Several high officers of military, naval and cabinet posts stand out after a White House Conference in Washington D.C. According to the men's views the sale of the non inflammable gas Helium to Germany may be halted.
Aerial feats and fireworks herald 1939 World's Fair. Daring aerial stunts by the Slide-for-life D'Arcy girls. Huge crowd watches the stunts. Gigantic display of fireworks announces the 1939 World's Fair. The fireworks thrill a huge crowd of spectators.
Electric automobiles in the Senate Garage on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. The re-chargeable battery of the car is seen. The car is free of gasoline exhaust fumes. Congress-men check out the electric cars. Men drive the cars.
President Eisenhower at the stairs of White House with ex-President Herbert Hoover in Washington D.C. Several other government officials in the background. Herbert Hoover will head a new Commission to recommend government reorganization.
Senate Majority Leader, William Knowland, sits with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in an office in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After their conversations, Senator Knowland is seen leaving the building accompanied by the President's Press Secretary, James Haggerty. Some passersby gather outside the building. Senator Knowland and Mr. Haggerty get into a car. View of the building in which the meeting took place.
President Eisenhower and 14 year old Patricia Ann Strickland of Atlanta in Washington D.C. She is given the Young American Medal Certificate of Award. She rescued her mother from the flaming wreckage of a light plane two years prior. Several people stand in the background.
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