Transportation and installation of steel pipes during the construction of Boulder Dam on the Colorado River in the United States. A pipe section is lowered into a canyon by cables. Cars carry the pipe sections into a tunnel. Workmen watch the procedure. Men at the entrance of the tunnel. The pipe sections are taken into the tunnel for installation. Work underway inside the tunnel. The workmen work on pipe sections. A man climbs up the section by a ladder. Other men at work on the section.
Members appointed in Roosevelt's cabinet in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints the members of his cabinet. Claude A. Swanson as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, Henry A. Wallace as the Secretary of Agriculture, George H. Dern as the Secretary of War, Harold L. Ickesas U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Daniel C. Roper as U.S. Secretary of Commerce are appointed. The new members of the cabinet give brief speeches.
New members of Roosevelt's cabinet in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt poses with the cabinet members in the White House. The President introduces the members of his cabinet. He introduces Hill, U.S. Postmaster General Farley, U.S. Attorney General Cummings, Perkins, Dern, Swanson, Wallace, Roper and Ickes. Claude A. Swanson is U.S. Secretary of the Navy. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture is Henry A. Wallace. George H. Dern is appointed as U.S. Secretary of War. U.S. Secretary of the Interior is Harold L. Ickes. U.S. Secretary of Commerce is Daniel C. Roper. Frances Perkins is appointed as U.S. Secretary of Labor.
John Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan (John Pierpont Morgan) in the United States. Several men and women at a golf course. Wealthy American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, wearing a tropical pith helmet, strikes a ball. The men and women standing beside him watch. John Rockefeller, who is 94 years old, rests in a chair on the course. American banker J. P. Morgan sworn in at a hearing of a Senate Investigatiing Committee. Several senators and officials at the hearing.
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, on board a ship docked in the United States. He strides on deck, and exchanges banter with newmen and journalists. Shaw, leaning against the deck railing.
A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. A water fall. A flooded river. A suspension bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge. The San Francisco Bay. Animation depicts the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate connecting the city of San Francisco to Marin County. Houses and automobile traffic.