A hand-cranked film camera is operated onscreen by cameraman Lee Hill and directed at a baby on a cushion. Intertitles: “Have YOU Entered YOUR Baby” and “In The St. John Ambulance National Centennial Baby Carnival.”
Two woman, one holding a baby, walking upstairs with girl [to filming area in upstairs foyer of the De Luxe Theatre, Wellington]. Woman puts baby on cushion on a table under gaze of the (onscreen) camera and operator Hill. He attracts attention of child by waving his hand and cranks camera with the other. Title: “See YOUR BABY On The Screen”. Girl holding koala bear doll smiles at the camera (i.e. she looks out at the viewer) before looking away. Two seated [twin] boys, one holding at a watering can, stare at the camera.
Titles appear over a collage of baby portraits: “St. John Ambulance Baby Contest District Stage”, “1st Prize. £500 Cash.” “2nd Prize £250 Cash Donated by the Proprietors of R.U.R, the Universal Health Remedy”, “.... and now from the Theatre Winners choose Your Representative ..... for the Southern South Island District”. A smiling baby boy is shown. Title: “That was Baby 30.” Another baby boy. Title: “That was Baby 31”. And so on up (including girls) to “... Baby 37”. Next title: “Your choice decides ... Voting Box in foyer ...”. Fade to black.
Soundtrack is a piano accompaniment.