City scenes in Detroit, Michigan. View of a residential area in Detroit. A laundry stands beside a church. Another church tower is seen from afar. Grand Blvd. with Cadillac Place in background (3044 West Grand Boulevard, formerly the General Motors Building ) A building under construction, possibly the First National Building, viewed from across Woodward Ave. A sign on adjacent building reads “Commonwealth Federal”. View of Detroit’s waterfront and skyline. A steamship is docked on the waterfront.
Views of Diego Rivera working on his Detroit Industry Murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Details from the Detroit Industry mural sections. View of a single section of the wall blank, and then after initial mural sketch has been added by Rivera. Diego Rivera and another worker at the wall of one of the sections of mural.
A parade in Detroit in Michigan in the United States. People gather along a side of a street in Detroit. A cavalry parade on the street. Men standing outside a building. A man holds a U.S. flag. Another man takes the flag from him. A sign reads: 'Detroit's Favorite Store'.
Film starts showing a man speaking through a megaphone. Next is an aerial view of the city of detroit, Michigan. This is followed by views of steam locomotives moving on railroads near the Ford Motor Company River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. One locomotive is pulling a long passenger train. People crowd sidewalk in front of the Cadillac Hotel on Washington Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan, where a bus has parked. View of people boarding the bus. Next, the bus is seen driving along the Boulevard. Then, two buses arrive and discharge passengers in front of the Ford Motor Company office building. Inside the building a Ford Company spokesman speaks to the visitors who are seated in a conference room. Folowing the briefing, they all stand and exit through the front door. View from inside one of the buses as of visitors re-board.
Detroit riots in Detroit, Michigan. A man walks on a side walk. Building in the background. Sign on building:'7- Bruesser & Co.'. Insignia of Michigan Bell Telephone Company on a van. Barbed wire and a sign board of 'Restricted Area'. U.S. soldiers stand on guard duty.
Chefs and employees working in the restaurant kitchen of the Hotel Statler (1539 Washington Boulevard Detroit, Michigan) in Detroit Michigan. Opening slate of film reads: "Here we are in the heart of the hotel, looking down the long line of ranges where Broiled Lobsters and Roast Chicken are done to a turn. (At lower right of slate is statement: "Produced by Ford Motor Company.") More than a dozen chefs in classic white uniforms are seen preparing meals that are being picked up by waiter in tuxedos. Another view of chefs at work. A slate reads: "If cleanliness is next to Godliness, surely this is a wonderful place to work. It is unknown, while pots and pans shine like milady's mirror." Several views of a young woman tending several large coffee pots and dispensing pots of it to waiters. Another slate reads: "System! There is enough of it here to delight a General. Note the order and precision with which everything is carried forward." Views of kitchen staff interacting with the formally dressed wait staff members who check each order before taking it on trays to the dining room. Next slate reads: "Dainty salads with sweet cream and delicious fruits, prepared by the hand of an expert."Four women are seen behind a counter, making these fancy salads and passing them to waiters. Closeup of one being prepared.
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