A Boeing 314 Pan American Clipper taxis in on two outboard engines, after a water landing. A DC-2 flies overhead. Passengers from the Clipper are ferried to an inclined pier and walk up towards shore. Several dozen people are seen boarding three buses parked on the inclined pier. An official at the microphones in a press conference. Wall-sized sectional drawing of Boeing 314 seaplane behind him, labeled "Giant Flying Clipper Ships of Pan American Airways." Igor Sikorsky comes to microphones and poses for photographs. A young couple appears at the microphones. Two gentlemen arrive at inclined ramp. One uses walkway to ramp, while the other hops up to the ramp. They are warmly greeted by a group of people and head up towards shore.
A factory site in United States. A crane lifts material and drops it in a railroad car. Pennsylvania Railroad car. A specialized vehicle moves up a slope. Workers load heavy motors on to a truck using a chain block and tackle device. Factory yard. automobiles parked. A worker moves a hand cart. A truck follows. Workers load paper packages on a cart and one moves the loaded cart away. Cylinders of pressurized gas stand by the loading dock. Smoke arises from stacks and vent pipes of various factories.
Visitors walking about the grounds of the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34.. A dirigible flies in sky in background. View of a garden and buildings far off. Trees at the side of the path. 'PARIS' written on a building of the exhibit of France, with smoke stacks imitative of the funnels on a ship of the French Line.. People enter the building.
Scenes in the "Italian Village" exhibit of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34.. Carnival barkers holding canes,stand on boxes next to women and harangue the crowds to visit their respective sideshows for 25 cents. Aerial views of the fairgrounds, showing two man- made lagoons along with, bridges, and buildings at the fair on the shore of Lake Michigan.
"Midget Village" scenes at the "Century of Progress" Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934. Buildings in the "Midget Village" which was modeled as a miniature reproduction of the ancient German Bavarian walled city of Dinkelsbühl, and staffed by three groups of midget professional performing artists: the Ritter Troupe, Rose Troupe, and the Singer Troupe. Bavarian-type building with sign reading: "The Black Forest." Visitors strolling through the area. A Hawaiian show performed on stage by midgets, who play guitars while a little person performs a Hula dance. Midgets play a "craps" dice game on the street, with wagers of silver coins tossed on the ground. Fair visitors gather around the group and watch the game, before it is broken up by a group of midgets dressed as police officers.
A large crowd of visitors walk around a garden in the grounds of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34. People move on paths between the gardens. Some sit on benches by hedges. Posts on the paths contain signs pointing to various exhibits at the fair. An aerial tramway called the "Skyway" carries riders above the fairgrounds. Flags fly in background. Extremely dense crowds of visitors move through a main concourse of the fair. A car (1933 Hupmobile?) moves slowly through the crowd. Large umbrellas at outdoor cafe in background.
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