A United States Marshal Van arrives at the U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square, New York City. Officials follow it into driveway under the building. Two men are seen in photographers flash,entering the building, covering their faces and handcuffed together. Officials, later, escort them back out of the building, Two more men are brought out of the building. One has his face covered with a cloth and another has his face covered by a newspaper. After all prisoners are loaded in the van, photographers take their pictures. Marshal's van or paddy wagon leaves the building and moves through the streets. A street sign reads 'Foley Square '. View of the Courthouse.
Treasury Secretary William McAdoo speaks at rally. A huge United States flag in the background. Surrounded by crowds, on Fifth Avenue, New York, First Lady, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, steps from vehicle to sidewalk. High-ranking Police Officers seen in uniform in the crowd.
The ocean liner Bremen underway. Smoke rises up from the stacks of the ship. Sailors aboard. Skyscrapers of New York City seen in background. Boxes containing gold bars move on conveyor belt from ship to dock. The liner Bremen brings more than $13,000,000 gold to United States following a sharp rise in the price of gold after passage of the Gold Reserve Act, and President Roosevelt setting the gold price much higher in the U.S. triggering exporters to send gold to the United States.
French Ocean liner "S.S. Normandie" near port of New York City. The SS Normandie ocean liner arrives under cover of a smoke screen laid down around it by airmen to protect it from attack. Large smokestacks of the ship are seen. Another passenger liner underway.
Overweight women weigh themselves on a scale. Overweight and heavy girls weighing over 200 pounds audition for an upcoming New York show about famous 'Beef Trust' girls of dancing group of Vaudeville company. The overweight women go through active dancing routines.
Lawrence Tibbett, New York Metropolitan Opera baritone seated in front of a mirror in his dressing room. Several articles lie in front of him. He uses cream or lotion in his hand to remove stage makeup from his face following a performance of Aida by Verdi. Mr. Tibbett wears a dressing robe and a wrist watch.
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