President Kennedy denounces the big steel companies for raising their steel prices $6 a ton at a press conference. President Kennedy gives his opinion on its effect on the economy. Large number of reporters seated in the news conference. Chairman of the Board of US, Steel Roger Blough gives reasons for the increase in steel prices at a press conference. He says they need the raise for plant improvement.
Atomic energy production. A nuclear power plant. Men seated around a table in a conference room. The men view a diagram of a reactor in a presentation. The men study the design of nuclear plant construction. Engineers in drafting room work on blue prints for a nuclear power plant. Scene of Washington DC, with traffic on roads, Washington Monument in background, and then views of landmark federal buildings near Constitution Avenue. Man enters offices of Atomic Energy Commission and obtains document entitled "In the Matter of Application for Construction Permit, Docket No. 50-861," which he studies. Men in conference room of 'Advisory Committee on Reactor safeguards'. Papers regarding the construction of plant. Views of town where prospective nuclear plant will be located. In courthouse, a public hearing is conducted, by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, regarding the proposed new plant. After considering testimony from concerned parties, the board approves the permit and members sign.
Truck carrying new nuclear fuel assemblies for nuclear power plant. It passes mountain, river and snow covered land. A nuclear power plant. Interior of the plant. Blue steel cask containing fuel assemblies is brought into the plant. Technicians in control room. Technician checks fuel assemblies with radiation-measuring instrument. Fuel assemblies lowered into reactor vessel. View of control room. View of turbine deck. View of electric switchyard.
Exterior of steel mill in Youngstown, Ohio. Houses next to steel mill. Downtown Youngstown Ohio. Transit bus picks up passengers. POV bus traveling downtown street. Family with child exits bus. Shoe store window downtown with pedestrians. Workers entering steel mills via overhead bridges. Steam locomotive trains passing steel mills with good nat sound of whistles. Overhead crane bucket picking up iron ore. Bucket dropping iron ore into skip hoist. Skip hoist buckets moving up conveyor to blast furnace top. Workers smelting iron ore in blast furnace. Molten iron and slag pouring from blast furnace. Johnny Chonko controlling wheel to adjust blast control to furnace. Pete Zeeman, the 'blower' looks through blast furnace look glass to evaluate. Frank Melai, an immigrant from Italy, at the blast furnace. Frank looking at his Christmas tree at home with family. Frank's family opens gifts during Christmas. Frank puts a new smoking pipe into his mouth.
Dramatization depicts the use of safety devices in the petroleum industry. John Swift, Chief Safety Engineer in Western Oil Company sits with his family. His son Bill working in another oil company talks about his job. The family warns him about accidents in his company where no safety precautions are taken. They tell him about the financial problems they had when John had met with an accident. John tells his son about the 'safety meeting' they had in his company. John visits 'Sales station' and 'pumping plant' of his company. Bill plays with a puppy in his company. John checks the safety precautions taken in his company. Bill meets with an accident and hurts his leg due to safety hazards. There is no first aid kit in his company. John takes him to a hospital. Bill is offered another job in an oil refinery. The crews at fire drill in Bill's new company. Bill's health check-up in the company. He is recommended to visit a dentist. A notice about safety in the company. The plant and safety precautions shown to him. Bill with his child at his home.
A crowd waiting for Chaim Weizmann,first President of Irael. Men, women and children wave flags of State of Israel and several American flags. President and Mrs. Weizmann emerging from Union Station in Washington, accompanied by crowd of well wishers. A large American flag and a District of Columbia flag are carried in the crowd. A crowd of photographers await them on the sidewalk. District of Columbia representative formally welcomes the Weizmanns.They enter a 1948 Cadillac limousine, and drive away from Union Station, with a Secret Service agent riding on the right running board. Another car and motorcycle policeman move in front of them. Spectators wave Israeli flags. President Weizmann of Israel being assisted as he leaves White House and enters automobile. President Weizmann seated in a garden, conducts a news conference, surrounded by reporters and photographers.
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