A deserted factory building. Sign 'For Sale' on one of the Unemployed men on bread lines during the Great Depression. Crowds gather as politicians and agitators hold outdoor rallies. Signs of various employment agencies over store fronts where men are gathered seeking work. Job seekers sitting on sidewalks outside possible workplaces. Men sleeping on lawn in public park. Police arrest agitators. President Franklin D Roosevelt speaks about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Copy of the bill (S.598) establishing the CCC. Newspaper headlines passage of "Labor Army Bill." Another reads: "House Votes Reforestation Plan to Give 250,000 Jobs..." Employment news in various newspapers and magazines. A man talks on phone. Men queued up, in 1935, to join the CCC. A woman stops to converse with some of them. CCC recruits, supervised by U.S. Army personnel, line up to receive clothing and equipment, before starting several weeks of Army boot camp. They board trucks and vans. The Army sets up a mess line on a sidewalk where recruits eat before boarding a large double-decker bus. Recruits wave from several other buses as they depart for their respective training camps. Audio is present in some brief portions only in the second half of the clip.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents undergo their training in the United States. FBI 'most wanted' posters are printed on a bank of printing machines. Prospective FBI agents in a large classroom. Instructor points to diagram of a revolver on classroom board. Training of the agents for physical fitness. The agents do deep knee bends, box using a punching bag, and practice jiu jitsu as part of their training. View of the law library at FBI headquarters. View of diorama showing bank robber hideout. Table filled with equipment issued to FBI G-men includes cameras, saws, night sticks, guns, hand cuffs, leg irons, flashlights, and explosives. FBI agents practice machine gun target practice while driving 1935 Hudson Terraplane automobiles. The agents fire at target boards. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover stands with agents who are lying in prone positions as they riddle a 1928 Chevy sedan with bullets fired from machine guns.
A film titled 'Social Security for nation' about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. Exteriors of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington DC. A picture of Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo. Exterior view of Empire State Building in New York City, panning upward. A passenger train and locomotive underway at high speed toward camera position. Cars and buses on a busy city street. Women at work as telephone switchboard operators, with a woman supervisor pacing behind them. Elevated view of pedestrians in busy city street intersection, crossing a street. Children on a playground swing set in a park. A copy of the Social Security Plan. A chart depicts how the social security administration works. A sign reads 'Social Security Board'. Members of the board at a desk including Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer, Allan S. Woodward and George G. Biggy.
A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. A sign reads 'Unemployment compensation'. A dramatization shows a man searching for a job in a newspaper during the Great Depression. He reads a board. A map of the United states. A sign on a door reads 'State employment office'. A man gets himself registered for a job at the office. Another man enters the office. He receives his unemployment compensation. He carries a box of food items purchased with the compensation amount.
A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. A sign reads 'Old age insurance'. People fill out old age insurance forms. Men work at a factory. A social security card of John Marshall. A building in Baltimore where old age insurance records are maintained. Drawers inside the building where records are kept. Men and women work on machines as they type and print wage reports, ledger sheets. A sign on a door reads 'Office of the President'. A man at a desk. Wage details being tabulated and posted on each ledger sheet. A map of the United States depicts the regional offices of the old age insurance. People at various offices. An old woman reads while another woman knits. An old couple seated in a park and a man smokes a cigar. Old men and women get cheques under the old age insurance scheme.
A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. A sign reads 'Aid to the needy aged'. An old woman and an old man. An old couple seated in a park. An old man reads a newspaper. A sign reads 'Aid to needy blind'. A blind man wearing dark glasses.