Dean Gooderham Acheson in his office in Washington DC, United States. A name plaque on a door reads "Mr Acheson - Under Secretary of State'. Dean Gooderham Acheson and American public official David Lilienthal discuss a document. A report on the International Control of Atomic Energy.
Former United States President Herbert Hoover returns to Washington DC from an international food security survey mission done at President Harry Truman’s request. Former President Herbert Hoover disembarks from an Air Transport Command (ATC) plane. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson shakes hands with former president Hoover as welcome to Washington DC. Former President Hoover and Secretary Anderson walk together from the tarmac, enter the White House together. Former President Hoover reports, showing documents to United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson inside the Oval Office of the White House.
'Flying eyes' over mock enemy positions in Anacostia, Washington DC. A U.S. Navy man holds an aerial television camera. Two men stand near him. They load the camera in the nose of an aircraft to conduct a series of tests. The camera is mounted in the nose of the plane. The plane takes off and is in reconnaissance flight over positions. The camera takes pictures of targets and transmits them to a control room view as the pictures appearing on a television screen show a dock area on the Potomac River, a powerhouse, and the Capitol building.