A football game between Blue Devils of Duke and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The players seen on field. The game ends in a tie as both teams score 14 points each. Crowds cheer the players. The crowds mix with the players on the ground as the game ends.
Michael V. DiSalle, Director of the Office of Price Stabilization, talks about the Price Control Act in United States. Price regulation by Office of Price Stabilization on grocery food items include butter, packaged cheese, baby food, coffee, tea, jams and jellies and others. A chart shows the heading 'Foodstuffs'. During Korean War era.
A science fiction themed fashion show named 'Tales of Tomorrow'. Models dressed in futuristic modern dresses with wire loops and wearing head gear made of loops. The costumes invoke themes of space travel, the space age, and astronauts. A male model wears space-suit-like outfit. A card on a table reads "Tales of Tomorrow Buffet." Small tomato "pills" an display. A card reads 'Tomatoes of tomorrow'. Model picks up another pill-like item called the "'hot dog of tomorrow' conveying the idea of food in a pill. Models drink beverages, served by people in laboratory smocks.
President Truman's limousine arrives at the Union Station in Washington, DC, United States. U.S. President Harry Truman participates in an award ceremony of USO (United Service Organizations). A banner reads 'USO' . President Harry Truman presents awards an Army Sergeant and a Wave. The award recipients lead others in taking refreshments from a long table set up in the portico of the Union Station. A woman wearing armband reading 'USO' helps serve the guests. A sailor, a woman Marine, and a soldier, sit on a sofa and read magazines in the USO room of the Union Station. Three soldiers sit on a sofa and enjoy their refreshments.
Crowd stands in front of courthouse in New York City. Taxis and other cars are parked on the roads in front of the skyscraper. Lawyer George Levy, of Nassau Trotting Association, being interviewed and photographed, on courthouse steps. Frank Erickson, bookmaker for Frank Costello, leaves courthouse, with several others, after testifying before the Kefauver Committee. They are photographed by cameramen. Frank Erickson, followed by a companion, enters a 1947 Chrysler Crown Imperial Limousine, which drives away with them in the back seat. A momentary glimpse of Frank Costello, with several others in the hall of the courthouse.
President Harry Truman is aboard the VC-118 presidential aircraft (Independence) as it arrives at U.S. Military airfield and taxis in to park. Across the runway in far background, a formation of military personnel can be seen. President Truman descends steps from the aircraft, followed by flag officers of the Air Force, Army and Navy. He is greeted by officials, including Secretary of State Dean Acheson. . A crowd is gathered to welcome the President. Photographers take pictures. Led by a motorcycle escort, the President drives away in a white convertible limousine, accompanied by Secret Service agents. Unrelated scenes in the White House Rose Garden. A sign made completely of flowers reads: Make today your D-Day, buy United States Defense Bonds. President Harry Truman, wearing a flower in his lapel, stands next to the flower sign and speaks briefly. A group of women listen to the President.