Exteriors of Max Factor's new makeup studio in Los Angeles, California. Make up artist Max Factor is greeted by various Hollywood stars like Anita Louse, May Robson, Binnie Barnes, band leader Ted Lewis, Tom Brown, Paula Stone, Tom Cavanaugh, Paul Ellis, Sophie Tucker, Chris Marie Meeker who was a stand in for Greta Garbo, Virginia Randall who doubled for Mae West, Pluma Noisom who stood in for Claudette Colbert. Stars get their make up done at the salon. A beauty parlor for men also. A woman gives beauty treatment to a man. Hollywood comedian Jimmy Durante looks into a mirror. He gets a facial done by a woman at the parlor. He jokes about the beauty treatment. From a November 14, 1960 newsreel recounting events from 25 years prior.
The assassination of United States Senator Huey Long from Louisiana in 1935. A past event shows Huey Long speaking; standing with a woman outside a building. People gather in a large number for the funeral of Huey Long. Soldiers march. From a 1960 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Aviation thrills during the Thompson Trophy Race of National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Aircraft take off from an air base. Colonel Roscoe Turner is forced out because of a burning engine. Harold Neuman wins the race. The aircraft land. People gather at the air base to greet the pilots. Pilot Harold Neumann seen smiling. From a 1960 newsreel describing the event 25 years prior.
United States boxers Max Baer and his brother, Buddy Baer, in New York in 1935. The boxers are in training for their next boxing bouts. People gather to meet them. Boxer Buddy Baer practicing in the boxing ring and uses a punching bag as he prepares for his fight with Jack Doyle. From a 1960 newsreel recounting events from 25 years before.
British racing car motorist Sir Malcolm Campbell sets a speed record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, United States in 1935. Close up view of Malcolm Campbell as he smiles and then puts on his racing goggles over his eyes. He drives his vehicle 'Bluebird' over the Utah desert. People gather to watch the performance of the famous car racer. Views of melted tire on his car from an unsuccessful first attempt. Close up views of Sir Malcolm Campbell after setting his record speed of over 300 miles per hour. From a 1960 newsreel describing the event 25 years prior.
Russian cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov enters space capsule of Voskhod-2 rocket in the Soviet Union. The spacecraft launch as it leaves the launching pad. Animation (only) depicts the activities of the cosmonaut and the co-pilot, and Cosmonaut Leonov on first manned spacewalk with the help of a life line attached to the spacecraft. No actual spacewalk images are shown. Narrator alludes to 1960's "space race" between astronauts of the United States and the Soviet Union, saying, "If this spectacular accomplishment is all that is claimed, Russia has moved ahead of the U.S. once more in the race for the moon."