The working of the weather bureau in the United States. The U.S. engineers and members of the weather bureau work in close cooperation for weather forecasting. They coordinate their activities for gathering the data relating to weather. A map locates various places. Animated map depicts the route and the method of their working. A woman talking on phone. The interior of the office of the weather bureau. The employees working in the office. They work for the collection, recording and dissemination of the information. The engineers working near a dam. Men, aboard a special boat working to adjust dam gate settings. They work for the collection of information and weather forecasting as the Ohio River level rises. Smoke from the stacks of the ship anchored nearby. View of the Chris Greene paddle wheel steamboat (sternwheeler) underway near a a dock area on the Ohio River, on route to Cincinnati.
American actor and singer Bing Crosby speaks to the young Americans during a television broadcast in the United States. He urges the youth to go back to school and think about their careers for a better future. He asks the young people to think wisely and to choose wisely.
Livestock being shipped to Europe during World War II. The UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) ships livestock to Europe to improve the breed of cattle. Cattle being loaded onto a ship at a port in the United States.
A swearing in ceremony in the United States. New Secretary of State James F. Byrnes being sworn into office by Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone. The oath of office being administered to Secretary Byrnes. President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Byrnes. U.S. representative in the United Nations Edward Stettinius greets Secretary Byrnes. Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull signs the World Security Charter. Signatures of representatives of different nations on the charter.
Decommissioning of Navy Service School in the United States. Barracks and a flag pole on a parade ground. Sailors lined up for a review. A flag raising and lowering ceremony. A flag at half mast. Sailors fold the flag. Officers, one holding the folded flag, and the president of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford II review trainees. The trainees and the officers march off the field. A navy officer presents a flag to Henry Ford II. The trainees board buses.
A film intended for U.S. Navy personnel about the return to civilian life after World War 2 and the better life of Americans in the United States as a result of their service. Film created immediately after the end of World War 2. A boy practices baseball, hitting the ball and running. View of the baseball diamond with a New York City bridge in the background. Women with children walk around in a park. A man greets a sailor of the U.S. Navy, shakes his hand and thanks him for his service. A mother talks to a child that is sitting on her lap as they read a book. Fishermen raise up fishing nets at a dock and process a catch of crabs. A man works in a laboratory. Dignitaries salute as soldiers march carrying the American flag. Two boys walk directly behind two U.S. Navy sailors and try to copy exactly how the sailors are walking. An elderly woman prays, kneeling in a church. People stand in a baseball stadium as the U.S. National Anthem begins to play. A sailor raises the American flag as other sailors stand at attention. Aerial view of a field in the U.S. Cattle graze on field. A man rides a bicycle in a small town, and tips his hat to a woman leaving a house. A boy with a manual push lawn mower cuts grass in the background. Automobile traffic in a small American town of the 1940s. Aerial view of the skyscrapers of a city. View of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Houses or businesses and small boats and docks along a waterfront in Essex Connecticut. A board reads 'Here was built the Oliver Cromwell Connecticut warship in the Revolution 1776."