Newsreel titled 'Favorite Wins Trot Classic'. Civilians wearing hats move in to witness The Corn Tassel Derby harness horse racing in Goshen, New York. Horse race starts with participants giving tough competition to each other. Various trotting carts on dusty tracks during successive laps of the race. Yankee Maid wins the race and spectators rise from their chairs to cheer the winner.
Newsreel titled 'Opera Stars Sing Xmas Music for Settlement Kids.' Metropolitan Opera stars Lauritz Melchior and Elizabeth Rethberg, Amy Ellerman and Enzio Pinza stage a performance on Christmas for the small poor children of Henry Street Settlement in New York. Pianist accompanies the opera stars as they sing "Oh Come All Ye Faithful." Children enjoy and clap as the singers finish.
Display of a model of 'Madison House' in Newark, New Jersey. People look at the design and interiors of a living room. Two old women and a couple observe houses worth $12,500. People observe dinette kept for display from outside a glass window. An official of the U.S. military is amongst the visitors. A modern kitchen design available with the houses. A man inspects the kitchen.
Display of a model of 'Westing House' (Westinghouse) in Newark, New Jersey in the post-war era. People look at the design of an electric kitchen. Modern equipment in the kitchen. Electric refrigerators, grills, stoves, cloths ironer and washing machines. Salesman explains different gadgets as a couple listens to him. He demonstrates working of some of the gadgets. A signboard advertising 'Westing House Combination Kitchen-Laundry'.
A jewelry factory in New York, United States. Various stages of manufacturing a signet ring during World War 1 era. A worker stamps out shapes from a metallic strip. Scraps of metal stamped out from a strip. Worker works with various machineries to mold metal scrap accordingly to form a ring. He stamps out shapes and applies polish on its surface. The signet ring, ready for sale.
Documentary about geography of New York. The buildings of financial district of Lower Manhattan. Wall Street, the financial center of America. Crowd of people on busy Wall Street. U.S. National flags hang from the buildings. The skyscrapers not visible clearly till their top due to their height. Famous buildings along Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan.
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