United States Marine Corps (USMC) pass in a review at Camp Pendleton in California, USA. Trucks loaded with troops and tanks advance in a field. Formations of planes pass in the skies. Marines parade in mechanized columns carrying American and USMC flags in hands.
A film about state parks during the Great Depression in California, United States. A young toddler child seated under a tall Redwood tree at Redwood State Park. A child sits on a man’s lap under a Redwood tree. A sign reads ‘California State Park System STOP READ California Redwood Park’. Trees in an open field. People enter through a gate in the park. A sign reads 'Old lodge Camp'. Civilian Conservation Corps men clear undergrowth. A worker levels wet concrete. They cut and process lumber. CCC men build bridges.
Presidential elections in the United States. Americans voting in various cities. People lined up outside building to vote. Buildings along the sides of the street. Acts and figures pasted on a board. People reading the news. President Roosevelt casting his vote at the Town Hall in Hyde Park, New York. Tabulation of the figure. Crowd at Times Square follow the returns. A board reads: 'National Broadcasting Company Election chart'. Announcements of figures on radio. A woman writing the figure on a board. Announcement of results at the Republican National Headquarters. Governor Dewey conceded defeat and President Roosevelt receives congratulations at Hyde Park.
More than a million people attend the “I Am An American Day” citizenship ceremony in Central Park in New York City, during World War 2. Over 150,000 people attended the ceremony as newly naturalized American citizens. Native American Indians in traditional dress and women and men in military uniform attend the ceremony. Flags of various nations are flown. Wounded Army soldiers and wounded Navy sailors arrive as guests of honor. New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia shakes hands with servicemen, giving tribute to their heroism during World War II. Immigrants stand up to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America as part of the naturalization ceremony. Speaker recites the Pledge of Allegiance, which predates the inclusion of "under God" which was added later in the 1950s.
Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California during World War II. A high altitude view of the area. Buildings in the area. 'Army Air Forces' written outside a building. Enlisted men of the 1st Motion Picture Unit lined up at attention and march. Officers and men work in a production office. The Writing and the Camera Department. Men carry photographic equipment.
Activities of the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces in Culver City, California. Men standing outside the sound department. They work for synchronization of sound with dialogs and actions of a film. Men seated in the music department play different musical instruments. The unit bugler blows a chow call. Personnel being served. They eat in a mess hall.
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