Shows corn transported on horse carts to a cannery on a farm in United States. Employees at work in the cannery. Corn processed inside the cannery by hand and in machines.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after winning a 4th term in the 1944 presidential election. President Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Henry Wallace ride down Pennsylvania Avenue. Secrete Service Agents ride on running board of the automobile. Scenes of Armistice Day Ceremony at the Tomb of an Unknown Soldier. (World War II period).
Secretary of State William Phillips signs the seal of the Department of State on the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, marking the end of the dry law, and the end of Prohibition in the United States. Trucks move cargo of liquor to hotels and restaurants. Boxes of liquor arriving at ship docks and being unloaded. Scenes of celebration in Chicago and New York. Elevated view of Times Square at night with street traffic and neon signs. People drink liquor and celebrate in night clubs, bars and restaurants. A wealthy group dressed in black tie tuxedo sings "Hail Hail the Gang's All Here" and drinks as an orchestra plays. Close up view of a bartender as he shakes a shaker drink and pours liquor drinks for patrons. A chef in chef's hat and apron is seen in a wine cellar where he selects wine bottles and wipes the dust from each bottle, and then hands them to a restaurant employee to bring upstairs. Men and women gathered at a bar enjoy drinks as bartenders move quickly filling orders. Men stand three or four deep waving money bills and trying to get the attention of bartenders to order a drink. Close up of a woman drinking. Waiter pouring from a bottle labeled Vat 69. A waiter shaking a cocktail shaker and pouring drinks. Guests drinking alcohol. A woman brushes her forehead showing she feels tipsy. Busy scenes of pedestrians, cars and trucks on the streets of New York City at Times Square.
Models display designer Gladys Parker's fashionable clothing creations at a restaurant in New York, United States. Men and women drink cocktails at the bar and enjoy the show.
Thousands of mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in their colorful costumes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many performers are men in drag (men dressed as women). Ornate floats pass by in the parade, including an "invasion from Mars" scene and a ship being tossed on the ocean. A car weighed down by a heavy cart attached to it drives with its front wheels up in the air. Crowd of Mummers parade participants dancing in street, including some in blackface.
A Ford stake bed truck, loaded with boxes, approaches, climbing up a hill, toward the camera. An elevated highway carrying traffic in background. The truck turns and proceeds up another street. Scene shifts to the truck moving on a highway. Then begins a sort of anatomy of the truck. Its various parts are shown. Beginning with the chassis, the film reveals its side rails; steel crossmembers; forward end;and 4-cylinder,50HP Ford engine. A cutaway of the automobile engine and animated illustration show cylinder, pistons, valves, intake manifold, and carburetor. Rotating crankshaft, fuel pump and filter, and positive lubrication system are shown in action. Cutaway view of crankcase shows lubrication and valve lifters and springs in motion.The entire engine lubrication system is shown. The cooling system is described and shown.The ignition system and distributor are shown.Three point rubber insulated engine mounting is shown. The 4-speed transmission is shown in cutaway with gears moving. Single plate clutch is shown and the drive shaft assembly.
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