New York banker Alexander Sachs visits the White House in Washington DC. A Cadillaccar pulls up at the White House. Mr. Alexander Sachs leaves the car and enters the White house. Mr. Sachs enters the reception room of the White House, where Chief White House Usher, .Howell G. Crim greets him. (Note: these actions are repeated a number of times in this sequence, from different camera angles and perspectives.)
General Charles De Gaulle arrives,by car, at Washington National Airport, in Washington DC, United States. A C-54 of U.S. Air Transport Command, with Free French Cross of Lorraine on left fuselage, is parked on the ramp.The General with other officers greets American officers. American officers and Sergeants in uniform stand to one side. General de Gaulle greets each of them A crowd of officials around the aircraft. General de Gaulle decorates two American officers and then proceeds to board his aircraft. Out of sequence view of General de Gaulle stepping out of the aircraft upon arrival at Washington National Airport.
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan during World War II in the United States. Officials of the Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desks and Major General Walter C. Short, U.S. Army (retired), addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. He states that he appeared for the hearing of Pearl Harbor attack in August 1944. No indication was made by the war department about the attack. No information was furnished by them. If they had furnished the information, some decisions or actions could have been taken. He talked to officials of the war time division, but no conclusions were made.
Senator Vandenberg talks about the U.S. relations with Soviet Russia. Demanding that this nation be firm in its dealings with foreign powers, he says our foreign policy must be one which 'says what it means and means what it says'.
The Federation of American Scientists in Washington DC. Exterior of the Office of Atomic Information. People enter and leave the building. An insert sign on the building : 'Federation of American Scientists, National Committee on Atomic Information'. J. W. Bush, Jr. , Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Mr. Albert Cahan (members of the Federation of American Scientists) sitting at a conference table. They discuss about atomic power. Mr. William A. Higinbotham and Daniel Meltcher (Head of Office of Atomic Information) at a desk in conversation. A bulletin sheet on 'National Committee on Atomic Information'.
Study kits on atomic energy are made in Washington DC. In a mail room three fellows and a girl making up study kits on atomic energy which they mail to the public. The girl arranges the kits. Various pamphlets being assembled. Another group of pamphlets being put in envelopes. Pamphlets on atomic information. A hand underlines a sentence on the pamphlet.