Justice of the children's Court Stephen S. Jackson gives lecture before a Parent Teacher Association meeting. He says that best place to give guidance and caring to children is at home. He discusses the challenges for youth living during World War 2. He implores parents to make the home a strong foundation for children. Parents listen to speech and clap. Sign of 'Children's Division - Domestic Relations Court'.
People dance to big band jazz music played by Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra. Mention of '400' club in Leonard Lyon's column. Marque of '400' Restaurant - Jimmy Dorsey. Men and women dance. Jimmy Dorsey plays clarinet and his orchestra plays Jimmy Dorsey's 'Outer Drive'.
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra perform at '400' Restaurant. Jimmy Dorsey plays clarinet with orchestra playing Jimmy Dorsey's 'Outer Drive'. Orchestra men with trumpets and saxophones. Men and women dance.
Camera pans over still images of late 19th and early 20th Century immigrants to America. One group photo shows men standing around women seated. Voice of an old man, from Liverpool England, narrates as camera shows more views of immigrant families. Scene shifts to that man speaking of the hardships and poverty of immigrants he witnessed passing through the port of Liverpool, England.
Describes immigration to America. Faces of persons superimposed on flowing water. Statue of Liberty. Announcement and scenes of U.S. Customs processing at Kennedy Airport in New York City. Immigrants from Sicily, Italy at the airport. Two men going through immigration at the airport. People greet each other. Man fixes photographs on Alien Registration Cards. Narrator states, "Aliens today, Citizens in 5 years time. The process is almost automatic." Car driven on road in suburban neighborhood stops at a house. Map of United States. Paintings of different cities of United States in early times. Old man is interviewed and he speaks about his grandfather who migrated to the United States in the 19th century from England. Walking stick of his grandfather and letters written by grandfather.
f Opening image shows handwritten letter written by an imigrant to the U.S. from Europe. Camera pans over various outdoor scenes of the United States, as voices of men and women in the background extols marvels of America. A map of Europe is shown as narrator describes the problems in European countries. A woman sowing seed by hand on a European farm. European farmers using shovels to spread something over a plot of land. A farmer walking behind a plow pulled by a single horse. An old man tells how the land they had in Europe wasn't enough to feed their family of three, So his father decided to come to America (probably in the period from 1880 to 1920).
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