Opening scene shows Abdulaziz Al Saud (Ibn Saud) founder of Saudi Arabia, with members of his retinue, stepping from a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Fokker VIII airplane at an airport. The words: "Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Aviation Company) and a crest appear on the side of the aircraft. The King and party are met by a diplomat in a top hat. People in Western European clothing stand near a long trailer that looks like a private rail car. It is hooked to a truck tractor and would seem to be for transporting the King and his party further in their travels. In complete change of scene, armed Arab cavalry parade and then demonstrate prowess riding and shooting from horseback. Western Europeans mingle with Arab sheiks and a French officer. A young Emir (Arabic Prince) entertains friends. The young emir and his friends wear western clothes. Members of a tribe of desert nomads.
Landing of an aerobile autogyro in Washington DC. Pilot Jim Ray collapses the rotor blades on autogyro aerobile. The autogyro aerobile drives down a street. Parade moves down the street behind the aerobile. The aerobile autogyro takes off from the National Mall in front of the Capitol Building.
Lake freighters stuck in ice in Lachine,Quebec, Canada. The lake freighters are stuck in ice bound Lachine and Soulanges canals. A ship moves slowly over ice. Smoke comes out from chimneys. 'Canada Steamship Lines' written on the side of the ship. Men remove ice from a dock.
Children aid Saint Nicolas in Santa Claus, Indiana. Cars parked outside buildings. A man hands a bag to another man. A sign board outside a building reads 'Post Office'. A man at work in the office. He marks seal on the letters. Children enter a building with painted walls. Children dressed up like Santa Claus make toys at a workshop and aid Saint Nicolas.
Humorous German animated cartoon about sledding (sleigh riding). A sign identifies a sled run for adults only. Several groups of older persons go sledding on it. Then a boy on stilts and another boy sneak past the attendant, who thinks one is an adult. The boys are discovered and chased by the attendant. They fall into a snow bank. The boys stretch a rope across the sled run and upset some old folks who land in the snow. They repeat this trick several times, until they try it on the attendant who pulls them along with him and cuts their rope so they fly off into some trees, where the folks they tricked stand about and look at them.
Chorus girl dancers rehearsing a routine for Ziegfield Follies musical production, on stage in a theater. They are dressed in casual working attire and run through their routine several times, as two women watch from the theater wing.
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