General Dwight Eisenhower advises to pass universal military training in the United States. Officials on stage. Other dignitaries in the Congressional Committee. General Eisenhower talks about compulsory military training. He states that it is an important step towards maintaining peace and protecting America's freedom.
A motor boat race in the United States. A race of small, one-person, fast motor boats gets underway. A commentator at microphone. A motor boat driver in water after his boat upturns in the water. The driver emerges from the water.
African American reverend speaking in a church. Sign board of Granary Burial ground, where the victims of Boston massacre are buried. The Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory is seen. Series of drawings, artwork, still images, and reenactment footage of prominent events in American history, including Boston massacre, Revolutionary War. Gun of Peter Balem, who shot Major Pitcairn is displayed. Biography book pages about George Washington are shown. Reenactment footage of revolutionary soldiers marching without shoes in snow. Flag of United States. Bell of church rings. A man cuts logs. View of ship building and a tall masted ship at sea. Reenactment footage of start of civil war in America; statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
Motorists at a gas station as OPA (Office of Price Administration) lifts gas restrictions in United States just after the end of World War II. Sign reads "Gas rationing off, no stamps required." Man scrapes gas ration sticker letter "A" off of car window. A gas station employee fills the tank of motor car. Calco meter is shown registering gas sale. Motor cars enter a Mobil Oil gas station. Motorcars at Mobil Oil gas station. Employee fills the gas tank of a car. Station attendants raise car hood and check fluids.
A family in United States. A man stands in the garden of a house. A woman stands with a child in the garden. Man and woman pose with the child. Man pushes furniture in veranda of the house.
The five-inch-twenty-five Caliber gun on submarine at sea, United States. The ammunition handlers load the shells into the gun. Other crewmen fire the gun. Sailors adjust the gun to fire at the target. Smoke arises due to firing. Sailors load the gun. A crewman observes through binoculars. (World War II period).