In a outdoor speech before a joint assembly of the Mississippi State Legislature, Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army, talks about freedom, American tradition, and leadership. His remarks are critical of the current U.S. Administration and its failure of spirit, not of military resources, to tackle communism in Korea during the Korean War. He calls it a bankruptcy of leadership in our American tradition, and a glaring failure in Korea. He completes his speech, referring to God, and the religious faith upon which the country was erected. The General is applauded and thanked formally. The Legislators then act to dissolve the joint assembly.
Large crowd gathers at Hawkins Field, Municipal airport in Jackson, Mississippi, to greet arriving General of the Army, Douglas McArthur. Preceded by his wife, Jean MacArthur, and their son, Arthur MacArthur,IV, General MacArthur descends stairs from the airplane. The General salutes a U.S. flag, and is escorted by an ROTC cadet in uniform. He talks to soldiers in uniform, present in his honor. Large crowd gathers on and around the steps of the Mississippi State Legislature Building, where a large sign reads: "Liberty." Red White and Blue Bunting decorates the building. A light rain falls. Some spectators sit under a large plastic sheet.
Documentary about use of trees titled 'Cut and Dried' by Ford Company. The logs tied with boom chains transported by train through snowy tracks. At the lumber mill they are cleaned, and transported using a conveyor belt. Logs are then sheared and cut into pieces of dimensional lumber with. The finished lumber is used for various building projects: A man carving what appears to be a bed headboard. A man building chairs. A woman artist painting an ornate design on a piece of wooden furniture. Construction workers building a house with wood framing lumber.
Documentary titled ' In higher spheres'. Panoramic view of a mountain lake with mountains in the background. Campers at a camp site by the lake. People hiking up snowcapped mountains and hikers throwing snowballs. Trekkers climbing glacier on rock ridge. 1920.
Documented titled ' In higher spheres'. Various views of a waterfall. Group of people on a cliff looking at the waterfall. Field of wild flowers.1920.
Documentary dealing with hosiery titled 'Nines and a Half '. People gathered at a ground and watching Japanese women dancing. Winding of threads on various bobbins and into a single thread. 1920.
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