Growth of suburban areas caused by inter-development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927). Development of the American highway. A vintage car and a bus move along developed roads in the suburbs and the countryside. Vehicles on a city street. Developed roads in the city. Cars pass over a covered man hole on the road.
'Better Housing' contrasts modern and obsolete bath facilities, and depicts the progress in bath equipment. A young boy sits and bathes in a round wooden tub. He soaps and washes himself in the small tub. The inventor of the shower tries out the new shower system. He smokes a pipe while he pulls a string to pour water from two buckets on himself. A newer zinc plated bath tub. A man sits and bathes in the tub. A woman bathes in a tub. A boy in a modern tub with a built in overhead shower. Progress in bath furnishing: A woman puts on a shower cap at a black marble basin with a mirror. She walks into a glass enclosed shower stall and takes a shower.
The housing needs of a progressive and modern America. A newspaper advertisement conveys the expanding housing needs of the country. Statistics on individual home ownership for features like central heating, bathing facility and hot water system. New and modern houses built under the new National Housing Act. Well designed, soundly built, comfortable houses with pleasant surroundings. Gardens and paths around the houses. A house with a well. Houses surrounded with trees and fences.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. Dramatization: Sailors move around in an office. A sailor discusses with an expert about jobs, insurance, trade and pension. Experts prepare report of the sailor. An expert mentions whom to consult for help when the sailors return to their hometown.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Robert Benchley sleeps on a sofa. His portrait on a wall. He talks to his own portrait. He talks to an expert about his experiences while working in the navy. The sailors get their physical checkup done.
Rehabilitation of U.S. sailors. A dramatization: Sailors discuss about their experience of an interview. Robert Benchley enters a room. The sailors are amazed to see his pajamas. They move near him and discuss his pajamas. He goes to sleep and dreams: He stands near a piano. He goes to get another drink. A woman approaches him but he does not find her attractive, until he has several more drinks and she turns into movie star Ava Gardner (who makes a cameo appearance in this scene).
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