Clearing the paths in mine fields in the United States. Tanks pulling devices on a field. Men standing nearby. The mine detonators are tested. The M-3 device working on the field to clear the path. Smoke rises from explosions. Men holding a jet motor. The M-1 device is used to clear the path. The M-6 device is used in heavily mined areas. Trees in the background. Smoke rises from explosions.
Boxers practicing for the boxing championship in the United States. Heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis) practicing bowling in a bowling alley. View of bowling ball knocking down bowling pins. Light-Heavyweight boxing champion William David Conn seated in a garden. Boxer William Conn discusses with other men. He exercises and practices by hitting the punching bag before the match.
A ferryboat underway at sea in the United States. The ferry boat docked at a harbor. The boat equipped with a radar. The radar guides the boat in heavy fog. A man watching the radar screen in the boat. The boat underway at sea.
The swearing-in ceremony of Brazil's new President Eurico Gaspar Dutra in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Eurico Gaspar Dutra acclaimed as the new President of Brazil. Aircraft carrier USS Franklin D Roosevelt (CV-42) arrives for the ceremony, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay with Sugarloaf Mountain in the background. Aircraft in flight overhead. The Mayor of New York, Fiorello Henry La Guardia also arrives for the ceremony. Mayor LaGuardia along with other officials coming out of an aircraft. People gather in a large number to greet him. Officials gather at the congress for the ceremony. Eurico Dutra along with officials arrive in a car at the Palace (Palacio Tiradentes). Eurico Gaspar Dutra being sworn in as the President of Brazil in the Hall of Congress after being handed over the reins by provisional President Jose Linhares. The new President, the first in Brazil elected by direct popular vote, shakes hands with other officials and dignitaries.
Activities of the Florida fishermen at sea in the United States. Men aboard boats underway. The divers jump in water and take out the sponge from the surface of the water. A market place in Tarpon Springs. A sign reads: 'Tarpon Springs Sponge Exchange largest in the world'. People gather for the transactions in the market.
Refugees and concentration camp victims return to Czechoslovakia after the World War II. Destroyed buildings and houses in a village in Czechoslovakia. Woman concentration camp victims, probably most of them Jewish Holocaust victims, leaning out of the windows of a bus after arrival in town. Close up of chalk written sign on bus reads, "Ravensbrück" to denote it as containing women from Ravensbrück concentration camp. Woman are greeted by their family members, who help them out of the bus. Several of those gathered are still wearing their striped concentration camp uniforms. A woman tearfully hugs a man. A steam locomotive with coal car reading, "U.S.A." moving slowly on train track. A Czechoslovakian soldier with rifle inspects tamper evident wire latch on train car. A man opens the door of a railroad train car, revealing bags of grain inside. Hand of inspector examining grain from shipment. Another railroad car door opened to reveal cotton or wool batting. Hand inspects wool or cotton fibers. Truck convoy through city streets. Man carrying crate marked "UNRRA" into building. Crate marked "Czechoslovakia" is placed on table. Hand shows small box of penicillin. Man walking with crutches enters building and is given warm coats. External view of "LAMPLOTA" building with "UNRRA" signs in windows, now set up as an UNRRA distribution center. A smiling Czechoslovakian girl hands a ration ticket to a woman behind the counter at an UNRRA distribution center. The woman cuts a part of the ration ticket off with scissors. Close up of UNRRA food supplies. View of a large wall of "UNRRA" crates.