A ceremony for New Savings Bond program of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Richland, Washington. Soldiers march in a parade. People stand on a road side and clap. Miss Richland in a car at the parade. She waves to people and children wave back. Native American Indians dressed in regalia ride in cars during the parade. Officials show a flag that reads 'US Treasury, Richland'. People watch as officials raise the flag. Aircraft fly in formation. The flag on a flagpole. Trees in the background.
United States General (and future President) Dwight David Eisenhower visits the Netherlands. Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in the Netherlands with other military officers. Eisenhower reviews naval recruits standing at attention. Eisenhower looks through binoculars and observes Dutch Army soldiers performing drills and firing guns in training exercises. Army soldiers of the Netherlands climb barricades and perform other drills while practicing. Exteriors of Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, welcome Dwight David Eisenhower and his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
Exhibition race at the 9th Pimlico Classic in Baltimore, MD. Female jockeys get dressed for a no-betting exhibition race between female jockeys. The women jockeys adjust their hats. Long shot of horses leaving the starting gate as the race begins. Medium shots of crowd cheering during race. American jockey Wantha Davis wins the race by 12 lengths. Wantha Davis poses for pictures with a silver plate presented as trophy.
A film titled 'Inside the Atom' about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. A board on a shore reads 'Picture Taking Prohibited'. Buses drive past a sign reading 'Atomic Energy Project'. Buses are stopped at the entrance of the plant and are checked by security police. Identity cards of men are checked by the security police. Workers enter the plant. A worker walks on the plant grounds carrying a piece of a radioactive metal suspended from a rod. A minute fragment of matter is checked under a microscope. Narrator describes prospect of atomic energy to introduce a new industrial revolution, contrasting with traditional work. Scenes of Chinese or other Asian laborers at an excavation site, moving rocks and boulder by cart and wheel barrow. Men sit atop a wooden frame rig with pedals, using man power to operate a water mill. View of coal miners at work digging in a coal mine and loading coal chunks onto a moving track.
A film about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in treatment of cancer in Canada. Animation depicts: An atom resembles a minute solar system. The heart of the atom is the nucleus. Children approach an educational display with large sign "The Atom. U-235. What's next?" Group of boys gather under the sign and look up at the display. Children watch a model of the structure of an atom and animation is shown describing the density and number of atoms in a dot of ink. Splitting nucleus with a neutron to get atomic energy. A chain reaction when a uranium atom is split giving out heat and radiation.
A film about the structure of atom and the use of radioactive isotopes in the treatment of cancer in Canada. Exteriors of a uranium mine at Great Bear Lake. Coal being transported in a narrow gauge mining train. A man pours coal from a container. Exteriors of the Nuclear Fission Plant at the Chalk River. Trucks driven in front of the plant. Director Dr. Keyes, Dr. Lewis and K. F. Topper discuss. A four inch lead wall block to protect technicians working on radio active matter.
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