Shows officials working inside an Oil Administration Office in Mexico. Closeup of bottles and canister of an oil brand Aguila. Views of officials working over several documentations.1938.
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines takes the oath of office as Mexico's next President. Attending the inaugural are retiring Ambassador O'Dwyer and Vice-President Nixon. Crowd greets the new President. Soldiers march in respect of the President. Officials watch from balcony of building.
Inter American conference at Mexico. United States Secretary of State Stettinius and Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller attend the conference. Airplane parked on air base. People gather to greet dignitaries arriving for the conference. Car arrives. Dignitaries come out of car. Other officials greet them. People applaud and greet them. Other dignitaries arrive. People greet them. They enter the conference hall.
A documentary visualizes different stages in oil production in Mexico. A man near an oil seepage in a jungle. A tractor drives past a derrick. A trolley pulled by a tractor hauls material to the site of the proposed oil well. Equipment is brought in. Heavy sills are laid to form the foundation of a derrick. Men construct the derrick. A boiler is unloaded from a trolley and is set up. Land is excavated to prepare sump holes and tanks.
Hurricane Janet hits Mexico. An officer loads gear aboard a United States Navy HUP 2 helicopter. The cockpit of the helicopter as it is in flight. On the flight deck of United States ship Saipan, several people stand near the HUP 2 helicopter. The helicopter takes off. A sunset in the background with men on the flight deck of Saipan. Saipan underway at sea as a HUP 2 helicopter goes in for landing on its deck. A jetty extends from the mainland. Sunken ship next to the jetty.
People on the streets to support President Lazaro Cardenas del Rio in Mexico. People hold banners and posters. President Lazaro with dignitaries on a balcony. A crowd in front of the building. People burn banners and posters and stand around them.