The role of women as active community members in Monroe, New York, in the United States. A young woman works with children and teenage kids clearing a lot that will become a new playground. They clean and remove garbage and debris, which is put into the back of a pickup truck with sign on the door "John C. Hunter, Monroe, New York". Young woman gets inside the vehicle and two boys climb into the back of the pickup truck to hold the trash down. The vehicle moves past on the road. People line up for voting outside a hall. A woman shops for clothes in a rummage shop or thrift store. Women examine lily plants in a garden nursery. A woman in an office talks to two Girl Scouts in uniform, and hands them some stacks of magazines. A woman stands near a church organ and sings in a church choir. A woman lying on a bed in a clinic donates blood, as a laboratory technician and nurse stand by. Other women seated at a table in a hall write information about voters as they show up at a polling place to vote. A woman enters a voting booth and closes the curtain behind her.
The building of the United States Department of Justice in Washington DC. The Federal Bureau of Investigation entrance and lobby in the building. Several men and women entering and leaving in the evening, when lights are turned on. Daytime view of the FBI entrance, with Director J.Edgar Hoover, seen leaving the building.
Building of the United States Department of Justice, at Pennsylvania Avenue and 9th Street in Washington DC. Exterior of the building. Traffic moves past the building Trees in the foreground. 'Federal Bureau of Investigation' written on the outer wall of the FBI building.
Development of transportation in Europe after World War 2. An ocean-going ship is seen plying the waters of an estuary. A white tower is seen with moving radar antenna on top. A radar operator works in front of radar screens in the control room. He wears headset and microphone. Narrator notes how radar helps navigation in crowded estuaries like the Scheldt. Captain onboard ship ostensibly speaking to the radar operator. Another radar antenna rotating rapidly. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC. 1 Viking airplane at Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Glimpses of European airlines using the Douglas DC-3 aircraft such as the Belgian SABENA, Polish LOT and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). A TAP Air Portugal (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) DC-6 parked, and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) DC-6, named the “Vliegende Hollander”, taxiing. An Air France Sud-Est SE-161 Languedoc 4-engine aircraft, taxiing. View of control tower and related buildings at the airport. A person marking a carton for air delivery. A man loads parcels from his automobile trunk, into a Scandinavian Airlines DC-3 aircraft. Venue shifts to Orly airport (94390 Orly, France) in Paris, France, where a DC-6 airplane sits in front of a terminal building. Airport staff prepare to welcome a dignitary, including uniformed brass band seated at an awninged pavilion, and a military honor guard. A DC-4 aircraft parked in nearby background. A party welcomes the President of France, Vincent Jules Auriol, arriving on an Air France Lockheed Constellation airliner. A large contingent of Army troops are assembled in formation to honor the arriving President. He strolls across the ramp, accompanied by a French general and an admiral, among others. He climbs stairs of the pavilion as the band plays La Marseillaise (National Anthem).
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee arrives in Washington. He disembarks from an airplane at an air base. He is greeted by U.S. President Harry Truman. Prime Minister Attlee arrives to confer on the world fight against communism. He talks about the attack of Chinese communists in Korea. Cameramen click photographs. United Nations soldiers especially American forces seen fighting against the communist Chinese forces early in Korean War. U.S.Army tanks seen firing at enemy forces near a river crossing as United Nations forces fall back. The United Nations forces evacuate their wounded and liberated prisoners from the battlefield. Footage of weary U.S. Army soldiers taken as prisoners of war by North Koreans and later released by Chinese forces.
Aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea underway in the Sea of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft carrier is refueled by another aircraft carrier. Men working on the ship. A control tower in the background. Airplanes on the flight deck of USS Philippine Sea. Pilots stand near an airplane.
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