia reads "B F Keiths" and "Red Cross". Large crowd gathers around the stand in which the Harry Lauder with other dignitaries stand.