A Japanese expedition finally reaches its destination – the Yellow River or the Huang He River --after days of travel, by camel caravan, across the Ordos Desert in Northwestern China. They water their camels at the river's edge. Views of the Yellow River. Animated map shows the route followed by the expedition all the way from Japan, and then across the vast Chinese desert to the Yellow River.
Preparations for a French execution by guillotine, French bourreau (executioner) Anatole Joseph François Deibler, opens the doors to a carriage house where a portable guillotine is kept in a horse coach (Fourgon). He enters, and is followed by a black limousine. Next, we see him walking slowly along a railroad station platform, next to a train of freight cars. The Fourgon, a venerable closed horse-coach, containing the disassembled guillotine (unseen) sits on a flat rail car. It is black and covered in a black cover. Its four wooden wheels are tied to the corners of the rail car. M.Diebler walks along the train platform, covering his face with a handkerchief. Scene shifts to a person sweeping floor inside an area enclosed by black iron gates. Next, out of chronological sequence, a white horse is seen pulling the executioner's coach along a cobblestone street. Scene shifts back again, to M.Diebler walking about at the train depot. A workman is seen cleaning the Fourgon wheels with a water hose. M. Diebler stands on the platform next to a railroad man in uniform. A building is seen dimly. Back at the rail platform, the Fourgon stands ready. A rear door on it is padlocked by M. Diebler. The coach is next seen being pulled by the horse along a city street. Spectators watch from the sidewalks and some from windows overlooking the street. The coach enters an enclosure. In final scene, the coach is back on the railcar again, covered in black, with its wheels tied to the railcar corners.
Chinese government puts speedy cruisers into service to stop smuggling and the river pirates in Yangtze River. Chinese cruiser fires on a smuggling boat in sea.
Tyrolean men and women wear traditional costumes and parade to celebrate the signing of a treaty that eases tension along their frontier. Men in Lederhosen and women wearing Dirndl. Children in traditional Tracht. Tyrolean people also parade their cattle. A bearded man wearing a large hat.
Twenty thousand people including high military and political leaders of the Chinese National Government gather to pay respect to countrymen who have died in the war torn China. Chinese troops parade. Chinese political leaders review the parade.
Adolf Hitler arrives at the inauguration of 1000 km of completed autobahn near Breslau, Germany (present day Wrocław, Poland). He walks with other officers through a cheering crowd. He makes a speech from a podium. He stands in an open car and drives towards a ribbon to open road. Children give flowers to him. Soldiers stand holding banners. Hitler talks to German mother standing with children. Hitler salutes from the car as soldiers in trucks and other military vehicles move down the autobahn. Inspector General for German Roadways Fritz Todt also seen with Hitler in some of the shots and riding in the car.
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