A football match between the teams of Georgia Institute of Technology and Florida in Atlanta, Georgia. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. The crowd cheers. Match in progress. Players at line of scrimmage. Yellow Jackets of Georgia win over Florida by scoring Thirty-nine to six.
A stationary plane on an air field in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers fly the plane. One of the Wright brothers seated at the controls. The plane takes off. Forty years later General Henry Arnold awards Orville Wright at a ceremony in Washington DC. Huge crowd attends the ceremony. The United States Air Force planes in flight. Aerial view of land.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt takes the oath of office and delivers the inaugural address at the White House, Washington DC during World War II. 7000 guests arrive for the 1945 inauguration. Snow covered land. Wounded soldiers from the nearby hospital are invited as guests. Crowd lines up in the backyard of White House. President Roosevelt's grandchildren stand at stairs with Harry Hopkins. Secretary of War Henry Stimson and Mrs Stimson, Secretary of Navy James Forrestal and Mrs Forrestal, Secretary Harold Ickes, Chief Justice of United States Harlan Stones, Admiral of fleet Ernst King, General George Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius and his wife among the guests. Vice President Wallace swears Harry Truman. President Roosevelt states in his inaugural address that they will get victory in war.
The United States Coast Guard demonstrates a new technique for sea rescue. U.S. Helicopters over Lake Michigan. Aviator rescued from the sea by a helicopter. The helicopter does not land. The aviator hung from the helicopter. Three helicopters in flight. The aviator is taken to Chicago. He is lowered on the ground.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt warns the Axis Power and asks nation for united effort in his speech, Washington DC. People seated on chairs during the speech. President Roosevelt calls upon all Americans for 'All Out Effort'. He warns the nation for longer hours and lower profits. He warns the Axis powers that United States is pledged to resist all aggressor nations. (World War II period).
The United States Army and Government officials dedicate a smokeless powder plant (for firearm and artillery propellant) in Radford, Virginia, early in World War 2. Officers seated on stage. A man gives a speech. A crowd seated during the ceremony. View of the munitions factory. Interior of the plant. View of what appears to be cordite filaments being extruded from machinery. Men work in the munitions plant. Men slide on inclined safety slide escape at the entrance.
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