In this National Film Board short, a ballad singer describes a yearly Quebec spectacle when spruce wood moves down a river, spurred by dynamite and cant hooks and twirled by the boots of leaping men.
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
Chronicling the comedic escapades of Bombay-based alcoholic Murli Manohar as he uses a forged document to secure employment; falls in love with, Chandra Kripalani, the Manager's Secretary; then fools her into believing that he is an abstainer, and the real alcoholic is his elder brother.
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.