Automobile magnate Henry Ford accompanied by his son Edsel Ford arrives at the White House for a luncheon meeting with President Roosevelt. Several photographers and reporters present at the event. Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and publicists exit out of car and enter the White House. An outside view of the White House crowded with journalist and press officials. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford come out of White house and head towards their cars. Press and media cover the entire event.
Film opens showing British Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company parading along Bubbling Well Road in Shanghai, China, past crowds who have turned out in numbers to cheer for the International battalions of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps (SVC). Visible, in the background, is the clock tower on the clubhouse of the Shanghai Racing Club. View shifts to the reviewing stand, where Mr. Cornell Franklin, Civil Commandant and Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, stands in front of military officers, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Major General Telfer-Smollett, Colonel Price, Colonel Andreini, Lieutenant-Colonel Perretier, and Commander Takeda. Next, a contingent from 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, execute eyes left as they march past the reviewing stand. A large crowd of spectators watches the parade from a stands set up near the reviewing stand. Next, Armored cars of the SVC Armoured Car Company, drive past in a column. Photographers take pictures. Japanese naval officers are seen in full dress uniforms, watching the parade. Led by a mounted officer, another formation of SVC soldiers march past, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets.
The Gae Foster Girls of the Roxy Theatre in New York City practice their dance routines on the Roxy Theatre rooftop. New members of group perform initiation rites in the sun. A bird's eye view of the Foster girls practicing on rooftops.
Several glowing neon advertisement signs of leading companies at night time on the streets of Mexico City. Some of the signs seen include 'Wells Fargo & Co. Express' , 'Pan American Airways', 'Vogue', 'Philips Radio', 'Bette Davis en Jezabel', 'Westinghouse Casa Edison', 'Remington Rand', 'Agencia Philco', 'Sunshine Special Missouri Pacific Lines', 'La Opera Hennessey', 'Ladies' Entrance Bar', 'Old Schenley', 'Sparton', 'Articulos Electrico Universal', 'Ford', 'Frigidaire General Motors', and 'Entrada Gratis Concurso Nestle'
Flood in the Ohio River in the United States. Rescue operations by the people. People in the flooded area. Supplies on the ground. A man on a boat. People look outside the windows of a building. People help others to reach safe places. People in boats.
Dignitaries on yacht Potomac in Washington DC. Cameramen prepare their cameras to record the event. Flags flutter on the ship mast. An airplane in flight over the ship. Sailors stand on the deck. U.S. President Roosevelt, his son Brigadier General James Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of the Interiors Harold Ickes aboard the ship. They talk amongst themselves.
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