Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
U.S. Army Air Service Douglas World Cruisers (DWC) in Seattle, Washington after their first flight around the world. In Seattle, the point from which they started 176 days ago. The world cruisers in flight. A world cruiser coming in for a landing. Major Frederick F. Martin greets Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, Lt. Leigh Wade and Lt. Erik H. Nelson. The pilots in uniforms pose. Animations of the North American continent pinpointing Alaska where Major Frederick F. Martin crashed into a mountain. The path over which the world cruisers flew pinpointing the place where the cruiser flown by Lt. Wade was forced down and wrecked. Then the course to Seattle is shown.
Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. Helen Gahagan (ex Broadway star, wife of film star Melvyn Douglas and herself a candidate for Congress from California) answers media persons. Photographers take photos. Mrs. Claude Pepper of Florida, Congress-woman Mary Norton of New Jersey, Senator Jackson of Indiana, Senator Scott Lucas, old warrior James Farley and others present. Chairman Robert Hanneagan calls the Democratic National Convention into session. Mrs. Charles Tillett of North Carolina addresses the convention. Helen Gahagan gives a speech. Oklahoma's Chief Executive Robert S. Kerr delivers an address.
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Interior of the Pentagon. President Nixon greets civilian employees. He smiles. Officials and officers applaud and take seats. He speaks to the officials and the officers in an auditorium.
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. President Nixon shakes hands with civilian employees. The President visits the Hall of Heroes and looks over the displays of medals. Photographers take photos. Nixon moves ahead with Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle G. Wheeler. He speaks to officials in an auditorium. View of the Pentagon building. Cars of the President and his party pull out of the parking area. Views of an officer and his medals.
U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon visits the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. President Nixon leaves the Pentagon building with U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle G. Wheeler. They stand near the Presidential car. Nixon gets into the car. The car is driven away. Photographers, civilians and officials in the background.
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