1940s views of new housing units in the form of residential apartment buildings east of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. Apartments with parking garages under them across the South Capitol street bridge near the Oxon Hill area. A 1940s sedan car pulls into a parking garage under an apartment building. Next view is out Maryland Avenue and over Bladensburg Avenue to the northeast, showing apartments and other buildings in the Greenbelt area. Car traffic is seen driving through the University of Maryland campus. Apartment construction underway in areas near the University of Maryland. Construction of Colonial Village, with aerial and ground level views of the site. Traffic driving along the Mount Vernon Highway with the Potomac River beside it (later George Washington Parkway). Apartment building construction in Alexandria. Busy traffic scene of commuters arriving in Washington DC on a work day. People get on and off trolley car lines in Washington, D.C. Other commuters wait to board a bus. Late 1940s automobile traffic on street in Washington, D.C.
Traffic in Washington DC in late 1940s. Narrator notes that traffic jams from 5 PM to 5:30 PM on the mall and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. Cars crossing the mall area. A woman driver waits for a passing street car at 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Streetcars or trolleys are seen, together with cars and buses, and view of traffic jam on Pennsylvania Avenue. View of L'Enfant's grave marker.
The Prime Minister and Head of the Interim Government of India Jawaharlal Nehru and riots in India. Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru arrives with other officials. Bombed and damaged buildings. A policeman fires rifle. Dead bodies on the road. The dead body of a child. People carry belongings and leave homes. People in a protest rally. The Premier of the State Council of China Zhou Enlai arrives in a aircraft and is greeted by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He reviews the honor guard.
The U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars carry 218 passengers from San Diego to Alameda and sets a new record. The U.S. Navy officers and sailors stand at a dock. They wear life jackets and walk towards the flying boat. The sailors and passengers aboard a U.S. Navy flying boat Caroline Mars. Insignia of the United States on the Caroline Mars. A signal officer gives a signal. The flying boat taxis in water and takes off. Caroline Mars in flight from San Diego to Alameda.
The shipboard attack aircraft of the U.S. Navy Martin AM Mauler in the United States. The aircraft taxis at an airfield. The aircraft takes a turn. A pilot in a cockpit. The propeller of the aircraft rotates. The bombs and rockets mounted under the wing of the aircraft. A crewman stand besides the wing of the aircraft and touches the rocket. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight with mounted rockets and bombs.
The Soaring Championship in San Diego, California. A pilot in a cockpit of a glider and closes the canopy of the glider. A man attaches a winch. The glider taxis and takes off. A man at controls of the towing winch. The glider in flight. Another glider attached with a towing winch taxis and takes off. The glider in flight. Both the gliders in flight.