Ford Plant workers work on the final assembly line at the Ford Motor Plant in Detroit, Michigan. Workers assemble Ford automobiles. Many assembly line scenes, including engines being positioned in car chassis; car body being placed on chassis, and assembly of wheels. Some Ford work men are seen moving back and forth quickly on dollies or scooters with wheels, to allow them to move quickly from car to car as they continue moving on the assembly line, while the workers remain at a lower working height.
Members of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit sites to resolve the common problems in Washington DC. Delegates attend the conference at the White House. 30th U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge addresses the conference. Band of musicians, flags of different countries. Delegates plant a tree.
Delegates of Pan American Congress of Journalists travel and learn about the United States. A map depicting the route of the group from Washindton DC to New York, then to Detroit and again come back to New York. They observe gradual development in the automobile and road system. Cabs and caravan of buses pass under a bridge. Views of herd of gazing animals,people on horsebacks, a man ploughing the field with his horse,men using tools and men making wooden barrels.
The Pan American Congress of Journalists visit Kodak in Rochester, New York to see cotton used in the production of nitrocellulose camera film. Views of women picking cotton. Cotton is baled and the bales are sent on conveyor to railroad yard. Bales are loaded onto a Southern railroad box car. Steam locomotive pulls train out of terminal yard. Map shows flow of cotton from the South to New York. At Eastman Kodak, view of cotton being processed into nitrocellulose film, also known as nitrate film for use in motion picture film cameras. View of perforation machine cutting perfs into motion picture film. Film is wound into rolls. Woman worker wraps each film roll in black paper for shipment. Pan American Congress members board a Mack 'Shock Insulated' bus for further travel.
Delegates from Pan American Congress of Journalists observe flour mill in Buffalo, New York. People work on the fields. Operations at the manufacturing units and transportation of goods. Transportation of wheat on ships across the Great Lakes. Man sailing a boat with goods towards the ship. View of cargo ships and nearby tug boats at port. Wheat grain shifted and poured onto conveyor belts. Wheat processing machinery at a flour making facility in Buffalo.
The Carpenter-Whitney Expedition in Alaska. View of Tustumena Lake with mountain sheep in the distance. Mountainous terrain along side the lake.