United States President Herbert Hoover reviews parade in Washington DC. Troops march with rifles in hand at the Pennsylvania Avenue. A soldier with the American flag. President Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover watch the parade.
The United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi sign the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan at the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States) in Washington DC. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives a brief speech. Dignitaries sign the 10-year Security Pact. Photographers take pictures. President Eisenhower leaves the office with his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
March of Dime Family of the Year in New York. Mayor of Boston John F Collins, his wife and four children named the March of Dimes Family of the Year. John F Collins receives the certificate seated in his wheelchair (narrator states that he and three of his children were stricken during the 1955 polio epidemic). He shakes hands with an official. John Collins shows the certificate and poses for a photograph with his family.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows U.S. Navy fleet in Antarctica. A group of emperor penguins. Antics of the penguins. Sailors anchor the ships with "dead men" (sunk pylons). Aircraft, vehicles and equipment including Weasels, trucks, bulldiozers, are unloaded from the ships up to "Little America." Huskies carry sailors on sledges and sleds. Demolition team plant charges and clears the way ahead. Men build an airstrip on the ice for the landings of U.S. DC-3 (R4D) aircraft. Tracked caterpillars and bulldozer level the surface. The expedition team starts to settle in Antarctica.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Aerial shot of the Antarctic seals in Antarctica. Husky dogs bark at a seal. Husky sledge is being prepared. Husky puppies fight for food.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his party ride Weasels visits an old buried U.S. base camp of "Little America" #1 and #2, from the 1930's on Antarctica. Captain Vernon Boyd of U.S. Marine Corps enters inside a ventilating hatch. Food and supplies preserved for several years beneath the ice are taken out. Admiral Byrd exits the hatch.
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