Man works at a stall of noodles on a street, in Japan. He smokes a wooden pipe and smiles. Three other men wearing flat Japanese hats eat noodles from bowl using chopsticks, near the stall.
Men travel a rapid stream in rowboats in Japan. Men prepare row boats on rocky banks of the stream. Men row wooden sailboats in rapid waters of stream. Another man sails a rowboat made of bamboo sticks in the rapid stream.
Sequences from a melodramatic presentation. A girl sits near her mother and weeps. A Native American Indian man arrives and takes the mother into a forest. In the forest a group of men walk with arrested husband of the woman. The Indian man and woman try to convince them that the husband is not a murderer.
Small children at a school in Japan. Small girls walk in line and make a circle. Display of calisthenics by school children wearing traditional Japanese dresses. Teachers of the school behind the children. Other children watch the performance from the school building.
A man stands on a long cylindrical wooden log, few other men and a boy also stand on it, in Japan. They try and roll the wooden log. Other people watch them.
A procession with dignitaries on horses and horse-drawn carriages in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese men pulling rickshaws (called jinriksha). Flag bearers carrying flags written in Japanese. Civilians on roadside watch the parade. Japanese people crowd a park filled with blooming Sakura cherry blossom trees.