A guard of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Border Patrol keeps a vigilant watch from near a border marker stone at the USA-Mexico international border, at Tijuana. The headquarters of the services. Officers move to a car to perform their routine patrols.
A newsreel titled 'Ancient Indian tribes acclaim President at historic dance rites' shows men and women of ancient Indian tribes dressed in their traditional attire and fancy head gears in Oaxaca Mexico. They perform a historic dance ritual as President General Abelardo L. Rodriguez and his wife enjoy the performance.
Hurricane Janet hits Tampico, Mexico. Mexican men unload C rations boxes from a helicopter. People grouped around United States Navy HUP 2 helicopters. People stand against a truck as they wave. People loaded on a truck in the background. A flooded village with submerged houses. A partly flooded roadway. Cows and horses stranded on a patch of high ground. Stacks of inundated small factories protrude from the water.
A spectator sits on a lamp post to watch soldiers of New York's 6th National Guard Division parade on a street in Manhattan, New York City, following their mobilization for the U.S.Punitive Expedition in 1916. Locomobile Armored cars of the 1st Armored Motor Battery, of the New York National Guard move along a roadway, followed by trucks carrying soldiers and automobiles and motorcycles. Spectators, including girls with flowers, watch from the roadsides. Scene shifts to open platform train station, where National Guard troops, with shouldered rifles, march onto the platform, next to a parked empty passenger train The platform is crowded with spectators and well wishers. Another scene shows a train filled with National Guard soldiers leaning out its windows, waving at friends and loved ones. Closeup of soldiers leaning out the windows of a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger car. Two of them lean out to hold babies and kiss them goodbye. Scene shifts to dusty outdoor rail yard, where army horses are being readied to board boxcars. Closeup of fenced corral in which horses are guided for loading. Huge numbers of horses are herded by cowboys into corrals. A group of National guard soldiers stand on a rail bed and wave and smile for the camera. Army wagons are loaded on flat cars in a train parked behind them. Next, a large contingent of National Guard troops is seen marching onto an Army base.
Film opens showing New Jersey National Guard soldiers returning to their training camp (Camp Fielder) at Sea Girt, New Jersey. Led by an army band, they march in formation along a sandy road with high berms on both sides.Glimpses of the marching troops from the side. As they proceed, toward the camera, they reach a point where they begin to march double-time. Scene shifts to a gate of the camp, where family, friends, and well wishers are gathered and a banner reading "Welcome" is stretched across the entrance. Led by officers on horseback, and the colors, the troops march through the gate. Next, soldiers are seen greeted by women family members. One soldier standing beside a tent, lifts his daughters, one at a time, and kisses them. He motions to his wife to pose with them. She does and he kisses her. Next, soldiers are seen briefly, with shouldered rifles, marching in formation. Scene shifts to another area of the Camp (named Camp Fielder for then Governor James F. Fielder). Here, army officers assist President Woodrow Wilson, to mount a horse. The President is dressed formally, including top hat. He poses for the camera. The President then rides with officers to review the National Guard troops drawn up in formation. He salutes with his top hat over heart, as they pass a color guard. He is next seen seated on horseback next to a commanding officer (possibly Colonel Daniel T. Mather) as they review the New Jersey National Guard troops passing in review.
Several sailboats take part in the Annual sail boat race of International Star Class Association held at gulf in New Orleans, Louisiana. Various sailboats underway in the gulf.