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U.S. flags atop the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn Public School, a chapel and the replica of the Independence Hall in the U.S.
American flags at half-mast in the United States. The American flag at half-mast at the replica of the Independence Hall, now the Henry Ford Museum (20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI 48124, United States). A flag atop the Ford Motor Company building. Cars driven from the building. A flag atop a chapel. A flag atop the Dearborn Public School building.
Activities of Eleanor Roosevelt in post-World War II period
December, 1945, former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, now appointed by President Truman, as a delegate to the United Nations, is seen with other members of the U.S. Delegation. She is seen speaking while serving as chairman of the UN Committee Three, dealing with human rights. She recognizes the delegate from the Soviet Union, as the committee addresses issues of refugees. (The USSR insists that displaced persons be returned to their original homelands.) As chairman, Mrs. Roosevelt, rules a USSR proposal out of order, causing the USSR representatives to leave the room. A glimpse of Eleanor Roosevelt at a microphone during debate over the issue with the USSR, before the full General Assembly, where she successfully argues to allow refugees to make their own decisions about repratriation. She is seen sitting next to delegate,Senator Arthur Vandenburg, at the forum. Eleanor Roosevelt being greeted by U.S. Army officers as she steps from an airplane in Europe. She is seen mingling with persons in Europe, displaced by World War II. Back in the UN forum, she extols the International Declaration of Human Rights as an "International Magna Carta of men everywhere," and goes on to compare it with similar charters of history. She is seen at a Pan American World Airways terminal, preparing to board a flying boat (unseen). Several scenes show Eleanor Roosevelt visiting with people in various parts of the world, with particular attention to children. She speaks of her candid nature in a broadcast.
Rescue operation steps followed by the crew of a submarine as it sinks in the united States.
A U.S. Navy training film "Submarine Escape" depicts rescue precautions in emergency for men if a submarine sinks. A sunken submarine in the United States. Operation officers check an operation board that the reporting time of the submarine has passed out. A man makes a radio call to the submarine but it does not answer. A squadron officer leaves the office of communication and contacts with an officer of Ships and Shore Station for aid. Two aircraft and an airship in flight to find the submarine and to rescue its crewmen. A ship at sea. Two methods of rescue to be followed in emergency: individual (S.E.A.) and collective (Rescue Chamber). Crewmen in the submarine as it goes down. They smoke. A man on a phone receives no answer. A man checks condition. Two men stand near a compartment. Floating debris in the sea. Men in a forward compartment to talk over the problems that the ship is encountering. Important steps to be followed in an emergency written on a board. Men follow the steps. A man gives a pack of absorbent powder. A man spreads a mattress cover on a lower bunk. He puts on rubber gloves. He pours the powder and spreads it in thin layer. Instructions are read by a man. Emergency drinking water, fruit juices and oxygen for safety. The man waits. Men rest. The men prepare for escape collectively. They wear the rescue gear. Men prepare for escape individually. A man wearing a rescue gear signals by gesturing. The men work with rescue gear and equipment.
Officers learn firing and paratrooper techniques at Fort Benning Infantry and Airborne School in Georgia,United States.
Officers training at Fort Benning Infantry and Airborne School in Georgia,United States. View of the Fort Benning Infantry School. U.S. Army Infantry School insignia. Officers stand on the steps of infantry school. Firing ranges named in honor of officers. Officers study staff work and learn to fire weapons in the basic class. They learn to fire tanks. Experienced officers attend advanced class. They learn about combat conditions. Instruction is based on explanation, demonstration,application and examination. Officers learn about handling of weapons. They undergo physical fitness training. They climb cargo net and wall. Paratroopers train at the Fort Benning Airborne School. The paratroopers descend on ground.
U.S. Army officers receive training at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma; Ft. Scott, Kansas; and Ft. Bliss, and White Sands, New Mexico
Officers training at artillery school in the United States. View of the Fort Sill Field artillery school, Oklahoma. Officers look through binoculars during their gunnery training class. They learn service and firing techniques on field. They learn techniques of rocket bombardment. They learn to fly aircraft and phenomenon of meteorology. They release weather balloons. At Fort Scott, Kansas, officers load coastal guns and are trained about destroying sea borne assets. At Fort Bliss, Texas, officers learn antiaircraft techniques. Long range rocket is launched at the White Sands Proving Grounds.
Hollywood Director Samuel Grosvenor Wood testifies at House Committee on Un-American Activities hearings in the United States.
House Committee on Un-American Activities investigation (HUAC) on communist activities in the United States. Hollywood Director Samuel Grosvenor Wood at House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. Upon questioning he denies any link with communists.