33rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses a huge gathering at a ground breaking of the Reynolda Campus of Wake Forest College in North Carolina. President is shown arriving in a U.S. Air force C-121 Lockheed Constellation aircraft. Terminal of the airport can be seen. People have gathered to welcome the president. Clip shows several views of his speech at the ground-breaking ceremony and views of his arrival and departure from the airport. On arrival he is seen shaking hands with North Carolina governor W. Kerr Scott. He also greets College President Harold W. Tribble. During the Wake Forest University ground-breaking ceremony other dignitaries seen include Charles Babcock, Judge Hubert Olive, Odis Mull. Students and citizens seen in audience listening to President, including some students waving confederate flags.
A Ghanaian student walking to her university in the United States. Sign reads “Chapel Hill site of the University of North Carolina which first opened its doors in January 1795”. The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus grounds (Bell Tower, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, United States). The Ghanaian student joins with a group of white female American students on their way to class. A book (Theatres and Auditoriums) on table. A professor conducts his lecture. Cigarette smoke in classroom as student watches lecture. The African student opens and writes on her notebook. A Japanese student listens to the professor. The professor points to a diagram on the board using a ruler. American students walking on campus. Ghanaian student walks to the university scene and costume shop. Sign reads “The Playmakers Scene Shop and Costume Shop”. The Ghanaian student looks at costume sketches with other costume design students. A professor assists the students during their practicum. The professor and a student insert pins on a mannequin. Ghanaian student talks to a girl wearing glasses. The professor helps the Ghanaian student with sewing costumes. Sign reads “Department of Dramatic Art”. A woman enters the door of the department. Theater Arts students in costume rehearse for a play. Students working with sounds during a television production course. Ghanaian student with headphones during her practicum. An actor dancing on stage. Ghanaian student directs a live presentation of a school play while her professor acts as a cameraman using large video camera on tripod. “On The Air” sign turns on. Theater Arts students acting in a Shakespearian play. Ghanaian student acts with a female professor in a modern play in front of other students.
People leaving for the Hawaiian Islands from San Francisco. Ship USS Great Northern (later AG-9 USS Columbia) departing from harbor in San Francisco, bound for Hawaii. Passengers and crew on the decks wave. Waves break on a moonlit beach. View of Pier 7 building at docks in Honolulu harbor, the capital of Oahu island. A crowd on the pier. Women at the dock side holding leis to greet guests.
Educational dissimilarities between students of African American and white origin in South Carolina. The Clinton Normal and Industrial School, a residential school for African Americans run by A.M.E. Zion Church. The school building, quarters and playground. The students and teachers of the school. Man without legs in wheelchair. Daily work being accomplished by students themselves. Woman pumping water, woman hanging clothes on line. Men washing clothes in washtub. Clothes hanging on line. Images of the Friendship Baptist College at Rock Hill supported and run by Baptist African Americans. White interviewer shaking hands with the dean of the school. NAACP seal at end of production.
The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, during World War I. (now called Naval Station Great Lakes, or NAVSTA Great Lakes). Trucks and cars are driven through the main entrance gate. Sailors in uniforms walk in and out of the gate. A building near the gate. A sign on the building reads: 'US Naval Training Station, Great Lakes Illinois'. A flag flutters from a flag pole outside a building. Smoke from chimneys of a factory. Wide ranging views of many buildings at the training station from elevated and ground positions. View of barracks.
A Sugar Bowl Classic match in New Orleans between University of Georgia and University of North Carolina. Huge crowd gathered to watch the match. Players seen on the field in the rainy weather. Players seen in line of scrimmage. Georgia Bulldogs wins North Carolina Tarheels. Scores are 20-10.
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