A U.S. Navy dirigible hits a mountain while lost in fog. The airship mishap occurs in Laurel Canyon outside Hollywood, California. The wrecked dirigible lying on the ground as men survey the damage. Man searches the damaged blimp.
Delegates of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit industrial and educational sites in Washington DC. Heaps of harvested crop,a busy market street visible. Statues of parents of America freedom including,1st President of Greater Columbia Simon Bolivar, revolutionary leader Andres Bonifacio,renowned poet and writer Jose Marti, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile Bernardo O' Higgins,1st Protector of Peru San Martin,1st U.S. President George Washington.
Members of the Pan American Congress of Journalists visit sites to resolve the common problems in Washington DC. Delegates attend the conference at the White House. 30th U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge addresses the conference. Band of musicians, flags of different countries. Delegates plant a tree.
Delegates of Pan American Congress of Journalists travel and learn about the United States. A map depicting the route of the group from Washindton DC to New York, then to Detroit and again come back to New York. They observe gradual development in the automobile and road system. Cabs and caravan of buses pass under a bridge. Views of herd of gazing animals,people on horsebacks, a man ploughing the field with his horse,men using tools and men making wooden barrels.
Industrial jobs coming available in various parts of the United States during the Great Depression. Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania: Wide of oil drilling operations and oil derricks. Workers at the Sun Oil Company. Long line of men showing up for work, including white and African American workers. Men hand-digging trenches for oil and gas pipelines, instead of using machines, giving work to hundreds of men, instead of just the twelve men it would require with machines. Detroit, Michigan: Workers called back to work at the United States Rubber Company (later Uniroyal). Cue of workers passing through the entrance door with sign overhead "Let's Get it done! It can be done!" and then punching time cards as hey head back to work. Scenes of manufacturing and assembly work by women workers and male workers inside the rubber company, and a rubber tire being made in the factory. Joliet, Illinois: Lines of workers entering the Mayflower Wallpaper Mill. Men rolling large rolls of the paper through the mill. Views of wallpaper manufacturing. Dayton, Ohio: Views of workers entering the National Cash Register Company factory. Workers assembling and testing cash registers before they are placed on conveyor belts.
Business developments in various parts of United States. The rate of employment increases as developments occur. Increasing number of workers with jobs shown working during the Great Depression. Connersville, Indiana: Men working in an automobile industry. Workers with heavy machines work on various parts of automobile. Men loading lumber planks onto belts for processing through saws that cut wooden parts for use in automobiles. Cincinnati, Ohio: Men and women working in an Ivory Soap manufacturing company. Workers pack Ivor Soap bars in boxes. Worcester, Massachusetts: Women workers busy stitching corsets in a leading corset manufacturing company. Detroit, Michigan: Men work in Burroughs typewriter manufacturing company. Men check typewriters.
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