A scientific documentary depicts ancient Egypt. Calm waters of the River Nile. A sculpture of Egyptian men rowing a boat in the River Nile. A stone carving of emblem of unification that combines the Hieroglyph Sema (Union) with the symbol for the two lands of Egypt-papyrus for the north and lotus flower for the south. A carving of women dressing princesses' hair. A man milking a cow while a calf is tied close to her. Sculptures of Egyptian rulers. Royal jewelery. A monument with engraved carvings of humans and animals on it.
Food rationing in Germany post World War I. Civilians on a city street. A large crowd. People hold boards and banners. Some in the crowd represent the Waiters union (Kellner-Bund) with a Deutscher Kellnerbund sign. Another sign mentions being destitute ("brotlos"). They protest the food rationing.
From a film about the use and importance of weapons since ancient times. A flag flutters in a breeze. A reenactment about the American Civil War depicts soldiers firing cannons. Infantrymen and soldiers from Union and Confederate forces advance across a field and cannons being fired during the Battle of Bull Run (reenacted).
Jewish war veterans in Atlantic City, New Jersey. People walk along the Atlantic City boardwalk as they hold American flags. War veterans (mostly from World War I) and women march during a procession. The veterans march out onto the beach, and then back onto the boardwalk. The veterans, led by a veteran Civil War union soldier, gather in front of the Stanley Theater (later the Roxy Theater) on the Boardwalk at Kentucky Avenue. The Stanley Theater marquee is advertising the Warner Brothers Pictures show, "Gold Diggers of 1933. 200 girls. 50 stars." The Civil War veteran is recognized first, and presented with a U.S. flag by Jack Warner of the Warner brothers. The Civil War veteran shakes hands with a young boy who wears a cap bearing the star of David.
A documentary titled 'Persimmon Harvest' in Chihli province in China. A few men outside a building with baggages. The men load the baggages on to a donkey. Persimmon orchards in Chihli province. A few men and children beside the trees in an orchard. The trees in the orchard on which seedlings of 'Black Date' or wild persimmon (Diospyros lotus) are used as stalks upon which the commercial varieties are worked. A man holds a fruiting branch of wild persimmon in his left hand and the fruit of a commercial variety in his right hand. A man beside a tree bark which shows the union of wild persimmon and cultivated one. Rows of trees in the orchard. Branches of trees bearing fruits. A man pointing to a girdled or a ring-barked tree which induces fruitfulness.
The history of the United States. Illustration : industrial workers at work in mills in New York. View of other industries with power machinery. New York is made the economic capital. Vehicles on streets. A map showing the east of Mississippi and new states added to the union. Andrew Jackson becomes the U.S. President in 1828. Men of the Congress during a meeting. American statesman Daniel Webster addressing the House of Representatives. Men listening to Daniel Webster.
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