Ambassadors in White House to meet with President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Spanish ambassador to United States Don Fernando De Los Rios disembarks from a car. He enters the White House. He poses for pictures at the conclusion of a meeting (he is without a country as the Spanish Civil War has just ended with Franco's Nationalist forces winning, so Fernando De Los Rios, as a Nationalist Spanish leader, no longer represents Spain). He leaves after conferring to President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Cameramen click pictures. Italian ambassador to U.S. Prince Ascanio Colonna in White House with another official. Officials talk to one another.
Grumman amphibious aircraft of the Peruvian air Force on Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. Grumman amphibious aircraft being parked. Aircraft taxi on Floyd Bennett Field and take off for Peru.
Demonstration of facilities and new subway cars in a New York City subway train in New York City, United States. A subway train with destination sign "Queens Plaza" pulls in at a New York City subway station. People wait on platform. People enter and get seated. A man presses on the seat showing its comfort and appearance. A woman applies makeup looking in mirror inside the train. The driver moves the windshield wiper on the glass. A man reads a newspaper while standing in the moving train. The train pulls out.
Clip opens with black and white scenes but then transitions to color scenes. Times Square neon signs and theaters in New York City. Theaters include the Waldorf Theater and Roxy Theater at 50th street and Sixth Avenue, the Astor Theater at 1537 Broadway, and the Paramount Theater at 43rd street and Broadway. Neon signs seen include 'Ripley Believe it or Not!' , 'Coca-Cola The Pause That Refreshes' , 'Chevrolet' , 'Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey' , 'Wilson That's All' , 'Sunkist Lemonade' , 'Bromo Seltzer' , 'Hygrade Frankfurters' , 'Wrigley's Spearmint' , 'Old Gold Cigarettes' , and 'Florsheim Shoes.' At the Astor Theater, the movie 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson is advertised on the marquee, and the scrolling marquee is advertising the Wizard of Oz. At the Paramount Theater, the movie, 'Our Leading Citizen' starring Bob Burns is playing.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : Robert Sherrod, war correspondent for the Time magazine, dictates to a secretary. He dictates about write ups, articles, lay outs, memorandums and pictures to be used in the next Time magazine issue.
The office of the Time magazine in Washington DC. A reenactment : Mary Malloy, a correspondent for the Time magazine, at a teletype. She answers a telephone. A woman sorts letters and postal mail in a shelf. Correspondents for the Time magazine Harold Horan, Robert Sherrod and Mary Virginia Johnson sort telegrams and mail. A woman takes out books from shelves.