Cotton picking in the United States. A car and a horse drawn wagon meet on a country road. The car and the wagon stop. A man gets out of the car and talks to the driver of the wagon. A man looks at cotton flowers, developing bolls. The man breaks open a boll. Cotton inside the boll. The man picks out cotton from the broken boll. Cotton being pulled apart.
A farmyard in the United States. A farm with cattle in the foreground. Cows in a corral as men stand in the foreground. The men look at the cattle confined in the enclosed area.
An oat field in the United States. A farmer works on an oat field as he shows stalks of oats. The farmer binds shocks of oats. He cuts oats with a hand scythe.
Planting of potatoes in the United States. A man with an implement and a bag around his shoulder moves along a field. He plants potatoes with hand. The man places the bag and the implement on the ground and walks away.
A farmyard in the United States. A man comes to a door. A woman comes out and hands over a jacket to the man. He puts on the jacket and gets into a truck. The truck drives away as the woman stands in the yard with a dog. The truck and a horse wagon on a country road.
U.S. Marines receive honors in Haiti, West Indies. Four U.S. Marines stand at attention in a field adjoining the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. U.S. naval officers in summer white uniforms are present. President of Haiti, Sudre Dartiguenave, pins Haitian Military medals on the Marines for their performance in routing a force of bandits. Next, Haitian Gendarmerie, officered by U.S. Marine Non-Commissioned Officers, march past in review. The President and U.S. naval officers stand near the National Palace to review the Gendarmerie. They salute as the troops march past. In the far background, can be seen the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de L'Assomption). Next, in complete change of scene, U.S. Marines are seen leaving a campsite of white tents, as they head out on a patrol, carrying their rifles and transporting supplies, on a burro. Final change of scene shows two marines examining boots being made at an outdoor shoemaker. The proprieter, a man, works at a sewing machine. He has many women helpers who sit on the ground and do handwork on footware. A Haitian customer examines a boot.