A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. Basic aims of the Social Security Act include: unemployment compensation, old age insurance, aid to needy aged, aid to needy blind and aid to dependent children. American people walking on a crowded city street in the late 1930s. Pedestrians walk on busy sidewalks beside traffic on downtown city streets. A group of American boy and girl children assembled together, likely posing for a picture and looking happy. Montage of various scenes of men working on farms and in factories in the United States. Narrator notes, "A little money coming in when earnings stop helps maintain purchasing power, and so keeps the wheels of industry turning; pooling the risk for joint protection is the method of our democracy. It benefits the individual, the family, the community, and the nation. The goal is security for all." Men assembling chassis of a car on assembly line of an automotive plant. A young couple holding and walking with their two children, one of whom is holding a balloon. Closeup of a father holding his young, smiling son. View of the United States Capitol dome in Washington DC, then seal of the Social Security Board superimposed over the Capitol image.
Animated map of the Soviet Union. Animated map depicts the distance between United States and Europe. A map of the Soviet Union. The map locates the White Sea, the Volga River, the Caucasus Mountains and Siberia. The east west expanse of the Soviet Union is depicted as 4662 miles. Animated map depicts the area covered by the Soviet Union which is equivalent to the areas of Canada, the United States and Europe put together. A map locates the Caucasians Mountains on the map of the Soviet Union.
United States House of Representatives and Senate elections in the United States. U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess arrive to cast their votes. The President and the First Lady cast their votes. Other leaders arrive and cast their votes. Thomas Dewey shakes hands with a man. A man casts his vote and smiles. Another man reads a newspaper. U.S. Congress in session after the election. Exteriors of U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.
Leaders of different nation meet U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House in Washington DC, United States. An honor guard at the White House. President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš arrives. U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull greets him. Beneš greets President Roosevelt and his daughter in the White House. Beneš talks to Roosevelt. Cars pull up at the White House. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Roosevelt seated in a car as they confer about World War II.
The 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service in the United States. Past events from year 1918 show the inauguration of air mail in the United States. A man holds an envelope to be delivered by air. President Woodrow Wilson talks to a pilot. Scene changes to 1943 in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC, on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Air Mail Service. A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-4 helicopter lands outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. The pilot speaks to the helicopter designer, Igor Sikorsky, and receive a special package of mail. The helicopter is seen landing in Arlington Virginia at recently opened Washington National Airport, to deliver the package to a waiting aircraft. Crowd of people gathered outside at Washington National Airport terminal building to watch the helicopter landing. Mail being loaded aboard an air mail aircraft. The helicopter takes off.
Allied campaign against the Axis in 1944 during World War II. Exteriors of Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC. Representatives of the United Nations at a meeting inside the mansion. A railroad train arrives and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gets off the train in Quebec, Canada for the Quebec Conference. Churchill confers with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt about Allied plans during the war. French FFI or Maquis groups in France. President Roosevelt, seated in front of a large celebrating crowd of people in the U.S., acknowledges them after being reelected President for a third term. People celebrate his victory and hold election victory signs as they cheer. American Civilians (mostly women war production workers) work in war production factories to produce aircraft, tanks and other equipment in the United States. Rows of aircraft engines, cockpits, and gun turrets being produced. On December 16, 1944, German forces launch a major-counter attack through the Ardennes forests, resulting in the "Battle of the Bulge" in Belgium. View of German soldiers and a German Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyer rolling by. German soldiers advance past destroyed Allied tanks and trucks.
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