Scene at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey, as the U.S. Destroyer Escort USS McConnell is launched. Shipyard workers aboard the deck and handling lines. U.S. Naval Ensign displayed at her bow and crew looking down. Mrs. Grace Otteson McConnell swings the bottle of champagne and the USS McConnell slides down the ways after christening. View from deck of the McConnell as she goes down the ways. View from water, as she enters, stern-first. Change of scene to high vantage point overlooking the shipyard, at change of shift, when those ending leave and those arriving enter the yard to start work. Workers leaving through guarded gate. Incoming workers punching in on the time clock.
A couple riding on a horse-drawn wooden wagon on street of the old Spanish settlement of Abiquiu, New Mexico. An old wooden building, housing a country store, seen across from them, and an adobe-stye building down the street. Two small log-style dwellings sit in between. Horses are tied to railings. A 1941 Ford convertible automobile sits in front of the old wooden building, where a number of people, including a woman with a small baby, sit relaxing in the sun. Artist Georgia O'Keeffe steps from the car and enters a store in the building. A Native American Indian woman stands, conversing with an old woman, dressed all in black,like a Spanish widow. Men outside an adobe building decorated with murals and a sign reading: "SL PA BAR." Closeups of the men sitting on benches with legs of cowboy in mural behind. Closeups of mural showing dancing girls. Scene shifts back closeup of the old woman in black. A woman looking out the window of her home. A woman rinsing a batch of some kind of material and placing it into another container. Another woman all in black, steps from her house to feed her two dogs on her doorstep. She poses for a closeup. Views of local flora.
Artist Georgia O'Keefe carries purchases to her car (a 1941 Ford convertible) as she leaves general store in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The shop keeper carries some of her items. Closeup of O'Keefe in her car as she drives away. Scene shifts to O'Keefe standing at the the Plaza Blanca cliffs, that she calls the "white place." Closeup of Ms.O'Keefe. Camera pans unusual rock formations. View of O'keefe at campfire. Her car parked nearby, and white cliffs in background. An O'keefe painting of flower with white mountains in background. Another of her paintings, and figurines representing Navajo priests. Scene shifts to Navajo dancers in costume as birds. Others in traditional clothing with elaborate headresses, chant and play drums. Scene shifts to Navajo children playing marbles in sand, and back again to dancers and drummers. The adobe St. Thomas Church is seen in background. Navajo Native American Indian family inside their home, where woman attends baby in a swing. Closeup of the baby. Panning views of dramatic landscapes. Herd of sheep grazing. Film concludes with views of mountains, sky, deserts, and canyons.
Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
Rain drenches huge crowd of spectators during college football game between Harvard and Yale. Several people in the crowd carry umbrellas. Bob Lassiter passes to Parker and paves way for a score. Walter Levering leads the Yale team. The football team of Yale wins against the game against Harvard at Yale Bowl in New Haven. Yale team on the muddy field scores 19 points against zero points for Harvard.
'$6,500,000 Pier Fire'. A raging fire rakes a railroad pier at Weehawken in New Jersey. Huge fire seen at the harbor. A cameraman takes pictures. Ambulances maintain vigil. In Tokyo, Japan, flames destroy the enlisted men's mess at the Palace Heights housing community. Enlisted men and their families flee from, from their Quonset type homes while the fire was being fought. People run to save their belongings.
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