Scenes showing various historical events that took place in April 1935, during the Great Depression. In Stresa, Italy, on the banks of Lake Maggiore, leaders of Britain, France and Italy confer on German rearmament, in violation and defiance of the Versailles Treaty. (There they sign the "Stresa Front"). Images show the French and British delegations arriving by boat and walking near the port at Stresa, including British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, French Prime Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin, and French Foreign Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) Pierre Laval. U.S. College students across the country join in anti-war, pacifist demonstrations. They are seen marching with banners and anti-war signs and cartoons. One banner reads, "It is the task of the 20th century to make this world a brotherhood." Also "War is Hell....Who want to go to hell?" and "War is Stupid". President Franklin Roosevelt returns from a two week cruise. He arrives in Jacksonville Florida. Local officials and crowds in Jacksonville greet him and cheer. Boy Scouts in a line greet the President. Views of Franklin Roosevelt in an open car and on ships and docks. Al Smith and Herbert Hoover share the speaker's stage in New York lending their support for the Salvation Army during the Depression. Scenes from the Easter Parade in New York City. Crowds gather, filling double-decker open air buses. Al Smith seen with his wife. Postmaster General James Farley and Irish tenor singer John McCormack are seen on Fifth Avenue in New York. Amelia Earhart completes a 1700-mile flight from Burbank, California to Mexico City. Scenes of her in Mexico City in a car laden down with celebrating Mexican officials. Aviatrix Bernadine King sets a new record for upside down endurance flying. She is seen getting into her plane, and her plane is seen upside down in the air.
Shows a director conducting African American youth of a high school band in Arkansas playing and singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic. Young men and women singers sing in the choir and an orchestra of various instruments plays the hymn.
Mayor Ivan Allen of Atlanta Georgia speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King and speaks for the rights of Black American citizens.
Mayor John Lindsay of New York speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King. Shows Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the masses. Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young Jr. condemns Martin Luther King's assassination.
Mayor Carl Stokes of Cleveland, Ohio speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King, expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King. He condemns his assassination. Shows Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the masses.
U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King and condemns his assassination. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King and urges America to cherish King's dream.
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