Animation depicts the high cost of living in Hawaii. A coconut palm tree on a beach. Man comes out of hut and climbs tree to get a coconut marking year 1900. Second time man wanting coconut. Tree becomes tall and coconut marks year 1920. Shows how high cost of living causes social unrest. Short palm tree with coconut marking year 1925.
Street scenes in a city in Russia. A car on the street. A large crowd of pedestrians in the streets. People boarding streetcar or trolley. Circa 1920.
A wall clock hanging on top of a window. Camera shows American inventor Thomas Alva Edison’s laboratory. Glass laboratory bottles and tubes on display. Footage circa 1920 of Thomas Alva Edison showing early lightbulbs to colleagues. A carbon filament light bulb lights up. Camera moves closer to show the glowing carbon filament inside the lamp. Early filmmaking in the United States. A man cranks a Kinetograph, the first movie camera invented by Edison. A belly dancer performs in one of Edison’s early films. A film rolling. A boxing match filmed by Thomas Edison. A cameraman records the boxing match inside Edison’s Black Maria film studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Exteriors of the Black Maria studio showing the turntable and wheels underneath. 19th century women wearing summer dresses strolling in film captured by Edison. Cameramen sent by Edison films people on the beach and in amusement park rides. Edison having lunch with other inventors Henry Ford Sr., Harvey Firestone Sr., and Alexander Graham Bell. View of Edison’s study. A light bulb is turned off.
Views at corn field near Mexico City, Mexico. Man and woman walk through field uncovering new corn plants and removing weeds. Farmer cultivating cornfield with three mules.
A Mexican farmer or rancher walking with mixed herds of donkeys, cows, goats and sheep near Mexico City, Mexico. Mountains in background and farm buildings.
Festively decorated gondola boats both large and small are seen on the canals of Xochimilco, near Mexico City, Mexico. The boats, known as Trajinera boats, are propelled by Mexican men, women, and children primarily using long poles. A Trajinera boats with the name "Rosamaria" on it. The boats are painted in bright colors and some have flowers. A Mexican woman sits in an open boat preparing traditional Mexican food. Many Trajinera boats seen in the canal, and some views of the shore line.