The Arcadia Conference in Washington, DC, during World War 2, from December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, are seated in chairs on a portico of the White House. ( Roosevelt wears a black arm band, in mourning for his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, who died on September 7, 1941.) Behind them stand representatives from various Allied nations. Scene shifts abruptly to Fort Jackson, South Carolina, June 24, 1942, where Prime Minister Churchill and U.S. Army Brigadier General William C. Lee, ride in back of an open white convertible car to inspect U.S. Army troops at attention in a massive formation. Next, the troops are seen marching. Churchill smoking a cigar is seated on a bench watching as the parade continues, to include soldiers in jeeps, and trucks. Closeup of U.S. Army chief of Staff, General George Marshall, conversing with Prime Minister Churchill. Next, Churchill, accompanied by General Lee, personally inspects Army paratroopers in their jump gear. Among others accompanying him is U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, wearing a pith helmet. Churchill listens on a portable radio, as paratroop commanders in flight give orders for their paratroopers to jump. Formations of U.S. Army Air Forces C-47 aircraft are seen overhead, as hundreds of paratroopers jump from them and descend by parachutes. Churchill, seated on a chair, next to General Lee, watches the paratrooper demonstration. Secretary Stimson, sits behind him. British and American officers and soldiers stand behind and watch, as well. Closeup of Churchill with cigar in his mouth, shielding his eyes, with his hands as he watches the demonstration. The second person seated behind Churchill is British Field Marshal Sir John Dill, with his hand on an upright wood support. More views of parachutes floating down into an area of trees, and of more C-47s dropping paratroops from overhead.
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives and addresses a public meeting in United States, wearing a red cross hat. During the speech she relates a joke involving her husband, President Roosevelt and the Japanese. It deals with a U.S. Marine ordered to leave Guadalcanal, but disappointed that he has not shot a Japanese soldier. The commanding officer gives him advice which Eleanor Roosevelt relates as a joke to the audience. (World War II period).
'A Year in America' discusses experience of Japanese exchange student in American university in a dramatic enactment. Japanese student prepares to leave Indiana University he packs his belongings and walks out of dorm room. He pauses to carve his initials in a wooden bridge railing where others have done before. In flashback the Japanese student visits the office of the foreign student advisor. Foreign students sit outside the office. The advisor informs the Japanese student about the living quarters, funding, and other administrative information during the interview. The student is greeted by his American roommate in their dormitory room. A chair piled with used clothes. A pair of Chuck Taylor sneakers hang from the ‘Clothes Chair’. The Japanese student expresses disappointment from the sloppy surroundings. He turns his head to see photos of girls and a pin-up poster on display. The American student tidies up the space and helps the Japanese student take off his coat. The two roommates talk. 1951.
The first Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debate in Chicago, Illinois. Moderator Howard K. Smith introduces the candidates-- Republican candidate U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Democratic candidate Senator John F. Kennedy. He talks about the opening and the closing statements to be given by the candidates. He talks about the questions which the panel of correspondents would ask the candidates. Senator Kennedy begins his statement. Kennedy talks about the direction of freedom for the Americans. He discusses domestic issues and the kind of society people live in. He talks about the strengths and the progress rate of the Americans. He urges people to make their country more powerful in every field. He feels disappointed about the unused steel-mill capacity, low rate of economic growth and poor educational system. He says he's not satisfied when he sees men like Jimmy Hoffa in charge of the largest union in the United States, and still free. He insists on overall infrastructural development and improvement of hydro power production where he says the Soviet Union has a lead. He states that every American should enjoy his full constitutional rights and they should meet their responsibilities. He says African American and Puerto Rican babies have much lower chances in education, work ,and advancement in the United States, and that this needs to change. He states that the government should provide effective programs and social security system for its citizens.
Sammy Davis Jr. condemns rioting in an interview in the United States. He notes that it is very disheartening that people are not mourning the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. He expresses his disappointment that people are not expressing sorrow less than 48 hrs after the King's death.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover on the 1932 presidential reelection campaign trail in Des Moines Iowa, during the Great Depression. A banner across a main street shows his picture and reads "Iowa Welcomes You". A motorcade carrying the President, is accompanied by supporters walking alongside. Spectators on both sides of the streets watch the President pass by. Some confetti can be seen floating in the air. The President waves from his car. The State Capitol building appears in the background. Citizens disappointed with current economic hard times make their feelings known by following the Presidents motorcade in trucks, motorcars and on horseback. Farm workers in a truck send their message on a sign reading "Hoovers Farm Relief. First - Foreclosure. Then -This". A sign on the back of another truck reads 'In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted'. Two men ride horses carrying signs on the horses' rear ends reading: "Hoover Put Us Here".
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