Aerial feats and fireworks herald 1939 World's Fair. Daring aerial stunts by the Slide-for-life D'Arcy girls. Huge crowd watches the stunts. Gigantic display of fireworks announces the 1939 World's Fair. The fireworks thrill a huge crowd of spectators.
Overweight women weigh themselves on a scale. Overweight and heavy girls weighing over 200 pounds audition for an upcoming New York show about famous 'Beef Trust' girls of dancing group of Vaudeville company. The overweight women go through active dancing routines.
A vehicle named 'Weep' made by Edward Hammond in Auburndale. The vehicle is made from spare parts of 16 automobiles, a tractor, a mowing machine and a boat. Edward Hammond shows mechanical parts of the automobile. He then drives it.
A full rigged ship 'Amerigo Vespucci' sails up the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia. The ship surrounded by Italian destroyer ships. The ship inspected by the American Navy Officers. Officers trained to join Italian Navy on the ship.
A model car that drives itself is demonstrated at a research center at Princeton in New Jersey. Technicians raise the hood of the model automobile to show circuitry inside that guides the cars movement. A Charlie McCarthy doll with a cigarette in its mouth is in the drivers seat. The automobile automatically stops or passes other cars to avoid collisions by means of a wire guide installed below it. Another toy car is seen on the test track to demonstrate collision avoidance.
American golfer Ben Hogan gets a huge Broadway reception in New York City. Huge crowd welcomes him as he comes back home after winning the British Open held in Scotland. He is greeted by confetti as he passes the crowd on the streets in an open car. Cameramen take his photographs.
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