Newsreel recounting events that took place 25 years earlier, in 1935. Farmers mass outside the White House in Washington DC, United States to cheer U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and to support the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The President addresses the gathering from a balcony. U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner acting as the President of the Senate signs the Patman Bonus Bill. A copy of the bill. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress to defend his veto. United States Senator from Louisiana Huey Long addresses the Congress. Father Charles Edward Coughlin addresses a mass gathering at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Meeting of National Recovery Act officials. Men put a lock on a Brooklyn poultry farm. Close up of the lock on the door. President of the American Federation of Labor William Green is seen as narrator explains that the shuttering of the poultry farm by the NRA was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
25th anniversary of The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race in progress. The checkered flag at race conclusion. Kelly Patillo wins the race by driving at a speed of 106 miles per hour. People gather around Kelly Patillo as his car comes to a halt.
Ship picketing in the United States. Egyptian ship 'Cleopatra' in a harbor in New York City, New York. Seamen picket Egyptian ship 'Cleopatra' in protest against Arab blacklisting of U.S. flag ships that touch Israeli ports. A man walks holding a board that reads 'Nasser's blacklist'. The board on his back reads 'Egyptian seamen you are welcome!'. Protests against the U.S. and counter boycott in Egypt. Protesters in a boat with a board protesting against the U.S.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. An SAC Lockheed U-2 aircraft in the United States. An officer enters a Physiological Support Building. A board near the building reads 'Restricted Area'. The officer and a man get in a truck. The truck is driven away. 'PSD-1' written on the truck. A man pushes a dolly towards an aircraft being serviced on a flight line. A truck near the aircraft. An aircraft takes off in the background.
Preparations for reconnaissance activities by Strategic Air Command (SAC) Lockheed U-2 aircraft during the Cuban Crisis. A flight surgeon does a preflight physical checkup of a pilot in the United States. The flight surgeon in a room. A pilot approaches him and sits down in a chair. The flight surgeon takes temperature and blood pressure readings of the pilot.
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