A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. A sign reads 'Aid to dependent children'. Children seated on a bench in a park. A girl helps a woman to hang clothes on a line. A boy paints a staircase. A woman with two boys.
A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. Basic aims of the Social Security Act include: unemployment compensation, old age insurance, aid to needy aged, aid to needy blind and aid to dependent children. American people walking on a crowded city street in the late 1930s. Pedestrians walk on busy sidewalks beside traffic on downtown city streets. A group of American boy and girl children assembled together, likely posing for a picture and looking happy. Montage of various scenes of men working on farms and in factories in the United States. Narrator notes, "A little money coming in when earnings stop helps maintain purchasing power, and so keeps the wheels of industry turning; pooling the risk for joint protection is the method of our democracy. It benefits the individual, the family, the community, and the nation. The goal is security for all." Men assembling chassis of a car on assembly line of an automotive plant. A young couple holding and walking with their two children, one of whom is holding a balloon. Closeup of a father holding his young, smiling son. View of the United States Capitol dome in Washington DC, then seal of the Social Security Board superimposed over the Capitol image.
Prison planning at a Prison Industries Reorganization Administration (PIRA) office. PIRA officers inspect blueprints and sketches for prisons in the United States. A man views the “Sketch for a prison for the state of West Virginia” and its model sketches. Two PIRA employees view plans together. Employee wearing glasses smokes a cigar while conferring with colleague over blueprints. Man reviews a plan for a prison and answers the telephone. A female employee receive instructions, hands out a blueprint to her supervisor. Two female employees discuss blueprints together. View of a diagram chart “Vermont Turn-over in the Prison Population 1935”. View of a graph chart “District of Columbia Growth of Prison Population 1920-1937 Daily Average for Years Ending June 30th”.
SS Normandie sets a speed mark. Aerial view of SS Normandie as it gets underway leaving from port of Le Havre, France on May 29, 1935. Passenger ship SS Normandie en route on her first record breaking Atlantic crossing. A huge crowd gathered to see the ship off in Le Havre. Smoke coming out of large stacks on ship. Close-up view of rudder on ship slicing through water at high speed. Civilians standing on ship deck. Captain looks through binoculars. Passengers play badminton and table tennis on ship deck. Fleet of small boats escort the SS Normandie into New York harbor. Statue of Liberty in foreground. Passengers waving on arrival. Aerial view of New York City skyline and skyscrapers with SS Normandie ocean liner in harbor.
United States boxers Max Baer and his brother, Buddy Baer, in New York in 1935. The boxers are in training for their next boxing bouts. People gather to meet them. Boxer Buddy Baer practicing in the boxing ring and uses a punching bag as he prepares for his fight with Jack Doyle. From a 1960 newsreel recounting events from 25 years before.
Belle Bart, famous astrologer at desk in her office, New York, USA. She speaks on her predictions for the Year 1936. She reminds viewers of her predictions for the year 1935. She says that the period of prosperity will extend from 1936-1943. She further says that although war is imminent in the far East, and that some nations will become eclipsed during this period, the general trend through 1943 will be "happiness and prosperity for all."