Women from Goodyear rubber company show new use of Pliofilm in Akron Ohio. Man gives pliofilm bags to women. The pliofilm bags serve as waterproof purses for the women's things. Women in swimsuits walk towards the lake on a dock. They swim and then later apply make-up. They swing on a swing set above the water. Narrator describes how Pliofilm is also used for defense purposes, in parachutes, food packages and bandages.
Goodyear tire manufacturing plant In Akron Ohio. Employees gather and stand in line. A man instructs them. Men with goods carriers walk out. Two men hang slogan plate of Goodyear on the wall. 'Protect our good name' is written on slogan plate. One of these plates is seen near a water tap. Man drinks water from fountain and reads the slogan. Views of a another plaque with more text after the slogan. Narrator reads words on the plaque written by Goodyear's Mr. Paul Litchfield, Chairman and CEO of Goodyear. View of factory smoke stack with smoke coming out of it.
A huge gathering at Cleveland National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio. Eight airplanes take off for the start of the Thompson Trophy Race. Views of airplanes in flight including Colonel Roscoe Turner in the 'Turner-Laird Special', with Roscoe Turner at control, lands after winning the Thompson Trophy race. Colonel Roscoe Turner holding two trophies, including Thompson Trophy, surrounded by crowd.
A plane lands on a grassy field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alex Brun an aviator and inventor, exits the airplane and then takes out a small vehicle from inside the plane that resembles a small motor scooter or moped. He drives it to the nearby town where he stops at a gasoline or petrol station to buy a small cup full of fuel for his motorize bike. Alex Brun invented the vehicle to be carried in an airplane and used to reach nearby towns in case of a forced landing.
Veterans of World War I in Zanesville, Ohio, gather to begin their Bonus March towards Washington D.C. to lay their demands before Congress. At night, Bonus Marchers gather at a camp site to obtain food from a chow line and then are seen shaving and washing their faces. Daylight, a convoy of Bonus Army trucks are seen on highway headed towards Washington. One truck displays a sign reading, "Veterans Bonus March On To Washington." The convoy passes a Gulf station on a street with trolley tracks visible...possibly MacArthur Blvd. in Washington, D.C..
A newsreel titled " Child horseman puts pony over record jumps," shows a 9-year old award-winning boy equestrian, with his champion pony, in Wilmington, Ohio. He and his pony demonstrate their skills for the newsreel camera. First he is seen jumping his pony over a high post and rail obstacle. Next he jumps a double wide obstacle, and then, an extremely high single post and rail. Following that. the boy takes his pony over a triple wide post and rail jump. The next jumping challenge is aother horse being held within confines of a post and rail, by a man. The boy and his pony easily clear the standing horse. Closeup of the boy repeating his jump over the horse. Final scenes show him astride his pony, holding several trophies he'd won for his equestrian skills. Closeup of his champion pony, displaying numerous ribbons won in jumping competitions.
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