Famous Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori inspects a Montessori school in Berlin, Germany. Montessori is writing notes on her desk about Modernist ‘Montessori Method’ child education. Closeup of Montessori, smiling. Scene shifts to a Montessori classroom where children are seated at tables engaged in various independent individual activities, as a teacher walks amongst them. A mathematics class using the Montessori Method. A girl at one table places cards with numbers on them, in sequence, across her table. A boy works with numbered cards and a box of pegs. A box of Montessori Math Beads is seen beside the boy. Another boy, next to him, listens as he shakes rattles to sort them by sound. He places them on the table according to their sounds. Personal care activities by children. Children stand at individual wash basins in pairs. Children use washcloths to clean themselves. Children washing their hands with soap. A boy is paired up with an older girl. Girl washing the boy's face, neck and ears, using soap and wash cloth. Girl washes herself. The girl scrubs the boy’s ears.
Gambling ship underway off the coast in St Petersburg,Florida. Steamer Monte Carlo underway off the coast in St Petersburg. Passengers gamble at the roulette wheel. Croupier spins the wheel. He arranges coins for the players at the gambling table. Officers arrest the gamblers.
Annual Silver Skates Derby in New York. Large crowd of spectators gathered. at Conservatory Lake, in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States. Some skaters fell. Spectators cheer the skaters. Herbert G.Taylor wins the championship and poses for picture.
Endurance dancing contest in Chicago,Illinois. Stressed put couples dance on floor during the Endurance dancing contest. Woman falls. Men hold their partners as they feel drowsy. Nurse treats a woman. Dancers eat food.
Jim Londos retains wrestling championship after defeating challenger, Jim McMillen, at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.. Large crowd of spectators gather at the Madison Square Garden. The wrestling match between Jim Londos and McMillen begins. At one point both wrestlers fall out of the ring into the spectators seated at ringside and the referee and spectators help them back into the ring. Londos picks McMillen up in an aerial pinwheel maneuver and throws him to the mat, where, under the watchful eye of the referee, who is lying on the mat next to the contestants, Londos finally manages to pin McMillen and successfully defend his title.
Challengers arrive for speedboat racing in Detroit, Michigan. A group of men walks out of Michigan Central Station (same as Michigan Central Depot or MCS) railroad train station. Cars parked outside the station building. Commodore A A Gus Schantz greets and receives powerboat racer Kaye Don. Kaye Don gives a vote of thanks. Kaye Don meets American speedboat racer Garfield Wood. They stand on the steps of the City Hall. Schantz and other men stand in the background.