A Pete Smith-like narrator introduces us to a pig named Oscar who's overwhelmed with advice and useless elixirs to relieve his cold. This leads to his having a nightmare where he's pursued by giant medicine and pill containers.
Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western, White Eagle was made into a serial nine years later, again starring Jones in the title role, a (supposedly) Native American Pony Express Rider defending his people against a gang of evil Whites.
A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.