John B. Kennedy

Robert Benchley answers questions sent in by people. The first question is about inflation; the second is about if elephants can be used in modern warfare; and the third, what would happen if Russia was involved in a stalemate in Upper Rhodesia.

Four-part documentary (each part of which was also available as a short subject) relating to films and other customs of the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of: 1) "Stars of Yesterday", a parade of closeup shots of about 45 silent-era film stars ranging from Marie Dressler to Dolores Costello, Tom Mix and Tony (the horse) to Douglas Fairbanks; 2) "Time Marches Back", a compilation of about a dozen newsreel items ranging from the 1899 Jeffries-Fitzsimmons prize fight thru Babe Ruth's early days.

This short, the seventh in the 'See America First' series, opens with a slightly corrupted version of the following quote from Walter Scott: "Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!" As the narrator tells the story of the American Civil War, the audience visits various cities, battlefields, buildings, and monuments associated with the war's personalities and battles. Ends with newsreel footage of a parade of Civil War veterans.